Chandigarh Advocating aggressive steps to take back the Galwan Valley territory seized by the Chinese, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday urged the government of India to issue an ultimatum to Beijing to vacate the occupied land immediately, with a clear warning that failure to do so would leadRead More

Moga/Ludhiana Punjab on Friday reported the death of two more coronavirus patients and 76 new cases of the disease, taking the state’s COVID toll to 85 and case tally to 3,691. Moga and Ludhiana each recorded a death. Jalandhar reported the biggest single-day spike so far as it recorded 76Read More

Chandigarh The Punjab Government on Thursday decided to increase the ex-gratia amount for soldiers killed in action from Rs 10 lakh to Rs 50 lakh, along with a job to a next of kin. “This is the least we can do for our brave servicemen who make the supreme sacrificeRead More

CHANDIGARH The Punjab government will soon rationalize the private treatment cost for the COVID patients to make it affordable, said the Punjab Health and Family Welfare Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu here today. The minister urged the private hospital managements to rise to the occasion and come forward with rational andRead More

Chandigarh Appreciating Punjab’s COVID micro-containment and house-to-house surveillance strategy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Tuesday, asked all other states to adopt the model, which was helping Punjab successfully in controlling the spread of the pandemic, a press release by the state government read. The Prime Minister intervened as Chief MinisterRead More

Chandigarh/Sangrur Punjab reported 104 new coronavirus cases and one more death within span of 24 hours since Monday, the state’s official health bulletin showed on Tuesday. The development takes the state’s coronavirus count to 3,371. The death toll now stands at 72. The deceased was diabetic and had hypertension, doctorsRead More

Chandigarh Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday approved weekend and holiday restriction guidelines as per which the inter-district movement will be barred except for e-pass holders, and only shops dealing with essential commodities and services will be allowed to operate on all days of the week. During aRead More

Chandigarh Amritsar reported 63 new coronavirus cases and three of Punjab’s four deaths in a span of 24 hours—the highest single-day rise the district has witnessed since first week of May. Punjab reported 99 new infections on Friday, taking Punjab’s numbers to 2,986—a few short of 3,000. The state alsoRead More

Chandigarh The Union Road Transport and Highways Ministry has issued directions to the National Highways Authority of India to develop a new expressway to connect Sultanpur Lodhi, Goindwal Sahib, Khadoor Sahib and Tarn Taran with Amritsar. It will create a new Sikh circuit covering five religious shrines as part ofRead More

Jalandhar Jalandhar recorded its 10 death from coronavirus on Wednesday, officials said—a development that comes at a time when the district continues to report COVID-19 cases. The latest fatality was an 86-year-old man who had tested positive for COVID-19. Doctors said he had pre-existing health conditions. He was being treatedRead More