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Capt Amarinder asks police to be humane & sensitive in dealing with curfew violations
🕤 March 27, 2020 | 02:12 amDW BUREAU / Chandigarh Taking cognizance of reports of excesses against citizens for the enforcement of the curfew in the state, Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday directed the Punjab Police to be more humane and sensitive in dealing with violations. Urging the police person ....
In a bid to decongest jails, Punjab to release 6,000 prisoners
🕤 March 27, 2020 | 02:13 amDW BUREAU / Chandigarh With a view to decongesting state prisons in wake of COVID-19 pandemic, Punjab is going to release around 6000 prisoners from all the jails across the state. Disclosing this here today, Punjab Jails Minister S. Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa said that the Supreme Court of I ....
one more tests positive for COVID in Haryana; number of cases rise to 19
🕤 March 28, 2020 | 02:21 amDW BUREAU / PDS items to be supplied at doorsteps New Delhi The Haryana government will now supply ration and other essential commodities under the PDS at the doorsteps of people during the lockdown in the wake of coronavirus scare. Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala, who holds the portfoli ....
Punjab empowers urban bodies to help poor during lockdown
🕤 March 29, 2020 | 02:58 amDW BUREAU / Chandigarh A day after the Punjab Chief Minister authorised village heads to use panchayat funds, Amarinder Singh here on Saturday empowered the urban local bodies to buy medicines and food for people suffering due to lockdown. Instructions had been issued by the Local Government D ....
Haryana govt steps up efforts to deal with
🕤 March 29, 2020 | 03:01 amDW BUREAU / Chandigarh From purchasing new ventilators to assigning ambulances for COVID-19 patients, the Haryana government has stepped up its efforts to deal with the coronavirus crisis. Steps have been taken to increase the strength of doctors and paramedical staff, ensure adequate supply o ....
Relax use of emergency relief grants: CM
🕤 March 30, 2020 | 01:36 amDW BUREAU / Chandigarh To combat the COVID-19 crisis, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Sunday urged Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to amend the conditions for utilisation of the 14th Finance Commission grants for emergency relief in urban areas. Seeking personal interventio ....
AICC spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala addresses a press conference in New Delhi on Thursday
🕤 March 31, 2020 | 01:55 amDW BUREAU / Chandigarh Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala on Monday urged government to ramp up testing facilities to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 infection and immediately provide personal protection equipment to doctors and paramedical staff to help them treat patients without riskin ....
DCFA Paramjit Singh retires after 38 years of excellent service
🕤 April 01, 2020 | 02:21 amDW BUREAU / Chandigarh State Accounts Services (SAS) cadre senior officer Mr. Paramjit Singh, Deputy Controller Finance and Accounts (DCFA) of Information and Public Relations Department today retired after 38 years of excellent services. Giving warm send off on his superannuation, the Secret ....
Capt orders extension in service for retiring Punjab cops till May 31
🕤 April 01, 2020 | 02:22 amDW BUREAU / Chandigarh Amid the continuing curfew/lockdown in the state, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder on Tuesday ordered extension in the services of all retiring Police personnel and Home Guards by two months, to strengthen the citizen outreach on the ground. Further, to ease the p ....
Health dept doctors, staff no longer need curfew passes
🕤 April 01, 2020 | 02:23 amDW BUREAU / CHANDIGARH Health department staff, doctors and regular patients in Punjab will no longer require curfew passes, while Banks/ATMs will be allowed to operate the whole week, subject to maintenance of COVID-19 protocols, under the revised guidelines issued today by the state government ....