Over 30 students tested positive for coronavirus in Punjab as the state ramped up testing in schools just days after offline classes began for the first time since the outbreak of the pandemic on August 2.

Three states, UP, Punjab and Uttarakhand, are due to hold elections early next year. The Election Commission of India has a major challenge: to conduct elections in the midst of a pandemic and a possible third wave.

A COVID Control Room was set up in Chandigarh, as the hub of COVID management in Punjab

The Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Saturday said that 719 doctors have lost their lives due to coronavirus in the second wave of the COVID pandemic with Bihar recording the maximum fatalities.

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh Sunday launched what he described as "Covid Fateh" drive to tackle the spread of coronavirus in rural areas of the state.

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh in Chandigarh on Monday said he is against the imposition of a coronavirus lockdown even as he predicted that the pandemic situation is expected to get worse in the state.

Three Central teams deputed to Maharashtra, Punjab and Chhattisgarh earlier this week after a review of the Covid situation by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, have pointed out multiple flaws in the handling of the situation by the three state governmen

Thousands of farmers from Congress-run Punjab are assembling at the border of Haryana for their march towards Delhi on Thursday morning, ready for any confrontation with the security personnel deployed by the BJP-ruled state, which is determined to stop them. A showdown is likely with farmers from five states - Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Kerala an...

School Reopening News: The Punjab government on Sunday allowed students of classes 9 to 12 to visit their schools in areas outside containment zones on voluntary basis for taking guidance from their teachers amid coronavirus pandemic outbreak.

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has said that the Rs 64 crore in the "CM Relief Fund" being questioned by the opposition Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) was a minuscule of the over Rs 300 crore already spent by his government on providing COVID care and related expenses.

Punjab's Malerkotla known for its communal harmony since centuries sets another heart-warming example. Gurdwara Haa Da Naara Sahib serves food to Muslim students

The coronavirus pandemic has brought all emigration from Punjab to a halt, hitting hard all those whose livelihoods depends on the multi-crore informal industry

Punjab will remove curfew from Monday, but the lockdown necessitated by the coronavirus pandemic will remain till May 31, Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh said in a statement today. The state that was among the first to extend the lockdown till May 31 is likely to ease restrictions in areas outside containment zones with limited public transport. But schools and...

ITI students in Punjab have made more than 2.5 lakh masks till date.

The growth rate of coronavirus cases is down to under 3 per cent per day in Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Kerala and Punjab where cases are taking well over 20 days to double, data from the Union Health Ministry shows. Conversely, Jammu and Kashmir, Delhi and Odisha are currently at a worrying stage, the data reveals.

98-year-old Gurdev Kaur Dhaliwal from Punjab's Moga district is stitching masks for people in need and distributing it free amid coronavirus crisis

With Punjab and Karnataka already having announced summer vacation due to the coronavirus outbreak, other states are working on academic calendar and deliberating on various measures, including advancing the summer break, to minimise academic losses.

Two major food grain producing states have started buying wheat and pulses from farmers amid the lockdown over the COVID-19 pandemic, but the volume and pace of procurement is slow. In Punjab, farmers are yet to harvest 70 per cent of wheat crop. The grain markets or mandis in the state have been mostly empty for the last two days, though the government led by Captain...

At least 13 chief ministers of states including Punjab, Delhi, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh, have asked for the lockdown amid the COVID-19 pandemic to be extended during a video conference with Prime Minister Narendra Modi today. "I am available 24x7. Any chief minister can speak to me and give suggestions (on COVID-19) anytime. We should stand together shoulder-to-s...

India has reported a sharp increase in total number of coronavirus or COVID-19 cases, which crossed the 200-mark this morning with nearly 30 fresh cases. Four people from Delhi, Karnataka, Punjab and Maharashtra have died in the last two weeks. The spread of the highly infectious disease has prompted the centre to escalate measures to fight COVID-19 - declared a pande...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today addressed the nation over the on-going coronavirus pandemic across the world and the efforts to combat it. This address comes after the Prime Minister chaired a review meeting to discuss the measures to contain COVID-19 yesterday. At least 173 have been affected by the outbreak in India so far, and four people have died including a m...