A day after reporting the lowest single-day COVID-19 cases at 536 after April 27 last year, Maharashtra on Tuesday saw 678 fresh infections and 35 fatalities, 14 more compared to the previous day. With the latest additions, Maharashtra’s tally of infections rose to 66,35,658 and the COVID-19 death toll to 1,40,997 on Tuesday, a health […]
Punjab Education Minister Pargat Singh today asked the officers to further reduce the time period for providing jobs on compassionate grounds to the eligible next of kin of deceased employees.The Minister, who handed over the job letters to 26 staff members including 1 Mistress, 7 Clerk, 4 SLA, 12 Peon and 2 Chowkidar in Education […]
Deputy Chief MInister O.P. Soni who also holds the charge of Health and Family Welfare Ministry, flagged off eleven Awareness Vans for the Cataract Free Campaign at Punjab Bhawan Chandigarh. This campaign is in line with the government’s latest public welfare measures aimed at eradication of disease of Cataract from Punjab.Divulging more details regarding this […]
Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Tuesday exhorted the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to accept his proposal for complete waiver of farmers and farm labourers’ debt adding he said Punjab government is ready to take over its share of debt burden along with Government of India. In a highly emotive letter to the Prime […]
Medical Education and Research Minister Punjab Dr. Raj kumar Verka has directed the senior officers of the department to tackle the new variant of Corona and launch an effective awareness campaign in this regard.During a high level meeting with senior officials of Medical Education and Research Department and principals of various medical colleges at Punjab […]
Lieutenant General Manoj Kumar Mago, YSM, Bar to Sena Medal today took over as the 34th Commandant of National Defence College after the superannuation of Air Marshal D Choudhury, AVSM, VM , VSM. Prior to taking over as the Commandant NDC, he was commanding the prestigious 10 Corps.Hailed from Ludhiana, Lieutenant General Mago is an […]
After an impressive 8-2 win over Poland in Group B match of FIH Odisha Hockey Men’s Junior World Cup Bhubaneswar 2021, Team India will face off against Belgium on Wednesday in the Quarter Final. Speaking to media ahead of the knockout encounter, India Chief Coach (Men) Graham Reid stated that the team’s real fight will […]
Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Mr Om Prakash Soni on Tuesday ordered 40,000 daily Covid testing in the state following the reports of a spurt of a new Covid-19 variant in some parts of the world and a possible third wave of Coronavirus in the state.Mr. Soni held a high-level review meeting with senior health officials […]
Ajinkya Rahane is, more than anyone else, keen on getting big runs under his belt and it’s a matter of just one game before the India vice-captain regains his form, head coach Rahul Dravid said on Monday. Rahane scored 35 and 4 in the drawn opening Test against New Zealand and his average throughout the […]
Punjab Industries and Commerce Minister Gurkirat Singh on Monday directed the Public Works Department (PWD) of Punjab and Union Territory (UT) Chandigarh to expedite the ongoing renovation of Shaheed Beant Singh Memorial located at Sector 42 here. The Cabinet Minister chaired a meeting at his office to review the ongoing revamping works of the Memorial. […]