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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
Pakistan plane crash survivor has India connection
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14 RPF personnel test Covid-19 positive in Punjab
Chandigarh:Β Fourteen Railway Police Force (RPF) personnel are among Punjab’s 37 new coronavirus cases, according to the state health bulletin, here on Tuesday. With the new cases, Punjab’s Covid-19 tally increased to 1,914. Of this, 89 per cent (1,711) cases are active. The coronavirus toll is 32. The 14 RPF personnel were among Ludhiana’s total 16 […]
Telangana, Maharashtra, Punjab, Bengal among those wanting lockdown extension
New Delhi: At the Prime Minister’s fifth video conference with Chief Ministers of different states and Union Territories, at least five states advocated an extension of the current lockdown. However they were outnumbered by many states and UTs who asked for more relaxation in terms of opening up the economy while keeping certain restrictions. Sources […]
Fighter aircraft MiG-29 crashes in Punjab, pilot safe
New Delhi: An Indian Air Force (IAF) fighter aircraft crashed near the Rurki Kalan village in Punjab’s Nawanshahr district on Friday. “On May 8, at 10:45 a.m., one Mig-29 aircraft airborne on a training mission from an Air Force base near Jalandhar met with an accident,” the IAF said in a statement. The aircraft had […]
Policeman dragged on bonnet in Punjab amid lockdown
Chandigarh: An Assistant Sub-Inspector in Punjab’s Jalandhar town was dragged on a car bonnet on Saturday when a policeman tried to stop the vehicle during lockdown. The police arrested the driver Amol Mehmi, 20, who was on the wheel of the black Ertiga, and his father Parminder Kumar, its owner. The incident was recorded in […]
COVID-19: 105 new cases in Punjab for 2nd consecutive day
Chandigarh:Β Punjab on Friday reported 105 more coronavirus cases, a day after the state saw an equal number of cases — the highest single-day spike — including 97 returnees from the famous Sikh shrine in Maharashtra’s Nanded. The new cases include 48 from Amritsar, 16 from Jalandhar, 13 from Ludhiana and six from Mohali. The northern […]