Chandigarh, April 28 Being cornered within the party over delay in ensuring justice in the Kotkapura police firing case, more problems seem to be in store for Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh as party MLAs are teaming up to seek time-bound strict action against the perpetrators of sacrilege and subsequentRead More

Chandigarh, April 27 Following a shortfall of oxygen in Punjab, the state will get 60 metric tonnes of the life-saving gas from Bokaro. To save the transit time, empty tankers will be airlifted by the Indian Air Force from the Chandigarh airport today and transported to Bokaro. The refilled containersRead More

Chandigarh, April 27 In the last one week (April 19 to 26), the number of new infections have grown by an average of 1.8% every day in the state. However, the bigger worry is high load of active cases. State’s active case ratio is 14.4 per cent and the numberRead More

Chandigarh, April 25 Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has ordered the state’s health department to order 30 lakh Covishield doses for vaccinating people from 18 to 45 years, with directions to use CM Covid Relief Fund for meeting vaccine requirements of the poor. The chief minister asked the Department toRead More

Toronto, April 23 The Canadian government has banned all passenger flights from India and Pakistan for 30 days due to the unprecedented spike in COVID-19 cases in the region, the longest country-specific travel ban imposed by Canada. The flight ban took effect from Thursday midnight, Transport Minister Omar Alghabra saidRead More

Chandigarh, April 23 Terming the new vaccination policy for 18-plus age group as unfair to the states, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday sought Centre-state parity in vaccination for 18-plus age group from May 1, while calling for urgent steps to ensure adequate oxygen supply. While his governmentRead More

Chandigarh, April 21 Faced with shortage of medical oxygen for Covid-19 patients, Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh today urged the Centre to ensure uninterrupted oxygen supply, with at least 120 MT daily allocation for the state, while reiterating his request for urgent steps to set up two pending pressure swingRead More

Amritsar, April 22 Around 100 Indian pilgrims who went to Pakistan to celebrate Baisakhi have tested Covid positive. This was revealed on their arrival at the Attari-Wagah Joint Check Post after they underwent the mandatory rapid antigen test (RAT) for Covid. The testing is still on as they approached thisRead More

Bathinda, April 20 The Vancouver city council has passed a motion in support of farmers protesting outside New Delhi since November last year. The motion was moved by COPE councillor Jean Swanson and was passed by the 11-member city council. While four councillors joined Swanson in voting in favour, threeRead More

Chandigarh, April 20 State’s Covid vaccine stocks seems to be drying up at a rapid pace as last week (April 13 to 19) the Health Department administered 25 per cent less doses of vaccination compared to the previous week. As per the data of the Health Department, between April 5Read More