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 […]
The Charanjit Singh Channi-led Congress government in Punjab on Tuesday imposed a night curfew in the state amid fears over the Omicron variant of COVID-19. Issuing fresh guidelines, the state government said that the night curfew will begin at 10 pm and continue till 5 am, adding that authorities can impose Section 144 CrPC accordingly.All […]
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said he has tested positive for COVID-19 and isolated himself at home. “I have tested positive for Covid. Mild symptoms. Have isolated myself at home. Those who came in touch wid (with) me in last few days, kindly isolate urself (yourself) and get urself tested,” Kejriwal tweeted. The […]
Amidst apprehensions of a Covid third wave propelled by the Omicron variant, a special committee constituted by the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Monday recommended virtual mode of hearing cases. A note issued by the Punjab and Haryana High Court Bar Association’s Honorary Secretary Vishal Aggarwal said: “Seeing the current situation, it has been […]
The SIT probing the Lakhimpur Kheri violence on Monday filed a charge sheet against 14 people, including Union Minister Ajay Mishra’s son Ashish, who has been named the main accused. The 5,000-page charge sheet, which was submitted in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) Chinta Ram, said Ashish Mishra was at the spot where […]
Over 41 lakh children in the age group of 15 to 18 years received Covid vaccine doses till 8 pm on the first day of the inoculation drive for this group of beneficiaries.The cumulative Covid vaccine doses administered in the country crossed 146.61 crore with more than 98 lakh shots being administered on Monday till […]