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Task force to ensure oxygen for Covid patients

To augment the supply and distribution of oxygen amid the Covid pandemic, the Punjab government has set up state and district-level task forces to ensure that there is no shortfall, and is set to float tenders for installing generation plants and storage tanks in all three government medical college and hospitals, with generation facilities at […]

Capt Amarinder Singh orders no more night curfew in Punjab
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No more Sunday lockdown or night curfew in Punjab

Amid declining Covid cases and deaths, Punjab chief minister (CM) Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday ordered lifting of Sunday lockdown and night curfew in Punjab, while directing the director general of police (DGP) to strictly enforce wearing of masks and other safety norms. The CM announced relaxations such as increasing the limit for marriage functions […]

SAD launches kisan march
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SAD launches kisan march to Chandigarh Today Oct 1

Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) began three separate kisan marches on Thursday from Sikhism’s three Takhts (seats of temporal authority) in Punjab to Chandigarh to hand over a memorandum, addressed to the President, to Punjab governor VP Singh Badnore. The SAD is appealing to President Ram Nath Kovind to convene a special session of Parliament to […]

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Vijai Vardhan is new Haryana chief secretary

Haryana government appointed Vijai Vardhan as the new Chief Secretary of Haryana on Wednesday, read an order that issued transfers and posting orders of six IAS officers with immediate effect. Vardhan is a post-graduate in history from St Stephen’s College, Delhi University. In 1985 he joined the Indian Administrative Service and was allocated the Haryana […]

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Haryana govt raises paddy procurement cap to 30 quintals

Haryana government has increased the limit of 25 quintals per acre of paddy procurement to 30 quintals. Haryana chief minister (CM) Manohar Lal Khattar has also directed the officials to ensure that if a farmer brings 10% additional paddy to the mandi than the prescribed quota, it should be purchased. This came hours after the […]

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Ex-MLA Mamu Ram Gonder passes away

Mamu Ram Gonder, former INLD MLA from Nilokheri, reportedly died of Covid infection at a private hospital in Panchkula on Tuesday evening. He was 70. Rajiv Gondar, son of the former MLA, told that his body will be taken to his native village Gondar, where he will be cremated at 10am on Wednesday. He had […]

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We will challenge farm bills in Supreme Court: Captain Amarinder Singh

Extending his government’s full support to the farmers in these ‘dark and difficult times’, Punjab chief minister (CM) Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday assured of all possible legal and other steps to fight the farm bills, including a special session of the Vidhan Sabha to discuss and decide the way forward. Chairing a meeting with […]

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In a first, Naib tehsildars to go to every village for consolidation work in Haryana

For the first time in Haryana, Naib Tehsildars will go to every village and farm to measure the land. At present, only Patwari or Kanungo visit the village for consolidation work. Before now, Naib Tehsildars in Haryana were not directly responsible for the consolidation. As many as 57 Naib Tehsildars who have completed their training […]