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Mohali: Drug supplier arrested after buyers’ allegations on video

In the video, two women alleged that the accused was not returning their mortgaged gold chain even after being paid the money owed

Ludhiana: Miscreants vandalise bus carrying wedding guests over toll fees

The incident, however, has revealed a scam where private persons working at the toll plaza are allowing buses to pass without issuing slips and charging them less than the listed toll fees

2 days after Dugri carjacking, 4 auto-lifters nabbed

Police have recovered a car, with changed number plates, a bike, a country-made pistol, 16 mobile phones and sharp-edged weapons from their possession.

Trader’s murder: Ludhiana police probing hawala angle

“The two assailants had snatched a bag containing cash before murdering Manjit Singh brutally. It is still being probed as to how much was the cash and whether it was foreign currency but it clear that the money was illegal,” said a police officer, requesting anonymity

Ludhiana’s shoe store owner stabbed to death with ice pick, 2 booked

Ludhiana police probing motive as scooter-borne accused fled with packet containing cash; family claims trader remained unattended on road for half an hour

NGO launches langar sewa at Ludhiana bus stand

Langar will be available at the Ludhiana bus stand from 11am to 4pm

Oxygen demand shoots up as Covid cases spike in tricity

A major supplier of medical oxygen in the city said around 15,000 bulk cylinders per month were supplied in the region before Covid, which had gone up to 25,000 cylinders after the outbreak

2 more doctors get Covid, Mohali Civil Hospital staff strength down by 50%

Lone doctor handling around 100 patients at night, say other medicos on condition of anonymity

With a toll of 7, Mohali hits highest single-day Covid-19 death count

44 deaths have been recorded in the last 16 days, taking the toll to 64, with total cases at 2,951

2 deaths in Dera Bassi take Mohali Covid-19 fatalities to 21

The deceased included a 38-year-old man from Mubarakpur and a 70-year-old from Preet Nagar while new cases were reported from Dera Bassi sub-division, Mohali and Kharar

65-year-old woman is Mohali’s 12th Covid-19 fatality, 20 new cases reported

A 65-year-old Zirakpur woman diagnosed with Covid-19 died on Friday, taking the death rate to 12 in the district, even as 20 new cases pushed up the count to 551. Sheela Devi from from Penta Home on VIP Road died at Chandigarh’s Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) on Monday.

16 new Covid-19 cases take Mohali’s count to 472

Five cases from Kharar included two women, 58 and 32, a girl, 6, and a man, 62, from Shivalik City Kharar; and another man, 48, from an unspecified location

Strict weekend curbs likely as Mohali logs highest Covid-19 spike in 2 days with 31 cases

District administration likely to announce strict weekend restrictions even as 31 patients reported positive on Monday

Mohali records highest ever spike with 26 Covid-19 cases

Patients include 17 women and three minor children, a two-year-old boy among them

Unified Covid-19 command: Mohali DC meets hospital representatives

Of the two panels set up for the command, one will give inputs in case positive cases reach alarming levels and the other one will suggest categorisation of hospitals on the basis of treatment provided

TV news anchor dies of Covid-19 in Mohali

Davinder Pal Singh was a resident of Phase-10 and suffering from post renal transplant complications when he was hospitalised on June 13 after testing positive for Covid-19

Hotspot tag difficult to shake off as Dera Bassi accounts for 50% Covid-19 cases in Mohali

90 of the 176 cases reported in the last few months are from this subdivision of Mohali

Mohali records biggest spike in a day with 16 new Covid-19 cases

14 males, two below 20, and two females, including an 11-year-old, tested positive for Covid-19 on Sunday, taking the district’s count to 176

Punjab water supply dept orders probe into Balongi gas leak

A report submitted by superintendent engineer, RP Gupta, on Monday said an old cylinder with 5 kg chlorine gas kept at the waterworks for several years had leaked as its insides had rusted.

No Covid-19 case in Mohali for two days, active cases stand at 50

So far, 95 people have tested positive in the district, of which 43 have been cured and two died

No fresh Covid-19 case reported in 3 days in tricity, 248 of 261 tested negative

Of total 261 samples tested at Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Sector12, 248 came negative.

Missing since Tuesday, Moga family traced to Gwalior

The missing family members are Tarsem Lal (60), his wife Santosh (57), elder son Krishan Kumar (33) and his wife Kaiffy Singla (31), younger son Varun (23), twins Falak (2) and Fazal (2).

Woman killed, 22 hurt in Gurdaspur bus mishap

The bus was Amritsar-bound

Amid limited supply and spike in cases, panic buying leads to shortage of masks in Chandigarh

Meanwhile, residents claim the masks are being sold at exorbitant rates.

60-year-old man killed in Amritsar village, 6 booked

Was returning home from Dera Beas when he was attacked by the six accused with sharp edged weapons, including a dagger

3 inmates booked for damaging CCTV cams in Bathinda jail

The FIR was registered on the complaint of assistant jail superintendent Binder Singh under Section 427 (mischief causing damage) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and relevant sections of the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act against gangsters Rahul of Hoshiarpur, Harwinder Singh of UP’s Alamgarh and Aman Kumar of Jaitu.

Fazilka admn on alert after locusts attack

Even as the locusts attack in three villages along India-Pakistan border in Fazilka district has been contained, the officials of agriculture department are keeping a close vigil on the situation in the region. Different teams of the department have been visiting the villages and we are prepared to tackle any new situation, said Fazilka chief agricultural officer Manjit Singh.

Patients suffer as specialist doctors go on strike in Amritsar civil hospital

Doctors at the Jallianwala Bagh Martyrs Memorial Civil Hospital, Amritsar on Thursday went on a one-day strike in protest against heavy burden on them due to shortage of emergency medical officers (EMOs) in the hospital. Since as many as 80% posts of EMOs are lying vacant in the hospital, specialist doctors are forced to perform emergency duties along with their general duties.

Now, locust spotted in Bathinda, Faridkot villages, agri dept on toes

Farmers panic as locusts spotted in Fazilka villages