Chandigarh The Surrey Vaisakhi Parade—the largest parade of its kind outside of India—has been cancelled as a precaution to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus. Organisers of the event—Gurdwara Sahib Dasmesh Darbar—had scheduled the event for April 25, according to a report by Global News. Also read: Haryana closesRead More

Chandigarh The Punjab government has closed all government and private schools, colleges and universities in the state till March 31 as a precautionary measure against the spread of coronavirus. However, all exams in schools will be held according to schedule, Punjab School Education Minister Vijay Inder Singla announced on Friday.PunjabRead More

Patiala A couple of days after aspiring teachers who have cleared ETT and TET protested here, those who have passed B Ed staged a dharna on Wednesday, demanding that more posts of school teacher be created. They were marching towards Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh’s residence, when the police blockedRead More

Chandigarh Amid the coronavirus scare, several fake messages have emerged online. This has led to people posting notices stating “schools and colleges” will be closed till March 25, 2020. Punjab Government has called out “miscreants” for posting misleading messages on social media. The government added that “strict action” will beRead More

New Delhi Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday greeted Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on his 79th birthday. “Greetings to Punjab’s Chief Minister @capt_amarinder Ji on his birthday. May Almighty bless him with a long and healthy life,” Modi wrote on Twitter. Singh was born in Patiala in 1942.

Chandigarh The average milk yield in Punjab increased by 50.14 per cent between years 2012 and 2019, as per the figures of the livestock census 2019, Department of Animal Husbandry. The state now has the highest per capita milk availability in the country at 1,181 gm per day against theRead More

Amritsar The state’s first Covid-19 (coronavirus) case was reported in the city today. The patient is a Hoshiarpur resident and is based in Italy. He was tracked along with another traveller at Amritsar airport earlier last week. Both were admitted to Government Medical College here. Tracked at airport The patientRead More

Amritsar The Health Department has said three more suspected cases of Covid were reported at Government Medical College here on Sunday. With this, the number of suspected Covid patients in the Amritsar health facility has reached seven. The medical college has so far not received reports of other four suspectedRead More

Chandigarh The unemployment rate in Punjab is more than the national average, reveals the state’s latest Economic Survey that was tabled in the just concluded Budget session of the Vidhan Sabha. The survey report belies the claims made by the Congress government of making efforts to reduce unemployment. Report beliesRead More

Amritsar/New Delhi, March 7 Two Hoshiarpur-based men, who had reached Amritsar from Delhi on a flight, were suspected to be suffering from coronavirus. They have been admitted to Government Medical College and Hospital, Amritsar. There is no coronavirus-positive confirmation from National Institute of Virology, Pune, said Union Health Ministry onRead More