Under the guidance of Nirankari Satguru Mata Sudiksha Ji Maharaj, a donation via cheque was handed over to Haryana Chief Minister, Shri Manoher Lal Khattar, at his residence today,  by Sant Nirankari Mandal Chandigarh Zone, Zonal Incharge , Shri K.K Kashyap...

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday announced that a Task Force would soon be set up to find ways for the state to gradually get out of the  unprecedented lockdown.Addressing a Video Conference of the state’s leading industrialists,...

Setting a shining example of professional camaraderie & committment to duty, 65 retired police personnel including the father of Kargil martyr have voluntarily offered their  services to assist Rupnagar Police in its efforts to eliminate Covid-19 threat....

Keeping his words to providing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) kits to the medical staff, Punjab Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal on Wednesday handed over 50 PPE  kits to Civil Hospital, Bathinda. Notably, Mr. Badal on Monday had promised to provide...

Rejecting media reports to the contrary, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday made it clear that no decision had yet been taken on extending the curfew  in the state beyond April 14.Terming such reports as purely speculative and unfounded,...

In a major crackdown against the persons, who are posting derogatory and objectionable messages on various social platforms, the Patiala Police has registered a criminal case  against Akashdeep for posting such messages against a community to create...

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday held broad-based consultations with senior leaders of various parties, including the Congress, SAD, AAP and CPI,  on the way forward for the state in the current crisis, and sought their suggestions...

The Technical Education and Industrial Training, Minister, Charanjit Singh Channi, has given directions to both the Technical Education Universities of Punjab to take steps and  ensure that study of the students does not suffer during lockdown. Mr....

In a good news for the residents, the first patient of Ludhiana have been discharged from the hospital after treatment. The patient was discharged from the hospital after second report of the patient came out negative.Deputy Commissioner Pradeep Kumar Agrawal...

In a major sigh of relief three cases  out of total six from Jalandhar which were reported positive of Covid 19 earlier were found negative today after which all the three patients, who were in close contact with late Mr Baldev Singh, were discharged...

The Captain Amarinder Singh led Punjab Government has ramped up its Covid-19 testing capability by ten times with the procurement of 5 RTPCR and 4 RNA extraction machines  (with automation) at a cost of Rs. 2.31 Crores, and is also preparing to launch...

Education department, on Wednesday, issued show cause notices to two more private schools in Amritsar district for demanding fees during lockdown period by defying government directions. Punjab education minister Mr. Vijay Inder Singla has been personally ensuring...

Education department, on Wednesday, issued show cause notices to two more private schools in SAS Nagar district for demanding fees during lockdown period by defying government directions. Punjab education minister Vijay Inder Singla has been personally ensuring...

The Deputy Commissioner Jalandhar Varinder Kumar Sharma and Commissioner of Police Mr Gurpreet Singh Bhullar today categorically said that only wholesale of grocery would be allowed from Mandi Fenton Ganj market.The Deputy Commissioner and Commissioner of...

"The Punjab Government has taken necessary measures at a rapid pace to ensure that the corona virus disease is effectively contained. It is in keeping with this goal in mind that a Sanitization drive has been undertaken today at Phase - 7."Disclosing this...

With a view to assess the ground situation regard to the corona virus treatment, the Health and Family Welfare Minister, Punjab, Mr. Balbir Singh Sidhu today paid a surprise visit to the Civil Hospital, Phase - 6 here today.The minister on the occasion took...

With an aim to ensure that a person gets disinfected completely, an NGO named “Aas-Ehsaas” have come up with an innovative idea under which a “Corona Disinfection Tunnel” has been set up at District Administrative Complex, here. The tunnel was inaugurated...

Education department, on Wednesday, issued show cause notices to two more private schools in Ludhiana district for demanding fees during lockdown period by defying government directions. Punjab Education Minister Mr. Vijay Inder Singla has been personally ensuring...

Punjab Backward Classes Land Development and Finance Corporation (BACKFINCO) Vice Chairman Mohd Gulab today urged the migrant labourers hailing from other states such as Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and others to not get panicky as the Capt Amarinder Singh led Punjab...

In view of Novel Coronavirus (COVID 19) pandemic, the Punjab & Sind Bank took a special initiative with the help of Rural Self Employment Training Institute (RSETI) Ludhiana by utilising the services of its locally trained participants in the manufacturing...

Education department, on Wednesday, issued show cause notice to St. Xavier’s School Bathinda for demanding fees during lockdown period by defying government directions. Punjab education minister Mr. Vijay Inder Singla has been personally ensuring strict action...

The Lok Sabha Member from Jalandhar Chaudhary Santokh Singh today assured the migrants that the Punjab government led by the Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh was fully committed for the safeguarding the interests of the migrants in the state.Interacting...

The District saw another four corona virus positive cases emerging today. All belong to the Jawaharpur Village which earlier had 11 positive cases. With four new cases, the positive cases from Jawaharpur alone have come to 15. The total number of positive...

In order to help the needy persons during the lockdown in Chandigarh, former Senior DeputyMayor and Councilor Hardeep Singh Butarella today distributed dry rations to the needy persons at village Butarela. The president of the Shiromani Akali Dal(Chandigarh...

Education department, on Wednesday, issued show cause notices to one more private schools in Patiala district for demanding fees during lockdown period by defying government directions. Punjab education minister Mr. Vijay Inder Singla has been personally ensuring...

In a unique initiative aimed at ensuring sound health of the frontline staff on duty, the Jalandhar Commissionerate Police has started the health check of all the employees posted on duty in the city.The campaign was formally launched by the Deputy Commissioner...

The District Administration in active collaboration with the Chandigarh University has established Punjab’s largest COVID-19 isolation facility under its CU-AID initiative near its campus in Gharuan.The Deputy Commissioner Mr. Girish Dayalan said, “Punjab...

To further mitigate the hardships faced by the people amid the COVID-19 crisis and clampdown, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday announced reduction in fixed charges for electricity consumers, along with deferment of deadline for...

The Punjab Government has set up a 30-member control room at the Mandi Board for coordination and providing logistic support during the ensuing wheat harvesting and marketing season, set to begin on April 15 under a tight blanket of unprecedented security...

Punjab Health Department on Wednesday gave a 24-hour deadline to all Tabligh Jamaat (TJ) participants of the Delhi Nizamuddin Markaz event, who were hiding out in the state, to report to the nearest police station, or else face criminal prosecution.Disclosing...

Following the complaints lodged by the parents on the email id of Punjab Education Minister, the education department has issued show cause notices to as many as 16 more schools across the state. Education minister Mr. Vijay Inder Singla, on Sunday, floated his...

In order to safeguard the interests of the livestock farmers, Punjab has initiated the supply of milk, eggs and poultry to Delhi and Jammu and Kashmir. This was disclosed by Punjab Animal Husbandry and Dairy Development Minister Mr. Tript Rajinder Singh...

With an aim to further fortify state's overall strategy to deal with rising Covid 19 threat more effectively, medical specialists from across the state deliberated with AIIMS experts on wide ranging issues including line of treatment, supportive management...

With a view to ensure better delivery of police services during the Covid 19 lockdown, the Punjab DGP Dinkar Gupta on Tuesday engaged with people eliciting their views and answering their queries during an hourlong Feedback Session online, with over 1500...

The Rural Development and Panchayats Minister Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa on Tuesday directed the department officials to chalk out a plan for annual open auction of the village shamlat lands. The Minister asked the officials to take all preventive measures...

In the wake of Covid-19 threat and to better align the systemic response to the newer and bigger challenges to public health and safety, SAS Nagar Police under the leadership of SSP Mr. Kuldeep Singh Chahal have launched “Covid Commandos”. The total strength...

 The Deputy Commissioner Mr Varinder Kumar Sharma, Commissioner of Police Gurpreet Singh Bhullar and Senior Superintendent of Police Mr Navjot Singh Mahal today said that severest of severe action would be taken against the shopkeepers for overcharging of...

In the wake of Covid-19 pandemic, Vishav Manav Ruhani Kendra a spiritual and registered charitable organization under society Act 1860 and 2012 of Haryana today donated most needed medical equipments such as PPE Kits, Ventilator and skimmed milk Powder...

Minister of Water Resources, Housing and Urban Development Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria held a meeting with the administrative and police officials at the District Administrative Complex here today to review the arrangements made by the district administration to...

"The District Administration is fully apprised of situation unfolding in the district and is well equipped to handle it." Disclosing this here today, the Deputy Commissioner Mr. Girish Dayalan said that the biggest fire tender of Punjab having the capacity...

"The District Administration is undertaking extensive contact tracing to detect possible corona virus positive cases which is clear from the fact that out of 2368 samples taken in Punjab, nearly 600 i.e. 25 percent have been taken by the S. A. S. Nagar Administration...

In a noble gesture the Deputy Commissioner Jalandhar Mr Varinder Kumar Sharma and Commissioner of Police today reached out to on duty staff and people for enquiring about their well being amidst curfew.During the flag march in the city today, the Deputy...

Two more women, who came to Budhlada after attending the congregation at the Nizamuddin Markaz in Delhi have tested positive for novel coronavirus (COVID-19). With this, the total number of positive cases in the district has reached five, all associated...

In a unique initiative, the Jalandhar Administration today felicitated 150 sanitary workers for rendering marvellous service to humanity by cleaning the city during the ongoing curfew in wake of Covid 19 Epidemic.The Sub Divisional Magistrate Nakodar Mr...

In view of the upcoming wheat procurement season, Deputy Commissioner Pradeep Kumar Agrawal reviewed the progress of the arrangements. While issuing necessary arrangements, Mr Agrawal said that in view of Novel Coronavirus (COVID 19) and as a safety measure,...

Manish Tewari , MP from Shri Anandpur Sahib, reviewed the arrangements being made for the prevention of corona virus. He spoke to the officials and local workers and expressed satisfaction at the efforts being made to control the epidemic.In this sequence,...

Underlining the urgency of the situation triggered by the unprecedented COVID-19 outbreak, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking his urgent intervention for immediate release of the state’s GST arrears...

The Institution for Disasters, Emergency & Accidents (IDEA) has launched Self-Assessment Toolkit on COVID-19  and uploaded it on  “psdm.gov.in” from where anybody can use this Toolkit to clear his doubts without any testing about corona virus.Disclosing...

Cracking  down heavily on spread of rumours and panic in the light of COVID-19 crisis, the Punjab Police has registered 34 cases of fake news on social media, while also taking strong action against those targetting a particular community in an attempt to disturb...

Following the persistent efforts of Punjab Industries Department, five private units have cleared the crucial testing phase on way to delivering the life-saving PPEs, N 95 & N 99 Masks, further strengthening the state capability to counter the unprecedented...

To provide services in Government hospitals, 531 Doctors, 4680 Nurses, 2056 pharmacist and 1648 Lab Technicians come forwarded and registered themselves as volunteers to combat with COVID-19 pandemic.Giving these details in a press communiqué released here...

No Shortage of PPE kits, N95 masks and triple layer masks in Medical Colleges & Hospitals of Punjab said Principal Secretary, Medical Education & Research Mr. DK Tiwari. He said that the Punjab government has ensured an adequate supply of 2500 PPE...

Fateh Singh (35), son of Baba Baldev Singh, the first victim of COVID-19 in Puniab, has successfully braved the trauma as well as the dreaded disease after being tested positive along with his family members for the COVID - 19 after the death of his father.After...

The Forest, Social Justice, Empowerment, and Minorities, Printing and Stationery Minister Sadhu Singh Dharamsot today held a meeting with the senior officers of the departments under his portfolio with regard to the situation developing as a result of COVID-19.In...

Led by Deputy Commissioner Jalandhar Varinder Kumar Sharma and Commissioner of Police Mr Gurpreet Singh Bhullar the security forces today conducted flag march in the city.The flag march started from District Administrative Complex and culminated at BMC Chowk,...

Spearheading efforts to express gratitude to those who are serving humanity so that the rest of the populace can stay safe, Punjab Finance Minister Mr. Manpreet Singh Badal on Monday reached out to medical and paramedical professionals, police personnel, and cleanliness...

Going a step further for strengthening the arms of the district administration to effectively tackle Corona Virus, the Lok Sabha Member from Jalandhar Chaudhary Santokh Singh has allocated another sum of Rs 28 lakh at the disposal of district administration...

In view of Novel Coronavirus (COVID 19) pandemic, a large number of people have started coming forward for supporting the District Red Cross Society, Ludhiana. Today, Canada-based NRI Mr Harvinder Singh Saran (Harvey Saran) have donated Rs 11.08 lakh to...

Ludhiana resident Surinder Kaur, who passed away due to Novel Coronavirus (COVID 19) yesterday, her last rites were performed by three officials of the district administration after her family members did not show any interest.While providing information, Additional...

In a series of new measures to ensure smooth supply of essentials to the people, the Punjab Government has set up Transport facilitation control rooms to maintain uninterrupted  movement of trucks etc carrying such supplies, while deciding to impose...