BJP’s Sarabjit Kaur was on Saturday elected the Chandigarh mayor. In the 36-member Municipal Corporation House, 28 votes were polled as the Congress and SAD abstained from voting.The BJP got 14 votes, AAP 13 and one vote was deemed invalid. BJP’s Dalip Sharma beat AAP’s Prem lata by two votes to win the senior deputy […]
The Union home ministry on Friday issued showcause notices to Bathinda police chief and five other senior officers for “major lapses in security” during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Punjab. The Centre also supported a petition in the Supreme Court for a thorough probe into the security breach and sought involvement of the NIA […]
In a bid to ensure the overall development of the Rajpura constituency, the Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Friday announced Rs. 10 crore besides elevating Banur as Sub Division shortly.He also announced a Government College for Banur and upgradation of the hospital.Addressing a mammoth gathering here at the local Grain Market, CM Channi […]
The Punjab government has submitted a report to the Centre saying an FIR had been filed in the matter and a two-member panel set up. Chief Secretary Anirudh Tewari has submitted a report to the Centre regarding the security breach that stalled PM Narendra Modi’s visit informing that an FIR had been lodged in the […]
A ruckus broke out at Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Raghav Chadha’s press conference in Punjab’s Jalandhar. AAP workers were seen pushing and beating each other at the Jalandhar Press Club. There were reports of fist fights among workers and protesters over ticket distribution. AAP workers were seen pushing and beating each other at the […]
About 3.2 million people could have died from Covid in India by September last year, six-seven times higher than reported officially, according to a study based on one independent and two government data sources. The research, published in the journal Science on Thursday, used an independent nationally representative survey of 137,289 adults in all states […]
In yet another big jump in coronavirus cases, Punjab reported 2,901 fresh infections on Friday while one more person succumbed to the disease, according to a medical bulletin. The new cases pushed the infection tally to 6,13,976 in the state, the bulletin said. Punjab has been witnessing a surge in the number of infections for […]
India on Friday made seven-day home quarantine mandatory for all international arrivals and an RT-PCR test on the eighth day, as it issued revised guidelines for international passengers. The guidelines released on Friday come into force from January 11 and will remain effective till further government orders.As per the existing rules, which have been retained […]
Chandigarh on Friday reported 390 Covid-19 cases and recorded a positivity rate of 10.77 per cent. As many as 3,620 samples were tested in the last 24 hours.Chandigarh had recorded 331 new cases on Thursday.The active caseload increased to 1,323 on Friday from 979 a day before.No new death was reported today as the toll […]
Punjab police has registered an FIR against 150 unidentified people in a case related to the blocking of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s convoy in Ferozepur earlier this week, where he was on his way to address a public rally.The FIR has been registered against the accused under Section 283 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). […]