Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday ordered the suspension of, and inquiry against, seven Excise and Taxation Officers and Inspectors, along with two DSPs and four SHOs of Punjab Police, in connection with the hooch tragedy, which has so far claimed 86 lives in the three districts of Tarn Taran, Amritsar rural and […]
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Spurious liquor tragedy toll reaches 21, Punjab CM orders probe
Chandigarh: Even as at least 21 persons died due to alleged consumption of spurious liquor in Amritsar, Batala and Tarn Taran districts of Punjab, Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday ordered a magisterial inquiry led by the Jalandhar Divisional Commissioner into the matter. Five more deaths were reported on Friday in Batala. One person was […]
‘Happiest moment’: says Haryana topper after interacting with PM
Chandigarh: It was the “happiest moment” in life for the Class XII topper from Haryana when she received a call from Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday, who greeted her telephonically for her feat. “It is the happiest moment for me as I received the call from Prime Minister Narendra Modi ji. I greeted him […]
Punjab waives all fees in govt schools for this session
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh announced, here on Saturday, government schools would not charge any admission, re-admission and tuition fees for this session because of the Covid crisis. On the fee charged by private schools, he said the state government had moved the court. He also announced provisional admission in Class XI for 31,000 […]
Bharat Biotech starts corona vaccine trial at PGI-Rohtak: Anil Vij
Chandigarh: Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij on Friday said that human trial of a vaccine against novel coronavirus has begun at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences in Rohtak. Human trial of COVAXIN of Bharat Biotech has started at PGIMES, Rohtak, Vij tweeted. Human trial with Corona vaccine (COVAXIN) of Bharat Biotech started at […]
Punjab CM Amarinder Singh tests negative for Covid, asks colleagues to test
Chandigarh: A day after his Cabinet colleague Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa tested positive for Covid-19, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Wednesday urged all ministers, as well as legislators and senior bureaucrats, to get themselves tested for the virus. The Chief Minister also underwent the test and was found to be negative, an official spokesperson […]
8 more doctors of Punjab medical college test Covid positive
Chandigarh: Eight doctors of Guru Gobind Singh Medical College and Hospital in Punjab’s Faridkot town on Tuesday tested Covid-19 positive, taking the total doctors who got infected there within a week to 11. Civil Surgeon Rajinder Kumar said eight doctors, a staff nurse and a ward boy, all belonging to the medical college’s orthopaedic department, […]
Ram Rahim now made accused in theft of Sikh holy scriptures in Punjab
Chandigarh: In a major development in a five-year-old theft of the Sikh holy scriptures in Punjab, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Monday made controversial Dera Sacha Sauda sect chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, who is serving a 20-year jail sentence for raping two of his disciples, an accused in the case. He was named […]
Day after boyfriend’s suicide, girl ends life in Mohali
Chandigarh: A day after a 22-year-old youth committed suicide by hanging himself from a wooden ladder, his girlfriend too ended her life in Mohali on Thursday in a similar manner, the police said. Pragya (26), a resident of Jamshedpur in Jharkhand, was the girlfriend of Sahil Kumar, a resident of Kurukshetra in Haryana. Kumar’s suicide […]
No further lockdown, says Punjab CM Amarinder Singh
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Monday said there would be no further lockdown and appealed the people to strictly adhere to the safety protocols. The Chief Minister told the media here that the state has made arrangements to combat any emergent situation. He said there were 5,216 corona cases till June 28, of […]