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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 […]

Heavy rainfall likely in Pune in next 48 hours: IMD

Downpour triggers flood in Odisha, IMD forecasts intense rainfall in central, north India

11:16 pm August 27, 2020

New Delhi: Steady downpour led to a flood situation in parts of Odisha on Thursday while 19 people were saved from drowning in Jammu where major rivers are in spate due to incessant rain even as the IMD forecast intense rainfall in central and north India over the next four days. Over 83.62 lakh people continued to suffer due to the floods in Bihar with […]

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 […]

Visit patients under home isolation, ensure they follow isolation norms: Delhi govt to officials

54 new COVID-19 infections in Punjab, cases reach 1,877

8:54 pm May 11, 2020

Chandigarh: Fifty-four people tested positive for COVID-19 in Punjab on Monday, pushing the case count to 1,877 in the state, according to the government’s medical bulletin. Of the fresh cases, 13 were reported in Jalandhar, 12 in Mansa, 11 in Fatehgarh Sahib, six in Gurdaspur, two each in Moga and Ludhiana and one each in […]

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

Six districts in Punjab have no active coronavirus cases

7:09 pm April 25, 2020

Chandigarh: 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 […]