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3-month extension to retiring doctors, specialists, orders Punjab CM

Amarinder Singh ordered a three-month extension for all retiring doctors and specialists under 60 to cope with the increase in Covid-19 cases

Punjab allows shops dealing in non-essential shops to open on Saturdays

The Punjab government on Monday decided to allow shops dealing in non-essential items to open on Saturdays and reduced the night curfew timing by two and half hours in urban areas

Punjab govt to provide 50,000 free health kits to Covid-19 patients

Punjab CM Amarinder Singh said that his government will provide 50,000 free health kits to coronavirus patients undergoing treatment in hospitals and in home isolation to ensure better care for them

Govt rushes teams to Punjab, Chandigarh amid surge in Covid-19 cases

With a record spike in new coronavirus cases in the country, which on Sunday became the world's second most COVID-affected country, the Union health ministry rushed teams to Punjab and Union Territory of Chandigarh, which has seen a surge in cases and fatalities.Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) decided to rush central teams to assist the assist the State/UT in strengthening public health measures for containment, surveillance, testing and efficient clinical management of COVID-19 patients with the aim to reduce mortality and save lives.They shall also guide the State/UT in effectively addressing the challenges related to timely diagnosis and follow up."The two-member teams will comprise of a Community Medicine expert from the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, and an epidemiologist from the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). The team will be stationed for ten days to provide extended guidance in managing ...

Ludhiana police sells Covid-19 care kits for asymptomatic patients

The Ludhiana police are selling Covid-19 care kits through the police canteen to people who are testing positive for the virus but have no symptoms and are under home isolation

Punjab CM tests negative for Covid-19, ends week-long self-isolation

The Chief Minister had earlier come in contact with two MLAs who had later tested positive for the virus

Punjab allows free walk-in testing for Covid at govt hospitals, mobile vans

Punjab government has allowed free walk-in testing for COVID-19 at the government hospitals and mobile vans

Mamata asks PM to intervene in GST impasse, joins non-BJP CMs in 'protest'

Asserts that Centre must borrow to meet GST shortfall at this critical hour of Covid-19 pandemic, says states will reciprocate

Punjab Aam Aadmi Party MLA Aman Arora tests Covid-19 positive

Punjab Aam Aadmi Party MLA Aman Arora on Monday said he has tested positive for coronavirus. Arora, who represents the Sunam assembly constituency, said he had been having body ache since Sunday. "I got myself tested for coronavirus and was found positive on Monday, Arora said. Arora had tested negative on August 25. He had attended a one-day monsoon session of the Punjab Assembly on August 28 in a PPE kit.

Punjab revises health services fee in govt hospitals, draws flak from Oppn

The Punjab government has revised fees for several medical services in the government hospitals in the state with effect from September 1, drawing sharp reaction from the Opposition

India Coronavirus Dispatch: Are politicians potential super-spreaders?

Younger caseload, older fatalities in Punjab, Bihar polls may be held on schedule, informal schools become centres of learning--news on how the country is coping with the pandemic

Cricketer Suresh Raina's 58-year old 'relative' killed in attack by robbers

The incident took place at Thariyal village in Punjab's Pathankot district on the night intervening August 19 and 20, police said

Govt holding NEET-JET at the cost of students' lives: Punjab minister

Slamming the Union government for its decision to conduct the NEET and JEE next month amid the coronavirus pandemic, Punjab Education Minister Vijay Inder Singla said on Thursday

Punjab to collectively move apex court for NEET, JEE exams deferment

Punjab CM Amarinder Singh has asked his Advocate General to coordinate with opposition-ruled states for filing a collective review petition in SC, seeking a deferment of NEET and JEE exams

Punjab minister, two MLAs test Covid-19 positive ahead of assembly session

A Punjab minister and two MLAs tested positive for coronavirus ahead of the Vidhan Sabha session on August 28. Industries and Commerce Minister Sunder Sham Arora on Tuesday said he contracted the infection. I have been tested positive for COVID-19 & has quarantined myself at my Chandigarh residence. I request all those persons who came in contact with me during last few days please get tested for coronavirus infection. Otherwise, I am at present not having any physical problem, Arora wrote on his Facebook page. Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh wished him a speedy recovery. Wishing my Cabinet colleague Industry & Commerce Minister Sunder Sham Arora Ji who has tested positive for #Covid19 a speedy recovery. Look forward to him joining us at work soon, said the CM in his tweet. Arora, who is a legislator from Hoshiarpur seat, was the fourth minister of Amarinder Singh-led Congress government to have contracted the virus. The one-day session of Punjab Vidhan Sabha will be ...

Rains in parts of Haryana, Punjab; temperatures hover below normal

The maximum temperatures hovered below normal limits in Haryana and Punjab on Friday, as rain lashed a few parts of the two states

Spurious liquor row: BJP seeks CBI probe into Punjab's hooch tragedy deaths

Accusing the government in Punjab of shielding the illicit liquor mafia, BJP leaders and activists staged a protest demanding a CBI probe into the death of over 100 people in the recent hooch tragedy

Costly medical studies in govt colleges is leaving Punjab short of doctors

A part of the reason why India is short of doctors is that medical education is expensive and those who have the means to acquire it either prefer to work in private health facilities or migrate

Punjab CM Amarinder Singh promises jobs, debt relief for landless farmers

Pitching for the revival of the state economy, Punjab CM Amarinder Singh announced relief for landless farmers and said his government will help youth get six lakh jobs over the next two years

Congress MP trains guns on Punjab DGP over withdrawal of police security

Congress MP Partap Singh Bajwa on Tuesday hit out at Punjab Police chief Dinkar Gupta accusing him of withdrawing his security cover because of political interference.