Chandigarh Hard pressed for funds, the Punjab Government on Tuesday amended the value added tax to hike rates of diesel and petrol by about Rs 2 per litre. The hike will be effective from intervening midnight of May 5 and 6. Punjab follows Delhi which has already raised diesel priceRead More

Chandigarh, May 4 Punjab on Tuesday reported 219 new coronavirus cases, taking the state’s infection tally to 1,451. Gurdaspur (48), Tarn Taran (47), Fazilka (34), Faridkot (27), Sangrur (22), Muktsar (15), Ludhiana (14), Jalandhar (6), Kapurthala (5) and Patiala (1) all reported new cases, the state’s evening bulletin showed. AboutRead More

Chandigarh Punjab’s coronavirus tally rose to 1,103 cases on Sunday, with the state reporting 332 in a span of 24 hours—-its steepest rise yet. Sixteen of Punjab 22 districts registered new cases. Amritsar registered the highest number of COVID-19 cases for second day in a row—the district recorded 75 infectionsRead More

Chandigarh The Punjab government on Sunday said it has received the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) approval to undertake clinical trials for plasma therapy on COVID-19 patients. The trial is expected to commence shortly, Additional Chief Secretary Vini Mahajan said. The hospitals which have partnered to undertake the clinicalRead More

Mohali Mohali district on Thursday reported 13 more coronavirus cases, taking the total in the district to 86. Those infected include 10 pilgrims who had recently returned from Nanded in Maharashtra, where they had gone to pay obeisance at Gurdwara Hazur Sahib. A man found positive is an employee ofRead More

Chandigarh In response to the Centre’s advisory on return of stranded migrants and others, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh, on Thursday, directed all DCs to prepare state-wise data of migrant labourers to coordinate their movement, even as he urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to arrange for point-to-point special trainsRead More

Chandigarh Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday announced extension of curfew in the state by two weeks after May 3, while unveiling steps for limited lifting of the lockdown restrictions, from Thursday, in the non-containment and non-red zones, with strict adherence to Covid-19 safety protocols. Based on theRead More

Jalandhar/Chandigarh Punjab reported 37 new coronavirus infections in a span of 24 hours—the biggest spike the state has seen since the infection was first reported in the state in March. The state’s infection tally now stands at 379. Ludhaina, Jalandhar, Faridkot, SBS Nagar, Hoshiarpur, Mohali, Patiala, Sangrur, Kapurthala and BathindaRead More

Bathinda Owners of small and medium scale industrial units are finding themselves in a quandary as a majority of them do not have the required infrastructure and resources for in-house accommodation of workers as mandated by the government in the wake of Covid-19. ‘CAN’T VEAR EXTRA COST’ I cannot affordRead More

Chandigarh Flagging the fund crunch in the wake of the coronavirus lockdown, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh once again on Monday sought the release of GST arrears of over Rs 4,000 crore from the Centre. In a written submission to the Union government, the Punjab chief minister also demanded aRead More