Chandigarh

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 […]

Punjab farmers to intensify stir against farm laws

9:05 pm October 15, 2020

Chandigarh: Various farmer outfits in Punjab on Thursday announced to intensify their stir against the recently enacted agriculture laws and said they would not allow BJP leaders to propagate the so-called benefits of the new legislations. The protesting farmers said they would burn effigies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi across the state on October 17 […]

Chandigarh reports 207 new coronavirus cases

9:32 pm September 26, 2020

Chandigarh: Chandigarh reported 207 new coronavirus cases, pushing the infection tally to 11,380, a medical bulletin issued on Saturday said. There are 2,298 active cases in the city as of now, it said. A total 260 patients were discharged after they recovered from the infection while 8,937 people have been cured so far, the bulletin […]

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

No relief from sultry weather for Haryana, Punjab

10:11 pm September 18, 2020

Chandigarh: Hot and humid weather continued to prevail in Haryana and Punjab on Friday and the maximum temperatures hovered above normal limits. Hisar was the hottest place in Haryana recording a maximum of 39.7 degrees Celsius, three notches above normal limits, according to the meteorological department. Narnaul and Bhiwani also experienced hot weather as the […]

Centre’s Unlock 4 guidelines: Haryana withdraws order to keep markets shut on Monday, Tuesday

2:15 pm August 30, 2020

Chandigarh: After the Centre’s Unlock 4 guidelines, the Haryana government on Sunday withdrew its order to keep markets in urban areas closed on Monday and Tuesday. Issuing the Unlock 4 guidelines on Saturday, the Union Home Ministry had said that state governments shall not impose any local lockdown outside containment zones without prior consultation with […]