Chandigarh Stepping up its fight against Covid-19, the state government has put a complete ban on all public gatherings, while restricting social gatherings to 30 for weddings and bhog ceremonies and up to five persons for any other occasion. Wearing masks would be compulsory at all gatherings, workplaces and meetings.Read More

Chandigarh Punjab’s coronavirus continue to rise alarmingly, reporting 217 new coronavirus cases and four deaths reported in the past 24 hours—a development that takes the state’s COVID-19 cases to 7357 with 187 deaths Jalandhar continues to report account for a substantial number of reported cases—the state’s COVID bulletin said districtRead More

Chandigarh All public dealing at the Punjab Civil Secretariat 1 and 2 has been stopped with immediate effect. The orders have been issued by the General Administration. The orders have been issued in wake of a number of Punjab government officers who have visited the secretariats in the recent pastRead More

Chandigarh The Panjab University (PU) authorities are working on a plan regarding the conduct of the final-year exams for various courses. Yesterday, the HRD Ministry gave the go-ahead for conducting the final-year examinations in universities by September-end. However, the PU may face several hindrances in following the directions due toRead More

Ludhiana Rajya Sabha member and former Union Minister Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa today claimed that he had taken over as the new president of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD). He said he had already “expelled” Sukhbir Singh Badal from the party during a rally held in Sangrur on February 23. DhindsaRead More

Faridkot The police Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Monday nominated Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim as an accused in the “bir” theft case of June 2015. In this case, a “bir” of Guru Granth Sahib was stolen from a gurdwara at Burj Jawahar Singh Wala village of FaridkotRead More

Chandigarh/Muktsar Punjab on Monday reported 208 new cases of coronavirus besides five deaths, taking the state’s case tally to 6,491. The death toll now stands at 169. Jalandhar recorded maximum 84 cases, followed by Ludhiana (25). Muktsar reported the six new cases of the deadly disease, taking the total inRead More

Chandigarh With 172 fresh cases in the past 24 hours, the Covid-19 count has reached 6,109 in the state. Five deaths were also reported today. While two deaths were reported from Moga, one each was reported from SAS Nagar, Amritsar and Hoshiarpur. The toll has reached 162. Seven persons areRead More

Chandigarh Accusing the Akalis of “selling” Punjab’s interests by agreeing to the anti-farm ordinances, Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Saturday asserted that he would take the fight against the ordinances to the Centre. Capt Amarinder said he would soon take an all-party delegation of the state to meet theRead More

Chandigarh Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday released an easy-to-understand Punjab COVID-19 Clinical Management Manual as a single reference point for all healthcare providers, with the overall aim of reducing the mortality rate through a cohesive and coordinated approach dealing with all facets of the pandemic, a press releaseRead More