Chandigarh Growers, representing 13 farmers’ outfits in Punjab, held a state-wide protest against three ordinances of the Centre on Monday. The agitating farmers took out protest marches at several places in the state, including Ludhiana, Moga, Muktsar, Phagwara and Hoshiarpur, to express their anger. They were protesting against the Farmers’Read More

Chandigarh Punjab has recorded 557 new cases and 12 deaths during the past 24 hours. The total number of Covid cases stands at 13,769. Of these 4,387 are active cases. There have been 318 deaths due to the virus. Meanwhile, SAD leader Bibi Jagir Kaur’s daughter has tested positive forRead More

Chandigarh In the last three days, more than 1,000 cases of COVID-19 have been reported from Punjab taking the total cases to 12,216 in the state. The number of active cases stands at 3,838 while 8,096 patients have been discharged after recovery. The state has reported 286 deaths so farRead More

New Delhi More than six months after Justice Dhingra Committee, probing 186 cases in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, submitted its report to the Supreme Court, senior BJP leader and “intervenor” RP Singh has written to Home Minister Amit Shah regarding action taken by the Government of India against culprits inRead More

Chandigarh To further ramp up Covid testing capacity in the state, the Council of Ministers on Wednesday gave a go-ahead to procure seven automatic RNA extraction machines for the viral testing labs at three government medical colleges (Patiala, Amritsar and Faridkot), in addition to another four for the newly set-upRead More

London The family of a three-year-old British Sikh girl who died after being hit by a car have raised over 2,700 pounds for the children’s hospital in Birmingham that tried to save her life. Briya Kaur Gill suffered serious head injuries when the car collided with her last Friday inRead More

Chandigarh Punjab reported 381 cases of coronavirus and two deaths with 24 hours, the state’s evening bulletin said—a development that takes the state’s cases to 10,889. Ludhiana and Patiala each reported a new death, taking the state’s death toll to 263. Sangrur reported 74 new coronavirus cases—the highest of anyRead More

Chandigarh Punjab reports nine deaths and 298 fresh COVID-19 cases on Thursday, taking the state’s death toll to 230. With 298 infections, Punjab COVID-19 tally stands at 9,094. In the last 24 hours, Ludhiana recorded 49 cases whereas Jalandhar reported 39 infections. Both Amritsar and Patiala recorded 28 cases. TheRead More

Chandigarh Bridger Walker, a heroic six-year-old boy, required 90 stitches at his cheek after he was bitten in the face while trying to save his little sister from an onrushing dog. The heroic boy has been named “honorary world champion” by the World Boxing Council. The WBC, which count heavyweightRead More

Chandigarh Punjab’s Cabinet Minister for Rural Development and Panchayats Tripat Rajinder Singh Bajwa tested positive for COVID-19, officials said on Tuesday. His test results came back on Tuesday. Chief Minister Captain Amarinder tweeted wishing Bajwa good health. The development came a week after Director Rural Development Vipul Ujjwal tested positive.Read More