Chandigarh: Punjab on Saturday reported six COVID-19 deaths and 124 new cases, taking the number of fatalities and infections to 16,177 and 5,97,469 respectively, according to a medical bulletin. The six deaths were reported from Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Mohali, Pathankot, Patiala and Tarn Taran. The death toll also includes three fatalities which were not reported earlier, […]
Read MoreChandigarh: Cold weather conditions continued in Punjab and Haryana even as the minimum temperatures stayed above normal levels in both the states on Thursday. Chandigarh, the joint capital of Punjab and Haryana, recorded its low at 12 degrees Celsius, seven degrees above normal, an official of the India Meteorological Department said here. In Punjab, Amritsar, Ludhiana and Patiala recorded their respective minimums at 9, 12 and 13.5 degrees Celsius, up to seven degrees […]
Read MoreChandigarh: A 58-year-old uncle of cricketer Suresh Raina died while four members of his family sustained injuries allegedly in an attack by robbers in Punjab’s Pathankot district. The deceased has been identified as Ashok Kumar, a government contractor. According to police, the incident took place at Thariyal village in Punjab’s Pathankot on the night intervening […]
Read MoreChandigarh: Six of Punjab’s 22 districts have no active coronavirus cases as on Saturday, according to a government data. The districts are: SBS Nagar, Moga, Rupnagar, Fatehgarh Sahib, Barnala and Gurdaspur. The government data shows that the districts had a total of 31 patients, of whom 27 recovered while four died. SBS Nagar was a […]
Read MoreChandigarh: 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 […]
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