Chandigarh Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Friday said it would not be possible to lift the Covid-19 lockdown completely for some more time, as the state had witnessed three peaks in the Covid-19 curve in the past 40 days.Before deciding on lifting the curbs, he said, the state wouldRead More

Chandigarh The Captain Amarinder Singh-led Punjab government has constituted a Group of Experts, headed by noted economist and former deputy chairman of the Planning Commission, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, to come out with the post-Covid revival strategy for the state. The Group, which includes leading economy and industry experts, shall recommendRead More

Patiala Punjab reported 11 new cases on Friday, taking the number of cases in the state to 298. Patiala, Mansa, Jalandhar, Amritsar and Ludhiana reported new cases, an evening health bulletin from Punjab’s health department said. Six more people tested positive for coronavirus from Patiala’s Rajpura town—a place that hasRead More

Chandigarh Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday directed the Department of Industries and the District Industries Centres to provide all industrial units eligible to reopen with requisite approvals along with required curfew passes within 12 hours of applying. Amarinder also promised to raise the issue of central support forRead More

Chandigarh Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday said he had ordered a detailed audit of every COVID-19 death by experts to understand and check the high mortality rate in the state, and the government was also strengthening its pandemic containment measures, under the guidance of an expert team.Read More

Punjab Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday said Union Home Minister Amit Shah had acceded to their demand to allow Punjab pilgrims stranded at Nanded in Maharashtra to return home. The CM had urged the Union Home Minister on this after his Maharasthra counterpart had said that theRead More

Patiala Patiala reported a spike in coronavirus cases on Wednesday—18 people testes positive in suburban Rajpura, taking the district tally to 49. Rajpura alone accounts for 30 of the 49 cases, emerging as a hotspot. Health department authorities said a major reason this is a hookah party that two businessmenRead More

Chandigarh Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Sunday ruled out any relaxation in the curfew in the state, except as needed to ensure COVID-19 free procurement of wheat, till May 3, when he will again review the situation. Capt Amarinder ordered strict enforcement of the curfew in all districtsRead More

Patiala The book trader, who tested positive for coronavirus on Thursday night, had visited Zirakpur and continued with his business despite the lockdown, said the Health Department. The book trader runs a shop in a congested book’s market and sold several books in the city during the lockdown. Now, thoseRead More

Pathankot Nearly 1,200 workers from Jammu and Kashmir, who have completed their quarantine period of fourteen days in different camps in Punjab’s Pathankot district, are on a hunger strike for the last three days seeking that they be sent to their towns in the Union Territory. They were stranded inRead More