Over 152 international passengers from Italy have tested positive for Covid-19 upon arrival in Punjab. The passengers flew to Amritsar from Rome in an aircraft with 290 people on board. The patients are likely to be shifted to isolation wards set up in hospitals across the city as per protocol. Earlier on Thursday, 125 people […]
In a first of its kind initiative aimed at reforming the Jail inmates, the Punjab Prisons Development Board (PPDB) today signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Indian Oil (IOCL) and Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) for opening 12 Retail Outlets (ROs) to be manned by Jail inmates across the state. Pertinently, the aims come after instant […]
Former Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh today lashed out at the Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, the Deputy Chief Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa and the Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu for their reckless and irresponsible response to the grave security breach during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Punjab visit on Wednesday. “Channi, Randhawa and Sidhu […]
With Social Media emerging as a new challenge, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Punjab Dr S Karuna Raju on Friday organised a workshop for all the District Public Relation Officers (DPROs) on ‘Social Media Monitoring’ to help them in countering fake news and identification of paid news during upcoming Punjab Assembly Elections 2022. Dr Rubal Kanozia, […]
To impart quality and world-class education to youngsters of the state, the Punjab Government has initiated a new idea to impart IELTS coaching through Govt Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) in synergy with Cambridge University Press India. Cambridge University Press India is a subsidiary of the Cambridge University Press UK, which is the publishing business of […]
Chandigarh District Magistrate has imposed a night curfew in Chandigarh from 10 pm to 5 pm with immediate effect. The new order, which notifies decisions taken in a War Room meeting on Thursday, states only essential services can function between 10 pm and 5 am. People travelling interstate and those going to or from the […]
The UT Administration has decided to set up a State-of-the Art Advance Centre for Infectious diseases ot the 1.6 acre piece of land, adjoining GMCH-32, which was identified for Sport Injury Centre. The internal planning to be re-worked by the Department of Urban Planning and the Department of Engineering, UT Administration for expeditious action in […]
As the COVID infection is spreading in the City with an alarming speed, the UT Administration has now given a clarion call for setting up Mini COVID Centers in the City voluntarily by the interested organization/associations. The interested organization/associations. Any Individual, Association, Voluntary Organization, NGO, Religious Organization, Corporate, Firm or Trust may come forward […]
Heavy rain lashed several parts of Punjab and Haryana during the past 24 hours until Thursday morning. he minimum temperatures, however, hovered above normal limits in the two states. According to the meteorological department’s weather report, Chandigarh, Amritsar, Ludhiana, Patiala, Faridkot, Ferozepur, Bathinda, Hoshiarpur, Rupnagar, Mohali, Moga, Gurdaspur, Ambala, Hisar, Narnaul, Rohtak, Panchkula and Bhiwani […]