Punjab Chief Electoral Officer Dr S Karuna Raju, while briefing the media on Saturday said that ECI has announced seven phased Assembly Elections schedule for five states of India. He said that in Punjab elections to 117 Legislative constituencies would be held in second phase at one go. As per the schedule, issue of the […]
The Election Commission of India (EC) announced dates for assembly elections in Punjab on Saturday. The Punjab Assembly Election 2022 will be held in a single phase on February 14 for 117 constituencies. The counting of votes will take place on March 10.The last date to file nominations will be January 28 and the nomination […]
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 […]