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Punjab asks Centre to provide more oxygen tankers

Punjab asks Centre to provide more oxygen tankers: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Monday appealed to the Centre for more oxygen tankers to be made available to the state, which did not have enough such vehicles to transport the life-saving gas for seriously...

Punjab to regularise all telecom towers

Punjab to regularise all telecom towers: To strengthen the telecommunication infrastructure in the state as part of its focus on e-governance and e-commerce, the Punjab government has decided to regularise all telecom towers installed unauthorisedly between December 5, 2013, and December 7, 2020. The decision...

Ensure timely payment to farmers through DBT system: Punjab CM

Ensure timely payment to farmers through DBT system: Punjab CM: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Wednesday directed all procurement agencies to ensure prompt lifting and timely payment to farmers through the newly introduced direct benefit transfer (DBT) system. Reviewing the wheat procurement progress at...

Assam imposes night curfew to check Covid surge

Assam imposes night curfew to check Covid surge: To check the rapid surge in the number of Covid-19 cases, the Assam government on Tuesday enforced a night curfew across the state from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m., officials said. Assam Chief Secretary Jishnu Barua said...

Punjab orders 30 lakh Covishield doses

Punjab orders 30 lakh Covishield doses: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Sunday directed the health department to order 30 lakh Covishield doses for vaccination of the 18-45 age group, with directions to use the CM Covid Relief Fund for meeting the vaccine requirements...

Uttarakhand avalanche: 8 dead, 384 safely rescued

Uttarakhand avalanche: 8 dead, 384 safely rescued: A total of eight people have died after an avalanche hit Uttarakhand's Chamoli Garhwal district near India-China border at 4 p.m. on Friday, the Indian Army said. The force said six people are critical and are undergoing medical...