Chandigarh Punjab reported only three coronavirus cases on Wedesday, the state’s health bulletin showed—the lowest number of cases this month. Gurdaspur, Amritsar and Jalandhar reported new cases, Punjab’s daily COVID bulletin said. Amritsar’s new positive case had a travel history to Maharashtra.The other two infections were local transmissions—contacts of alreadyRead More

Chandigarh, May 20 Intensifying its frontline battle against Covid, the Punjab government on Wednesday notified an ordinance to bring private clinical establishments into the ambit of its fight against the pandemic. The notification, under sub section (3) of section 1 of the Punjab Clinical Establishments (Registration & Regulation) Ordinance, 2020,Read More

Patiala Over 150 Uttar Pradesh bound migrant labourers held a protest on National Highway near Punjab and Haryana border on Sunday. The migrant labourers protested at the Shambhu border after they were dropped back from Haryana-UP border. In fact, labourers had reached the Haryana-UP border and about to cross intoRead More

Chandigarh Three COVID-19 patients, including a six-year-old boy, have died in Punjab, bringing the death toll to 35, while 18 fresh infections pushed the virus count to 1,964 in the state, officials said on Sunday. A total of 109 more people were discharged from hospitals after recovering from the infection,Read More

Muktsar, May 15 Former MP Gurdas Singh Badal (88), father of Punjab Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal, passed away around midnight following a cardiac arrest. He had been unwell for a while and was admitted to a hospital in Mohali. He was the younger brother of former chief minister ParkashRead More

Chandigarh In a significant achievement by Punjab in its anti-corona fight, more than 500 COVID-19 patients were discharged from different hospitals in the state on Friday following their recovery, said officials. Most of the cured and discharged patients were pilgrims who had returned from Takht Hazur Sahib at Nanded inRead More

Chandigarh To facilitate the much-needed industrial revival in the state, and responding to concerns expressed by various industry associations, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh, on Thursday, allowed tiny/cottage industries in non-containment mixed-use areas of Ludhiana to immediately resume operations, in order to support the opening of bigger industries thatRead More

Chandigarh Pujab on Thursday reported 11 new cases of coronavirus taking the state’s tally to 1,935. Of the 11 new cases, seven are from Jalandhar, three from Patiala and one from Patiala. Jalandhar reported seven new cases of the deadly disease, taking the total in the district to 206. FourRead More

Chandigarh In a damage-control exercise, the Punjab government on Tuesday night divested its Chief Secretary Karan Avtar Singh of the charge of Excise and Taxation Commissioner. The development follows a unanimous stand taken by Punjab Council of Ministers yesterday, saying they would not attend any meeting where the Chief SecretaryRead More

Chandigarh Following a spike in Covid-19 cases in the first week of this month, the number of new patients has started declining. With 54 fresh cases coming to the fore on Monday, the state count touched 1,877. As per the media bulletin, Jalandhar topped the chart with 13 new cases,Read More