Chandigarh |Β Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Saturday announced a cash reward of Rs 6 crore and a government job for Neeraj Chopra for winning India’s first Olympic gold medal in athletics. The star athlete from Panipat district in Haryana created histiry after he clinched the gold in javelin throw with an attempt of […]
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Farmer dies by suicide at protest site in Haryana
Chandigarh |Β Perturbed over the fate of the agitation of farmers against three contentious farm laws, a 55-year-old marginal farmer on Wednesday allegedly committed suicide by consuming poisonous substance at a protest site in Jind district of Haryana. The victim, Zile Singh, had been actively involved in serving food to farmers at the protest site on […]
Pfizer too says no to Punjab on vaccine supply
Chandigarh |Β After Moderna, another Covid-19 vaccine manufacturer Pfizer has refused to send direct vaccination to Punjab, citing its policy to only deal with the Central government, state Nodal Officer (Vaccination) Vikas Garg said on Monday. He said the company, in a communication to the state, said: “Pfizer is working with federal governments across the world […]
Moderna refuses to deal directly with Punjab for vaccine: Official
Chandigarh |Β Citing its policy, Covid-19 vaccine manufacturer Moderna has refused to send the vaccine directly to Punjab, state nodal officer for vaccination Vikas Garg said on Sunday. He said all vaccine manufacturers were approached for direct purchase of vaccines, including Sputnik V, Pfizer, Modern, and Johnson & Johnson. Garg said the reply was received from […]
‘Flying Sikh’ Milkha Singh tests positive for Covid-19
Chandigarh |Β Legendary athlete and ‘Flying Sikh’ Milkha Singh, 91, was diagnosed coronavirus positive on Thursday after one of his staff members tested positive. He isolated himself at his residence here, doctors said. “His condition is stable, but has been down with fever since last (Wednesday) night,” said a doctor. His wife Nirmal Milkha Singh said […]
Man carries Covid positive daughter’s body on shoulders for cremation
Chandigarh |Β In a heart-wrenching incident, a poor man carried his 11-year-old daughter’s body on his shoulders to reach the burial ground in Jalandhar town. She died owing to Covid-19. The video of the man carrying the body has gone viral on social media. The man, Dilip, told the media that his daughter died on last […]
Six-time Congress MP Bhatia passes away at 100
Chandigarh |Β Six-time Congress MP and two-time Governor R.L. Bhatia passed away in Amritsar on Saturday, his family members said. Former Minister of State for External Affairs, Bhatia was 100 years old. He represented the Amritsar parliamentary constituency six times from 1972, and was the Governor of Kerala from 2004 to 2008 and of Bihar from […]
Class 12 boy bludgeons grandmother to death, sets body on fire
Chandigarh |Β In a shocking incident, a Class 12 boy bludgeoned his bed-ridden 83-year-old grandmother to death in a fit of rage in a Punjab village over her insistence to study rather than spending too much time on mobile phones and loitering on a motorcycle. After committing the crime, the 16-year-old boy put her body on […]
Chandigarh shuts educational institutions, bans Holi frolic
Chandigarh |Β The Chandigarh administration on Monday ordered all schools, colleges and other educational institutions in the Union Territory to close until March 31 and ordered ban festivities relating to Holi. An order from the Chandigarh Administration’s Director of Education said that it would revisit its decision to hold in-person exams for Classes 9 and 11. […]
Haryana Assembly passes Bill to make protesters liable for property loss
Chandigarh |Β Amid protests by the Opposition Congress, the Manohar Lal Khattar BJP-JJP government on Thursday got the Haryana Recovery of Damages to Property During Disturbance to Public Order Bill of 2021 passed by a voice vote in the Assembly. On the pattern of Uttar Pradesh, the Bill provides for recovery of damages to property caused […]