Two more people, including an 80-year-old man, were found to be infected with Omicron, taking the total cases of the latest variant of coronavirus reported in the city so far to three. Of the three cases, two have been discharged and there is now only one active Omicron case in the city, according to an […]
India will start vaccinating children between the ages of 15 to 18 from January 3 next year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced in a sudden address to the nation tonight. Healthcare and frontline workers will be provided with “precautionary doses” from January 10 next year, he added. People above 60 years of age who have […]
Bharat Biotech on Saturday received approval for emergency use authorization of the Covaxin Covid-19 vaccine for children in the 12-18 years age group by the Drug Controller General of India (DGCI), said authorities. Covaxin is now the second vaccine cleared for use for children in India. In August, The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) […]
In the wake of the possibility of increasing Omicron cases in the state, Haryana imposed a night curfew from 11 pm till 5 am from Friday. Gatherings of more than 200 persons in public places and events have been barred till further notice. “In view of the possibility of increasing cases of Omicron in the […]
A bomb went off in the district court complex here on Thursday, killing one person and injuring six others, prompting the Punjab government to declare a high alert in the state. Police suspect that the man killed in the blast in the second-floor toilet was trying to assemble or plant the explosive device.As forensic teams […]
The Punjab government has told its employees they won’t get their salaries if they don’t furnish their Covid vaccine certificate. It has asked the employees to register their full or provisional vaccination certificate number with the state government’s human resources portal iHRMS.If they fail to do so, they will not be able to get their […]
Former Punjab minister and senior Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bikram Singh Majithia has been booked in a drug racket case, provoking the accusation of “political vendetta” from his party. The FIR was registered Majithia under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act at Mohali on Monday. The SAD dubbed the move as “political vendetta”.Talking […]
The government is monitoring the Omicron situation everyday and constantly assessing this new Covid variant with experts, the Parliament was told on Monday.”I have spoken with the states on this Covid variant and also an SOP has been issued for travellers landing from abroad for preventing the infection,” Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya told the […]
Severe cold swept Punjab and Haryana early on Sunday, with Amritsar reeling at a minimum temperature of minus 0.5 degrees Celsius. According to the meteorological department officials here, the night temperatures hovered well below normal limits at most places in the two states. They said moderate fog was reported from Amritsar and Ludhiana in the […]
In yet another case of murder over alleged blasphemy, a man was killed after an alleged sacrilege at the Golden Temple in Amritsar.The incident of sacrilege happened inside the sanctum sanctorum of Darbar Sahib today evening, when regular prayers were going on. CCTV footage shows that suddenly a man entered the sanctum sanctorum and hit […]