Kerala has again emerged as the top performer in terms of overall health performance among larger states, while Uttar Pradesh is the worst, according to the fourth Health Index launched by Niti Aayog. The fourth round of the Health Index took into account the 2019-20 period. The report by the government think tank said Tamil […]
With the AAP emerging as the leading party winning 14 of 35 wards in Chandigarh Municipal Corporation polls, its national convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said the party’s victory is a sign of the ensuing change in Punjab which will go to assembly polls early next year. Congratulating his party’s winning […]
New entrant Aam Aadmi Party has emerged as the leading outfit in the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation polls, winning 14 of 35 wards in the final results declared on Monday.Tl The BJP, which enjoyed a majority in the previous MC House, came a close second registering win in 12 wards while the Congress bagged eight seats […]
Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu has courted controversy while praising two party members, allegedly saying that they are capable of making policemen wet their pants. Former chief minister Amarinder Singh and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Daljit Singh Cheema slammed him over the purported remark and a Chandigarh police officer sent him a defamation […]
Amid the rising cases of Omicron at the National level, Punjab Deputy Chief Minister OP Soni who also holds the department of Health Services and Family Welfare, on Monday ordered to activate all Primary Health Centers (PHSCs), Community Health Centers (CHCs) and Oxygen plants to cater the possible surge of patients. Reviewing the situation of […]
Deputy Chief Minister inaugurates ultra modern Central Jail Goindwal Sahib at a cost of Rs. 190 crore.”It is high time that Punjab is pulled out of the drug quagmire for which the State Government and the Police Department are burning midnight oil. However the wholehearted cooperation of the people is extremely important.” These views were […]
Former Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh today expressed confidence that after coming together, the three parties including Punjab Lok Congress, the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Shiromani Akali Dal-Sanyukt will form the next government in Punjab getting absolute majority in the ensuing Vidhan Sabha elections. “I am happy that we have come together in the […]
Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Monday said that Aam Aadmi Party Chief Arvind Kejriwal should not take Punjabis for granted by building castles in the air and should understand that Punjabis are much more capable for leading their own state and need not an outsider like him. “Proud Punjabis would never let an outsider […]
The gap between the second dose of Covid-19 vaccine and the third, which is being called a “precaution dose”, is likely to be nine to 12 months, official sources said on Sunday. The nitty-gritty of the gaps for the vaccines currently being used in India’s inoculation programme— Covishield and Covaxin—is being worked out, and a […]
The Centre on Sunday constituted a high-level committee, headed by a secretary-rank officer, to examine the possibility of lifting the controversial Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act in Nagaland, apparently to soothe the rising tension in the northeastern state over the killing of 14 civilians. Vivek Joshi, who is Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India, […]