Chandigarh A day ahead of his meeting with his Punjab counterpart over the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal, convened by the Centre, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar today said he was hopeful that Capt Amarinder Singh would agree to completion of the canal in accordance with the Supreme Court order. TalkingRead More

Chandigarh Punjab reported an astonishing 1,704 coronavirus cases within a span of 24 hours, the state’s COVID bulletin showed on Tuesday—the highest spike the state has so far reported—with Ludhiana and Patiala together accounting for more than half of the cases. Ludhiana reported 483 cases—the highest it has reported yetRead More

Chandigarh The Punjab Vidhan Sabha will convene on August 28 for a one-day constitutionally mandated session, for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic broke out. The go-ahead for the session came on Monday during a video conference (VC) meeting of the state Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Capt AmarinderRead More

Chandigarh Punjab on Monday reported its highest single-day spike of 1,492 COVID-19 cases and a record 51 deaths due to the disease, the state health department said. The COVID-19 death toll has mounted to 862 and the infection tally reached 32,695. Fourteen new deaths were reported from Ludhiana, six fromRead More

Patiala The state government has constituted a high-level committee to improve the functioning of the fund-starved Punjabi University, Patiala. The panel will present its findings regarding optimisation of the university’s salary budget, increasing its revenue and rationalisation of staff salaries among other things to improve its overall financial situation. WhileRead More

Mohali 67 fresh COVID-19 cases surfaced in Mohali on Thursday, taking the total count to 1,603. Meanwhile, five more fatalities were also reported, rising the death tally to 30 in the district. All patients with co-morbidities had tested positive after their death. The persons infected with the virus include fourRead More

Chandigarh Punjab reported 39 deaths from coronavirus and 1,020 new cases, the state’s COVID bulletin showed—the highest single-day rise in fatalities the state has seen yet. The development takes the state’s case tally to 26,909 cases with 675 deaths. Twelve of 22 districts reported deaths, the bulletin showed. At 13,Read More

Chandigarh, August 11 Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh today urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to provide a liberal financial package to the state to fill the revenue collection gap caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Captain Amarinder raised the demand during a video-conference of the Prime Minister with chief ministers toRead More

Chandigarh Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Tuesday said the Punjabi spirit of ‘koyi gal nahin’ (no worries) causing people to delay going for testing and treatment of COVID-19 was a cause for worry. While this was a nice spirit, it could prove to be detrimental in certain instances,Read More

Chandigarh Punjab on Tuesday reported a record 32 fatalities due to COVID-19, pushing the death toll to 636, while 1,002 fresh cases took the state’s infection tally to 25,889. As many as 11 fatalities were reported in Ludhiana, four in Sangrur, three each in Amritsar, Patiala, Jalandhar and Mohali, andRead More