Jalandhar

Punjab to have 9 more fast-track courts under POCSO Act

9:53 pm February 15, 2021

Chandigarh: Nine more fast-track courts under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act will be set up in Punjab, the state government decided on Monday. The decision was taken in an inter-departmental meeting of the state government. The meeting decided on a slew of measures to strengthen investigation and prosecution machinery to handle criminal offences against […]

8 crows found dead in Punjab's Hoshiarpur

Bird flu: Red Fort shut for public till Jan 26 after sample of dead crow tests positive

8:16 pm January 19, 2021

New Delhi: A sample of a dead crow from Red Fort has tested positive for bird flu and orders have been issued to restrict the entry of public into the monument, officials said on Tuesday. Around 15 crows were found dead in the premises of Red Fort on January 10. A sample from a dead bird was […]

Bird flu: FSSAI advises consumers not to eat undercooked chicken; says no need to panic

All samples taken from Ghazipur chicken market test negative for bird flu: Official

1:14 pm January 14, 2021

New Delhi : All 100 samples taken from the Ghazipur poultry mandi, Asia’s largest chicken market, have tested negative for bird flu, officials said on Thursday. The results come three days after samples taken from crows and ducks in the national capital tested positive for avian influenza. This had led to the Delhi government on Monday banning the sale […]

Bird flu confirmed in Delhi; sale of processed, packaged chicken from outside city banned

11:45 pm January 11, 2021

New Delhi: Testing of samples of crows and ducks confirmed bird flu cases in the national capital on Monday, prompting the city government to impose a ban on sale of processed and packaged chicken brought from outside the city. ”Only samples of ducks from Sanjay Lake have tested positive for bird flu. There is no cause for […]

10 crows found dead in Haryana’s Jind

11:08 pm January 7, 2021

Chandigarh : Ten crows were found dead in Kalauda village of Jind district in Haryana amid state on high alert due to unusual mortality at poultry farms in Panchkula. The deaths were reported on Thursday, officials said, adding that samples taken from the birds have been sent to a lab in Jalandhar for testing. Officials said the deaths could be caused due to […]