Chandigarh: Healthcare professionals and other frontline medical workers who skip Covid-19 vaccination won’t get financial help from the authorities for treatment if they get infected later and won’t be allowed to take quarantine or isolation leave, the Punjab government has said. The northern Inidian state government has taken a seriousContinue Reading

By Matters India Reporter Amritsar, March 11, 2019: A village in the northern Indian state of Punjab observed the International Women’s Day differently. The women of Ramdas in Amritsar district have decided to stamp out liquor consumption from their village and set an example for others in Punjab, one ofContinue Reading

Chandigarh, Jan 15, 2019: More than 300,000 drug addicts were treated in Punjab in 2018 and more than 63,000 people are currently being treated, out of which 25,000 are heroin addicts, a top police official said on January 15. The retention rate is 91.71 percent, Director General (Special Task Force)Continue Reading

New Delhi, Oct 19, 2018: Scores of people were feared dead after a train ran into them in Amritsar October 19 evening. The victims were standing on the tracks, watching the burning of Ravan’s effigy as part of the Dussehra celebartions. The people, who were mowed down, reportedly could notContinue Reading