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Capt Amarinder ‘baiter’ Punjab minister Channi faces trouble in over 2-yr-old woman IAS officer harassment case

Capt Amarinder ‘baiter’ Punjab minister Channi faces trouble in over 2-yr-old woman IAS officer harassment case

Chandigarh, May 17 After Congress MLA Pargat Singh alleged he received a threatening call from Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh’s political adviser, another party leader, Technical Education Minister Charanjit Channi, who is part of a group demanding action against perpetrators in sacrilege and police firing cases has landed in trouble.Read More

Punjab to demand more oxygen tankers from Centre

Punjab to demand more oxygen tankers from Centre

Chandigarh, May 15 The Punjab government on Saturday said it will demand additional oxygen tankers from the Centre to speed up the supply chain of the life-saving gas in the state. Besides, Punjab has also expedited the process of procuring its own oxygen tankers from different parts of the countryRead More

Covid vaccine for 18-44 group: Centre should be lone agency for procurement, says Punjab CM

Covid vaccine for 18-44 group: Centre should be lone agency for procurement, says Punjab CM

Chandigarh, May 15 Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to make the Centre as the single agency for the procurement and distribution of COVID vaccine for people in the age group of 18-44. “Vaccination of the entire eligible population, especially in a pandemic situation,Read More

Malerkotla to be Punjab’s 23rd district; Capt Amarinder’s Eid gift

Malerkotla to be Punjab’s 23rd district; Capt Amarinder’s Eid gift

Chandigarh, May 14 Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday announced the creation of a new district of Malerkotla, carving the state’s only Muslim-majority town from Sangrur district. Adjoining Amargarh and Ahmedgarh will also form part of Punjab’s 23rd district, according to the announcement at a state-level event on Eid-ul-Fitr.Read More

Punjab reports 197 COVID-19 fatalities, death toll rises to 11,111

Punjab reports 197 COVID-19 fatalities, death toll rises to 11,111

Chandigarh, May 12 Punjab on Wednesday registered 197 more coronavirus deaths, taking the toll to 11,111, while 8,347 new cases took the infection tally to 4,67,539, according to a medical bulletin. The number of active cases rose from 76,856 on Tuesday to 79,963. Twenty-eight deaths were reported from Ludhiana, 20Read More

Second wave sweeps Punjab’s rural belt

Second wave sweeps Punjab’s rural belt

Patiala, May 11 The virus is fast spreading its tentacles across the countryside with rising number of Covid-19 deaths being reported in the rural areas. In the past 10 days, 50 persons have died of Covid-19 in villages across Patiala district. The count may be higher as many deaths goRead More

Allow free treatment in private hospitals, CM Capt Amarinder Singh urged

Allow free treatment in private hospitals, CM Capt Amarinder Singh urged

Muktsar, May 10 Congress MLA from Gidderbaha Amarinder Singh Raja Warring has requested CM Capt Amarinder Singh to announce free treatment for Covid patients in private hospitals in the state, just like the neighbouring Congress-ruled Rajasthan. On Sunday, Warring tweeted, “The Congress-led Rajasthan Government announced free treatment of Covid patientsRead More

1,400 striking health staff fired in Punjab

1,400 striking health staff fired in Punjab

Chandigarh, May 10 As Punjab grapples with the Covid pandemic, the state government today terminated the services of around 1,400 protesting contract employees working under the National Health Mission (NHM) after they refused to join work. Most from Jalandhar district Most of the sacked employees belonged to Jalandhar district (318),Read More

Punjab to get 35,000 Remdesivir injections over next week: Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu

Punjab to get 35,000 Remdesivir injections over next week: Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu

Chandigarh, May 8 Punjab Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu said on Saturday the state will receive 35,000 Remdesivir injections from the Centre over the next week. He further said the state’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has set up a Remdesivir Injection Monitoring Centre to stop its black marketing. AsRead More

Farmers protest lockdown in Punjab; shops stay shut despite appeals to defy curbs

Farmers protest lockdown in Punjab; shops stay shut despite appeals to defy curbs

Chandigarh, May 8 Despite appeals by farmers who took out protest marches against the weekend lockdown imposed by the state government, shopkeepers in Punjab kept their shops shut on Saturday. Punjab’s 32 farmer unions, protesting the Central farm laws, had announced to hold street protests against the lockdown in theRead More