India’s domestic cricket schedule was thrown into chaos on Tuesday when the BCCI decided to postpone major tournaments including Ranji Trophy and the Col CK Naidu Trophy due to a surge in COVID-19 cases across the country. With as many as six members of the Bengal contingent including five players testing positive along with a […]
In a bid to check menace of stray cattle and ensure its upkeep in Gaushalas/Cattle Pounds, the Punjab Cabinet led by Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Tuesday approved a sum of Rs.6.65 crore, out of which Rs. 4.03 crore would be spent to clear outstanding liabilities of 20 Government Cattle Pounds and Rs. 2.62 […]
Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Channi on Tuesday announced a hike in the monthly honorarium of over 53,000 Anganwadi workers, mini-Anganwadi workers and the helpers. He also declared that all these workers would be now eligible for regular increase in their honorarium annually from January 1, 2023.Channi also distributed appointment letters to 67 ‘safai sewaks’.Addressing a […]
Former Punjab CM Amarinder Singh on Tuesday said the BJP is the only party that can take care of the state’s security and economic challenges and he slammed the Congress and AAP for making poll promises which can’t be fulfilled. Amarinder Singh also claimed his party’s alliance with the BJP and Shiromani Akali Dal-Sanyukt for […]
Around 10,000 security personnel have been deployed in Punjab’s Ferozepur district ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit, which is being opposed by some farmer unions. An anti-drone team has also been deployed in the border district, officials said.Modi is visiting Punjab after a gap of two years and is set to lay the foundation […]
Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi here on Tuesday said if the Congress returns to power in next year’s state Assembly polls, it will provide the youth one lakh jobs within a year and also launch a programme to help them go abroad. Channi said the youth will be given free coaching of English language tests […]
Tricity recorded 361 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday—the highest rise in its cases since mid-June. Of this number, Chandigarh recorded 128 new cases, hitting three-digit figures for the first time since May-June last year. Active cases in the union territory touched 500, a health bulletin from the administration showed.Fifty of the new Covid-19 patients are […]
Punjab on Tuesday reported a big jump in fresh COVID-19 cases with 1,027 more people getting infected, taking the infection tally to 6,06,927 in the state, where two more people died from coronavirus. So far, the virus has claimed 16,653 lives in the state, according to a medical bulletin.Punjab has been witnessing a surge in […]
The Delhi government on Tuesday announced a weekend curfew and work from home for its offices as the city recorded 5,481 fresh COVID-19 cases, the highest number since May 16, with a positivity rate of 8.37 percent and three fatalities. Health Minister Satyendar Jain, however, asserted that no lockdown was being imposed in the national […]