Chandigarh

Rains lash parts of Punjab, Haryana

3:22 pm December 28, 2020

Chandigarh: Piercing cold weather conditions prevailed on Monday in most parts of Punjab and Haryana which received overnight rains, Meteorological Department officials said. Fog reduced visibility in the morning at various places in Punjab including Ludhiana, Patiala, Bathinda, Faridkot, Adampur and Halwara, they said. As biting cold continued, minimum temperatures at most places settled below […]

Haryana reports 7 more COVID-19 deaths, 392 fresh cases

8:14 pm December 26, 2020

Chandigarh: Haryana on Saturday reported seven more coronavirus deaths, taking the death toll to 2,865, even as 392 fresh cases pushed the state’s infection tally to 2,60,545. According to the state health department’s daily bulletin, two fatalities were reported from Bhiwani, while one death each was recorded in Fatehabad, Jhajjar, Sonipat, Gurgaon and Faridabad districts. […]

5-yr-old girl raped, killed in Haryana’s Jhajjar district

5:09 pm December 21, 2020

Chandigarh: A five-year-old girl was allegedly raped and killed by a man living in her neighbourhood in Haryana’s Jhajjar city, police said on Monday. The 30-year-old man, who has a criminal background, kidnapped the girl from her house at night and took her to his residence where he allegedly raped and then killed her, a […]

One new COVID-19 case in Mizoram, tally at 4,428

COVID: 20 deaths, 439 fresh virus cases in Punjab

10:17 pm December 19, 2020

Chandigarh: Twenty more people died from coronavirus in Punjab on Saturday as 439 fresh cases pushed the state’s infection count to 1,62,705, a medical bulletin said. So far, 5,189 people have succumbed to the infection in Punjab. There are 5,837 active cases in the state as of now, the bulletin said. Ludhiana reported 63 new […]

Haryana records 13 more COVID-19 deaths, 590 new cases

10:08 pm December 19, 2020

Chandigarh: The COVID-19 death toll in Haryana rose to 2,816 on Saturday with 13 more, while 590 new cases pushed the infection tally to 2,57,067, a state health department bulletin said. The new fatalities include three from Yamunanagar and two each from Sonipat, Ambala and Jhajjar. Among the districts which reported a big spike in […]