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31 more COVID deaths, 802 new cases in Punjab

10:53 pm November 18, 2020

Chandigarh: Punjab reported 31 more COVID-19 fatalities on Wednesday, pushing the death toll to 4,541, while 802 fresh cases took the tally to 1,43,395, according to a medical bulletin. Six deaths were reported from Jalandhar, five from Ludhiana, three each from Sangrur and Hoshiarpur, two each from Fazilka, Bathinda, Muktsar and Rupnagar and one each […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

NOCs of nine pvt schools cancelled in Punjab

11:13 pm October 16, 2020

Chandigarh: No Objection Certificates (NOCs) given to nine private schools were cancelled by the Punjab Education Department for violating government instructions, state Education Minister Vijay Inder Singla said on Friday. Singla said he had been personally monitoring complaints against such schools and after reviewing the cases of these nine schools, he decided to cancel their […]

Punjab reports 26 more COVID-19 deaths, 507 new cases

11:10 pm October 16, 2020

Chandigarh: Twenty-six more coronavirus-related fatalities were reported in Punjab, taking the death toll to 3,980, while 507 fresh cases pushed the state’s infection tally to 1,26,737 on Friday, according to a medical bulletin. Six deaths were reported from Amritsar, five from Ludhiana, three from Jalandhar, two each from Ferozepur, Rupnagar and Tarn Taran, and one […]

IMD warns cold wave in 9 Odisha districts, Phulbani coldest at 7.5 degree Celsius

At 1.5 deg Celsius, Adampur coldest in Punjab & Haryana

7:33 pm February 9, 2020

Chandigarh: Punjab and Haryana reeled under intense cold on Sunday, with Adampur recording the coldest place at 1.5 degrees Celsius, six degrees below the normal. The minimum temperature in Halwara settled at 3.1 degrees Celsius, followed by Ludhiana 3.5, Amritsar 4.6 and Bathinda and Faridkot at 4.2 degrees Celsius. Chandigarh recorded a low of 6 […]

Cold weather conditions persist in Punjab, Haryana

3:09 pm February 5, 2020

Chandigarh: Cold weather conditions continued to persist in most parts of Punjab and Haryana on Wednesday with Bathinda reeling under severe chill at 2.1 degrees Celsius. Bathinda was the coldest place in the two states recording a below normal minimum temperature, a Meteorological Department official said here. Adampur in Punjab also reeled at a low […]