Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare held a meeting with senior officials of ICMR, Department of Science & Technology, Bio-technology and CSIR to review the sampling and testing strategy for COVID-19, here yesterday. There...

The prevention, containment and management of COVID-19 in the country are being monitored at the highest level and various actions have been initiated in collaboration with the States. Hon’ble Prime Minister is regularly monitoring and reviewing the situation...

As a part of the Government’s commitment to fight the spread of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) and fully support the public, the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) today notified all the establishments under designated and optional...

In the wake of the Covid 19 outbreak, entire mankind across the globe is suffering. Enhancing the body’s natural defence system (immunity) plays an important role in maintaining optimum health. We all know that prevention is better than cure. While there...

Amid the continuing curfew/lockdown in the state, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder on Tuesday ordered extension in the services of all retiring Police personnel  and Home Guards by two months, to strengthen the citizen outreach on the ground.Further,...

Further scaling up efforts against on-going crisis of COVID-19, the Punjab government has started the process to supply nutrition supplements to all the beneficiaries in  the state i.e. children in the age cohort of 6 months to 6 years, pregnant and nursing...

State Accounts Services (SAS) cadre senior officer Paramjit Singh, Deputy Controller Finance and Accounts (DCFA) of Information and Public Relations Department  today retired after 38 years of excellent services.Giving warm send off on his superannuation,...

The number of COVID-19 patients in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday rose to 56 as seven more persons have been confirmed to have contracted the dreaded disease,  all of them from Kashmir, and include a ten-year-old boy, who had hugged a man who later tested...

With a view to ensure strict compliance of all relevant advisories pertaining to pandemic COVID-19, Deputy Commissioner(DC) Baramulla, G N Itoo, today inspected  several locations of the district including  Sopore, Rafiabad ,old town Baramulla and...

The District Magistrate, Ganderbal, Shafqat Iqbal, along with Additional Deputy Magistrate, Farooq Ahmad Baba, today conducted a surprise inspection of District  Control Room for COVID-19, established at Mini Secretariat Complex.During the inspection,...

Deputy Commissioner Jalandhar Mr Varinder Kumar Sharma and Commissioner of Police Mr Gurpreet Singh Bhullar today reviewed the law and order situation in the city during their visit in the almost entire city on  Tuesday.In order to take stock of the law...

Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur, while presiding over a high level meeting here today  to review the situation arisen due to Covid-19, said that control room would be established at State headquarter so as to coordinate with the people stranded in other...

With an aim to check the spread of Novel Coronavirus (COVID 19) in the district, the officials of Rural Development & Panchayats Department Punjab are spearheading an awareness campaign in all rural areas of Ludhiana. Whereas in urban areas of the district,...

The Nayagaon resident Om Prakash, age 65 years,  who was found corona virus positive and was undergoing treatment at PGI, died today. All his 31 contacts have been placed under home quarantine under the supervision of the Health Department authorities....

Providing succour to the needy and underprivileged sections of the society, the Punjab government led by Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh today distributed 4500 packets of dry ration in the district.Divulging the details, the Additional Chief Administrator...

In order to give reprieve to the needy and underprivileged sections of the society, the district administration has started distribution of door to door supply of wheat under the Public Distribution System (PDS) to this starta of society.Divulging the details,...

To ensure availability of essential commodities to the people at their doorsteps, the district administration today supplied 1.04 lakh litres of milk and 6758 quintals of fruits and vegetables.On the directions of Deputy Commissioner Mr Varinder Kumar Sharma,...

Extending a helping hand in support of the daily wagers in this time of crisis where the entire nation is facing a lockdown to curb the spread of the deadly coronavirus, Chandigarh Group of Colleges, Landran volunteered to supply cooked meals in the neighboring...

Wealth Clinic, one of the leading real estate consultancies in India, has created an earning opportunity for part-timers via its Online Sales Program that gives part-timers a chance to earn while they stay home due to the global pandemic i.e. COVID-19. The...

Arjan Bajwa wowed everyone with his terrific performance in 2019's biggest blockbuster Kabir Singh. Playing the role of Shahid Kapoor’s brother, and ably supporting him in the film, the audiences appreciated his craft and he received a lot of accolades for...

Chairman HPSEBL cum Additional Chief Secretary, Forest Ram Subhag Singh presented cheques of Rs. 3.03 crore on behalf of employees of H.P. State Electricity Board Limited (HPSEBL) and Rs.  10 lakh on behalf of H.P. Forests Ministerial Employees Association...

Vice-President of India and Rajya Sabha Chairman  M.Venkaiah Naidu has lauded the efforts of the central and State governments and the resolve, response and cooperation of the people leading to successful implementation of the first week of the nationwide lockdown...

Health department staff, doctors and regular patients in Punjab will no longer require curfew passes, while Banks/ATMs will be allowed to operate the whole week,  subject to maintenance of COVID-19 protocols, under the revised guidelines issued today by...

Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur told here today that to tackle the situation arisen due to COVID-19 State Government is ensuring that all needy citizens of the state could get every possible assistance during the lockdown period. He said that control rooms have...

The world is facing a severe and acute health emergency due to ongoing COVID-19 global pandemic and rigorous measures are being taken to mitigate and contain the transmission of this infection and the Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS),...

Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Tuesday has urged health authorities in Kashmir valley to spare hospitals for patients who have severe disease from the novel (new) coronavirus.“Most people infected with the novel virus do not require hospitalization,” said...

Amnesty International India on Tuesday urged the government of India to immediately restore high-speed 4G internet services and release all detainees in Jammu and Kashmir in view of Coronavirus.Amnesty International India in a statement said that as Jammu and...

All the 78 persons mostly students who were quarantined here in a Srinagar hotel have been tested negative. All these persons have been sent back to their homes with a direction that they should quarantine themselves in homes for next 14 days.These people...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today interacted with representatives of organizations working towards social welfare, via video conference.Prime Minister said that the entire  nation is displaying immense resilience, grit and patience in facing the challenge...

Union Food Processing Industries Minister  Harsimrat Kaur Badal assured industry representatives that a dedicated Task Force had been established to resolve all problems being faced by the food processing and ancillary industries during the current Covid-19...

To effectively address and resolve medical and stress related issues during lockdown, the Government of Punjab on Monday launched a special helpline 1800 180 4104 for citizens to connect with a network of senior doctors over tele-conference and get medical...

Expressing serious concern over the rise in manmade disasters especially along Jammu-Srinagar highway, Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari, President Jammu Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) on Monday urged the J&K government to provide immediate compensation and rehabilitation...

The government today constituted various coordination teams to ensure movement of essential goods and services besides to address difficulties arising out of prohibitory measures announced to tackle the spread of coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.According...

The District today saw another corona virus case surfacing with a 65 year old man being found corona virus positive.The man named Om Prakash, resident of Nayagaon has  been found corona virus positive and has been admitted to the PGI. His close relatives...

Distribution of foodgrains in six sub-zones of Srinagar which started March 28 has been completed and is now moving to other sub-zones of the district.In these six sub-zones  over 25 thousands households were home-delivered foodgrains — which includes 13500...

Jammu and Kashmir government on Monday directed the schools to extend last date for depositing school fees up to April 30 besides no charge should be levied for the online lectures/assignments or link the result of the child on the basis of home assignments.The...