Chandigarh on Thursday reported 331 new cases of Covid-19 as the cumulative number of infections reached 66,824.The number of active cases has risen to 979 up from 665 a day before.As many as 229 cases of Covid were reported on Thursday.No new death was reported today as the toll remained 1,080. A positivity rate of […]
The Union health ministry on Wednesday said home isolation of COVID-19 patients will end after at least seven days from testing positive and no fever for three successive days, in revised guidelines for home isolation of mild or asymptomatic cases. Also, there is no need for re-testing after the home isolation period is over.Earlier, the […]
Strict lockdowns in the Chinese cities of Xian and Yuzhou are taking their toll on the population and healthcare systems, according to residents, with complaints of food shortages and dangerous delays in accessing medical care, The Guardian reported. Xi’an, a city of 13 million people, has been under strict lockdown for nearly two weeks now, […]
Chief Electoral Officer Punjab Dr S Karuna Raju on Wednesday handed over the final published Electoral Rolls for the Assembly Elections-2022 to the representatives of recognised Political Parties here in the form of DVDs. Giving further details, Dr Raju said that the process of final publication of the photo electoral rolls has been concluded on […]
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), on Wednesday filed a supplementary chargesheet against 27 accused including three private companies before Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court in connection with the Rs 60,000 crore Pearl ponzy scheme. The accused cheated investors across the country by illegally operating different investment schemes, without any statutory approval with the intention to […]
The daily number of COVID cases in the national capital almost doubled on Wednesday, rising to 10,655 infections from 5,481 a day earlier, with the positivity rate shooting up to 11.88 per cent and eight deaths reported, the highest in nearly seven months, prompting the Delhi government to direct hospitals to immediately escalate their bed […]
Launching a scathing attack on the Congress over the breach in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s security, the BJP on Wednesday alleged the ruling party in Punjab “tried to physically harm him”. Modi’s Punjab visit was cut short on Wednesday after a “major security lapse” as he was stranded on a flyover for 20 minutes due […]
Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Wednesday expressed regret after Prime Minister Narendra Modi had to cut short his visit to the state, but asserted that there was no security lapse. Modi, who landed in Bathinda and had to take the road route to Hussainiwala in Ferozepur because of inclement weather, was stuck on […]
The Akali Dal on Wednesday said the “major security lapse” that cut short Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Punjab visit reflected the “total collapse” of the law and order machinery, and claimed that Charanjit Singh Channi has no moral right now to continue as the chief minister. Modi returned without inaugurating development projects and addressing a […]