Jalandhar

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

Himachal takes steps to check spread of bird flu to poultry

10:02 pm January 5, 2021

Shimla : A day after samples of dead migratory birds at Pong Dam Lake in Himachal Pradesh’s Kangra district tested positive for bird flu, the state Animal Husbandry Department officials on Tuesday scrambled to check its spread to poultry. The number of migratory birds, mostly bar-headed geese, found dead in the lake area rose to […]

Farmers continue protest at Delhi border points for 3rd day, refuse to move to Burari ground

11:10 pm November 28, 2020

New Delhi: Thousands of farmers continued to protest the Centre’s new farm laws at the Singhu and Tikri borders on Saturday blocking national highways for the third day as they refused to move to the designated protest site in north Delhi, a day after they clashed with security personnel who stopped them from entering the […]

Class 12 boy killed by friend in Jalandhar over friendship with girl

11:57 pm September 29, 2020

Jalandhar: A Class 12 student was killed allegedly by his friend who disapproved of his friendship with a girl he liked in Jalandhar, police said Tuesday. The 17-year-old was hit by a cricket bat and strangulated when he was alone in his home in Cantonment area Monday evening, they said. The accused has been arrested, […]

COVID-19: Antibodies found in 27.7 pc of people in Punjab’s containment zones

8:12 pm August 20, 2020

Chandigarh: Antibodies against the COVID-19 infection have been found in 27.7 per cent of people in Punjab’s containment zones, according to the findings of a sero-survey. This was Punjab’s first exclusive survey and was conducted in five containment zones from August 1 to 17 among a systematically selected random sample population of 1,250 people. There […]

Thai protest leader on hunger strike given IV drip in prison

India refutes as ‘untrue’ claims of British Sikh man’s torture in Delhi jail

11:35 pm August 19, 2020

New Delhi: India on Wednesday refuted as “absolutely untrue” allegations that a British Sikh man arrested on charges relating to terrorism is being tortured in Tihar Jail in New Delhi after a group demonstrators staged a protest outside 10 Downing Street in London. The protesters waved placards and made speeches to protest British national Jagtar Singh Johal’s detention in India for 1,020 […]