Chandigarh Punjab reported 1,555 new COVID-19 cases and 51 deaths on Friday in a span of 24 hours, the state’s COVID bulletin shows. The state’s COVID-19 tally stands at 49,378 cases with 1309 deaths. Friday’s bulletin showed Jalandhar had the highest number of cases at 211. Gurdaspur (182), Ludhiana (140),Read More

Chandigarh, August 28 A total of 54 MLAs of the 117 were, including Kultar Singh Sandhwan and Baljinder Kaur, allowed or cleared to participate in the Punjab Vidhan session on Friday. Aman Arora and Jai Singh Rori were also allowed to enter the Vidhan Sabha. None of the Akali DalRead More

Amritsar In a first since Kartarpur corridor came into being, the Jyoti Jot (death anniversary) of Guru Nanak Dev has been scheduled to be celebrated at Gurdwara Darbar Sahib, Kartarpur Sahib. The event holds significance as it was the resting place of Guru Nanak Dev that falls on September 22,Read More

Chandigarh The death toll from COVID-19 rose to 1,219 in Punjab with 41 more fatalities while the infection tally jumped to 46,090 with the detection of 1,513 new cases on Wednesday, according to a medical bulletin. Twelve new fatalities were reported from Ludhiana; five from Patiala; four each from KapurthalaRead More

Amritsar Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh on Monday rejected a clemency appeal of excommunicated Sucha Singh Langah, a former Akali minister, saying the Sikh community would continue to socially boycott him. The decision came after Langah’s son submitted a fresh clemency appeal to the secretariat of the Akal Takht,Read More

Chandigarh/New Delhi Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Monday welcomed the unanimous resolution passed by the Congress Working Committee (CWC), asking Sonia Gandhi to continue as party president till the next AICC session. Capt Amarinder, however, agreed with Rahul Gandhi that Sonia’s continuation at the helm of the Congress couldRead More

Chandigarh Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday appealed to striking employees of Group C and D of the Secretariat and districts to return to work, saying the government was trying to fulfil their pending demands despite the pandemic situation and the fiscal crisis prevailing in the state. During today’sRead More

Chandigarh, August 21 A total of 1,513 COVID-19 positive cases and 34 deaths surfaced in Punjab on Friday, taking the state tally to 39,327. Ludhiana reported the maximum number of cases at 242 followed by Patiala (201), Jalandhar (169), SAS Nagar (143), Sangrur (102), Bathinda (90), Amritsar (80), Kapurthala (70),Read More

Amritsar In a first, a minority community member has been elected as governing body member of National Press Club, Islamabad. Harmeet Singh bagged 75 votes in the poll the result of which was declared today. The National Press Club is a representative body of journalists based in Rawalpindi and PakistaniRead More

Chandigarh Calling for ‘war-like preparedness’ to deal with the massive Covid spike in the state, Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Thursday ordered a series of emergency measures, including extension of weekend lockdown with daily night curfew from 7 pm to 5 am in all the 167 cities andRead More