Moga/Amritsar, March 21 Amid the Covid spike, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal addressed a ‘kisan mahapanchayat’ against the Centre’s three farm laws at Baghapurana in Moga district on Sunday. Kejriwal the chief minister of Delhi, the city on whose borders farmers haveRead More

Toronti, March 21 Flights from New Delhi to Toronto are bringing in the largest number of international passengers testing positive for the novel coronavirus, according to data issued by Health Canada. There are two daily flights between the two cities, operated by Air India and Air Canada. Canada says AstraZenecaRead More

Chandigarh, March 21 There was no let-up in the surge in COVID-19 cases in Punjab with the state recording 2,669 fresh infections, maximum this year so far, and 44 more fatalities on Sunday, according to a medical bulletin. With the fresh cases, the infection tally climbed to 2,13,110. The numberRead More

Chandigarh, March 20 Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday announced a first-of-its-kind initiative in the country, to further strengthen the state’s law-enforcement apparatus, with dedicated District Technical Units, along with District Narcotic Units, Social Media Units, Forensic Units and Anti-Sabotage Checking Teams, in all the districts. Announcing theRead More

Chandigarh, March 20 In view of fresh surge of COVID-19 in the state, Joint teams of the Punjab Police on Saturday, persuaded over 4,400 face mask violators to undergo RT-PCR testing. In addition, 1,800 people were challaned as they were found not wearing face masks. The Police also distributed freeRead More

New Delhi, March 19 2015 Booker Prize nominee Sunjeev Sahota takes back readers to rural Punjab of the 1920s in his new novel, which is about two characters separated by more than half a century but united by blood. “China Room”, inspired in part by the author’s own family history,Read More

Chandigarh, March 19 Clamping down heavily on the fresh Covid surge, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday ordered massive state-wide restrictions beginning Saturday, with closure of educational institutes till March 31 and restrictions on cinema/mall capacities. All educational institutes, other than medical and nursing colleges, will remain closedRead More

New Delhi, March 18 Anandpur Sahib MP Manish Tewari on Thursday urged Minister of Road Transport and Highway Nitin Gadkari to initiate work on the Banga-Garhshankar-Sri Anandpur Sahib-Naina Devi project stating that “not even a stone has been laid” in past two years despite Gadkari himself giving an in-principle approvalRead More

Chandigarh, March 18 Terming the spread of Covid in Punjab as alarming, Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Thursday announced to extend the time period of night curfew in nine districts from 9 pm to 5 am, instead of the previous 11 pm to 5 am. He was addressingRead More

Chandigarh, March 17 The much-awaited meeting between Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh and former Cabinet minister Navjot Singh Sidhu happened on Wednesday evening. This was the second meeting between the two leaders after Sidhu resigned from the Cabinet in 2019. The meeting over tea happened for nearly 45 minutes, beforeRead More