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COVID-19: Punjab extends last date to administer first dose vaccination fo
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], February 18 (ANI): The Punjab Government has extended the last date to administer first dose vaccination for healthcare workers from February 19-to February 25.
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9 more fast track courts in Punjab to curb sexual attacks on women, childr
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], February 15 (ANI): An inter-departmental meeting of the Punjab government on Monday decided on a slew of measures to strengthen the investigation and prosecution machinery for handling criminal offences against women and children, including the establishment of n
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59 Hepatitis treatment centres established in three years duration in Punj
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], February 15 (ANI): In view of extending the medical benefits to high-risk groups, the Punjab government established 59 Hepatitis treatment centres in three years in the state under National Viral Hepatitis Control Programme (NVHCP) to treat such patients acros
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With 71.39 pc, voter turnout in Punjab local bodies polls record a new hig
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], February 14 (ANI): Punjab government on Sunday said that the voter turnout in local bodies polls of 8 municipal corporations and 109 municipal councils and Nagar panchayats in the state have recorded a new high of 71.39 per cent.
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Punjab supporting terrorist Mukhtar Ansari: UP govt to SC
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 9 (ANI): The Uttar Pradesh government on Monday raised the question before the Supreme Court on why the Punjab government was defending gangster Mukhtar Ansari and claimed that he is 'enjoying' in the jail there.
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'Meritorious schools' in Punjab to open from Feb 9 with COVID protocols in
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], February 6 (ANI): After reopening government schools in a phased manner, the Punjab Government on Saturday decided to make the residential "meritorious schools" situated at Amritsar, Bathinda, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Patiala, Mohali, Gurdaspur, Ferozepur, Sangrur an
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Punjab Contract Farming Act has provision to jail farmers, in Centre's law
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 6 (ANI): Punjab Government's Contract Farming Act has a provision to send farmers behind the bars and fine of up to Rs 5 lakh whereas in the Government of India's Act a farmer can exit a contract anytime, said Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar. Read More
Congress workers preventing AAP candidates from filing nominations for Pun
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 2 (ANI): Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) spokesperson Raghav Chadha on Tuesday alleged that Congress party workers in Punjab are preventing his party members to file nominations for the upcoming local body elections in the state.
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COVID-19 vaccine doses distributed to all district cold chain stores: Punj
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India] January 15 (ANI): The Punjab Government is all ready to roll out the COVID-19 vaccination programme under which firstly, Health Care Workers (Central, State, and Armed Forces Medical Services) to be vaccinated with their consent at dedicated 59 sites in the state.
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Nothing short of repeal of farm laws, says Punjab CM
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], January 15 (ANI): Even as it asserted that it will take all measures to protect the state's and its farmers' interests, the Punjab Government led by Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday made it clear that nothing short of repeal of the Centre's Farm Laws would res
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Punjab to conduct vaccination at 110 sites on Jan 16
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], January 13 (ANI): Punjab Government is fully geared up for vaccination of health care workers (HCWs) at 110 sites on January 16 with the state receiving 20,450 vials today.
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Punjab govt to provide sanitary pad vending machines to schools
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], January 12 (ANI): To promote menstrual hygiene, the Punjab Government will provide sanitary pad vending machines for girls in schools, said an official statement on Monday.
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