Chandigarh extends curfew till May 25The Chandigarh administration on Monday decided to extend the curfew in the city till May 25 morning to further contain the coronavirus wav...
18 May, 2021, 09.52 AM IST
Night curfew extended by three hours in ChandigarhThe night curfew will start from 6 pm till 5 am and the fresh curbs will come into force from Thursday till further orders, said an officia...
28 Apr, 2021, 07.32 PM IST
Lockdown in Chandigarh on WednesdayThe decision was taken by UT Chandigarh Administrator V P Singh Badnore, said an official spokesperson.
20 Apr, 2021, 07.23 PM IST
Chandigarh administration announces weekend lockdown from Friday 10 pm to Monday 5 amThe decision was taken at a high-level meeting here chaired by Punjab Governor V P Singh Badnore, who is also the Administrator of the unio...
16 Apr, 2021, 08.25 PM IST
UK variant detected in 70 per cent samples sent by PGIMER“Seventy percent of the samples had UK variant of Covid-19 and 20 percent of the samples had 681 H mutant,” said Jagat Ram, the director of...
15 Apr, 2021, 11.08 PM IST
Chandigarh to impose curfew from 10 pm till 5 am to check COVID spreadChandigarh Administrator V P Singh Badnore directed the police authorities to ensure strict implementation of the night curfew and told hos...
06 Apr, 2021, 08.52 PM IST
Escalate COVID testing, ensure priority vaccination in highly affected districts: Centre to PunjabPunjab has reported nearly 21 per cent week-on-week increase in new COVID-19 cases and about 2,740 average daily cases in the last seven da...
31 Mar, 2021, 10.29 PM IST
Central teams rushed to Chhattisgarh, Chandigarh amid rise in COVID-19 casesThe ministry on Friday said these teams will work with the respective governments of the state and the Union Territory to ascertain the rea...
26 Mar, 2021, 06.06 PM IST
Surge in Maharashtra and Punjab a cause of concern: Health MinistryAfter the surge in Covid cases in Maharashtra, Punjab is witnessing the beginning of the second-wave, said the health ministry.
25 Mar, 2021, 07.09 AM IST
Central team to help Punjab, Chandigarh in virus combatThe Centre has been supporting the states/UTs that are seeing a sudden spike in the number of Covid cases and those that are reporting high...
07 Sep, 2020, 06.40 AM IST
Covid-19: Cases in India climb to 3,43,091; death toll 9,900The country recorded 10,667 infections in the last 24 hours. The number of active cases stands at 1,53,178, while 1,80,012 people have reco...
16 Jun, 2020, 11.29 AM IST
India coronavirus count, May 10: Death toll rises to 2,109, cases climb to 62,939At 8 am today, the number of the dead was at 2,109. 19,358 people have been cured/discharged. With 20,228 cases, Maharashtra continued to h...
10 May, 2020, 12.05 PM IST
Death toll due to COVID-19 rises to 1,981; cases climb to 59,662The number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 39,834, while 17,846 people have recovered and one patient has migrated, it said.
09 May, 2020, 10.40 AM IST
Punjab's coronavirus death rate higher than Haryana: Government dataWith Punjab reporting 17 deaths so far, the COVID-19 fatality rate in the state stood at six per cent which is more than the national avera...
24 Apr, 2020, 05.32 PM IST
India's COVID-19 tally reaches 8356, death toll at 273"A total number of COVID-19 positive cases rises to 8356 in India, including 716 cured/discharged, 273 deaths and 1 migrated," said the Hea...
12 Apr, 2020, 09.20 AM IST
Wearing face masks compulsory in Punjab now: CM Amarinder Singh“Masks are compulsory in Punjab now. Health Secretary is issuing a detailed advisory for the people. Just remember to wear mask when you st...
09 Apr, 2020, 10.46 PM IST
21-year-old man in Chandigarh tests positive for coronavirus; total cases rise to 7"A 21 year-old male resident of Chandigarh (contact of positive Covid-19 case) has turned out to be positive for Covid-19," said an officia...
23 Mar, 2020, 01.08 PM IST