Chandigarh: Punjab on Thursday saw 105 new cases of coronavirus, the highest single-day spike, with 87 of them those who returned to the state either after a 1,750-km odyssey from the Sikh shrine in Maharashtra’s Nanded or Rajasthan’s Kota this week. With the surfacing of the new cases, the total number of those infected with […]
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23 more Hazur Sahib returnees test positive in Punjab
Chandigarh: Twenty-three more people, who returned to Punjab after a 1,750-km odyssey from the Sikh shrine in Nanded, Maharashtra, on Wednesday tested coronavirus positive, taking their total to 34. As per official figures, nearly 3,500 pilgrims are expected to arrive from Takht Sri Hazur Sahib in Nanded where they were stranded due to the lockdown. […]
Punjab extends curfew by two weeks after May 3
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Wednesday announced extension of curfew in the state by two weeks after May 3, while unveiling steps for limited lifting of the lockdown restrictions from Thursday in the non-containment and non-red zones with strict adherence to Covid-19 safety protocols. Based on the report of the expert committee set […]
Punjab identifies 60,000 new drug-addicts in lockdown
Chandigarh: Over 60,000 new drug-addicts have been registered with the Punjab de-addiction programme in just one month of the lockdown, according to Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu, here on Saturday. Keeping in view the increasing number of drug-addicts, the opening time of the ‘out patient opioid assisted treatment’ (OOAT) clinics has been set at 8 […]
Punjab sees rise in crime against women amid curfew
Chandigarh: Amid a massive increase in complaints of domestic violence against women since the curfew came into effect, Punjab Police has formulated a detailed strategy to tackle such cases with daily action taken reports to be submitted by the Deputy Superintendents of Police for crime against women. Figures show there has been a 21 per […]
WATCH: 98-year-old woman in Punjab stitches masks for corona crisis
Chandigarh: She is close to turn into a centenarian but the coronavirus pandemic makes her a ‘warrior’. She is stitching face masks for the people on the streets to battle it out. She is 98-year-old Gurdev Kaur from Moga town in Punjab. “We are making face masks and distributing among the passersby free of cost, […]
Sidhu spotted without mask in public amid lockdown in Punjab
Chandigarh: Even though his Congress party government in Punjab has made wearing a face mask in public a must, legislator Navjot Singh Sidhu has been seen mingling with people and frontline healthcare workers without wearing a mask to extend a helping hand to those who are fighting the coronavirus pandemic. He was seen touring his […]
3-yr-old boy reunited with parents, courtesy officials of Punjab, J&K
New Delhi: Showing a humane approach amid strict implementation of the nationwide lockdown, officials of Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir coordinated to reunite a three-year-old boy with his parents. The boy, Mayankvir Singh, had travelled to his maternal parents house in Urban Estate Phase-II in Patiala city of Punjab along with his mother Puneet Kaur […]
IAF chopper makes emergency landing in Punjab’s Hoshiarpur
New Delhi: An Indian Air Force (IAF) apache helicopter made an emergency landing on Friday on a field in Punjab’s Hoshiarpur. The helicopter took off from Pathankot base earlier but due to some technical glitch it landed in the Budhwar village fields. “On April 17, an Apache helicopter of the IAF got airborne from Pathankot airbase. […]
Punjab ministers not to take salaries for three months
Chandigarh: With the state staring at revenue losses to the tune of Rs 22,000 crore in view of the COVID-19 crisis, all Punjab ministers on Thursday decided not to take their salaries for three months. Also the Chief Secretary appealed for all government employees to take voluntary cuts in the wages to help the state […]