In yet another big jump in coronavirus cases, Punjab reported 2,901 fresh infections on Friday while one more person succumbed to the disease, according to a medical bulletin. The new cases pushed the infection tally to 6,13,976 in the state, the bulletin said. Punjab has been witnessing a surge in the number of infections for […]
Punjab police has registered an FIR against 150 unidentified people in a case related to the blocking of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s convoy in Ferozepur earlier this week, where he was on his way to address a public rally.The FIR has been registered against the accused under Section 283 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). […]
Over 152 international passengers from Italy have tested positive for Covid-19 upon arrival in Punjab. The passengers flew to Amritsar from Rome in an aircraft with 290 people on board. The patients are likely to be shifted to isolation wards set up in hospitals across the city as per protocol. Earlier on Thursday, 125 people […]
In a first of its kind initiative aimed at reforming the Jail inmates, the Punjab Prisons Development Board (PPDB) today signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Indian Oil (IOCL) and Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) for opening 12 Retail Outlets (ROs) to be manned by Jail inmates across the state. Pertinently, the aims come after instant […]
Former Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh today lashed out at the Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, the Deputy Chief Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa and the Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu for their reckless and irresponsible response to the grave security breach during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Punjab visit on Wednesday. “Channi, Randhawa and Sidhu […]
With Social Media emerging as a new challenge, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Punjab Dr S Karuna Raju on Friday organised a workshop for all the District Public Relation Officers (DPROs) on ‘Social Media Monitoring’ to help them in countering fake news and identification of paid news during upcoming Punjab Assembly Elections 2022. Dr Rubal Kanozia, […]
To impart quality and world-class education to youngsters of the state, the Punjab Government has initiated a new idea to impart IELTS coaching through Govt Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) in synergy with Cambridge University Press India. Cambridge University Press India is a subsidiary of the Cambridge University Press UK, which is the publishing business of […]
Heavy rain lashed several parts of Punjab and Haryana during the past 24 hours until Thursday morning. he minimum temperatures, however, hovered above normal limits in the two states. According to the meteorological department’s weather report, Chandigarh, Amritsar, Ludhiana, Patiala, Faridkot, Ferozepur, Bathinda, Hoshiarpur, Rupnagar, Mohali, Moga, Gurdaspur, Ambala, Hisar, Narnaul, Rohtak, Panchkula and Bhiwani […]
Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Thursday said Haryana is a leading state in the installation of solar water pumps to promote micro-irrigation under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha Utthaan Mahabhiyan (PM-KUSUM). Khattar provided solar pumps to the farmers during an inauguration programme held through videoconferencing from Chandigarh.The government is giving a 75 per […]