Punjab is a state in northern India. Forming part of the larger Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, the state is bordered by the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir to the north, and the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh to the east, Haryana to the south and southeast, and Rajasthan to the southwest. It is bordered by the Pakistani province of Punjab to the west. The state covers an area of 50,362 square kilometres, 1.53% of India's total geographical area. It is the 20th-largest Indian state by area. With 27,704,236 inhabitants at the 2011 census, Punjab is the 16th-largest state by population, comprising 22 districts. Punjabi is the most widely spoken and official language of the state. The main ethnic group are the Punjabis, with Sikhs (58%) and Hindus (38%). The state capital is Chandigarh, a Union Territory and also the capital of the neighbouring state of Haryana. The five tributary rivers of the Indus River from which the region took its name are Sutlej, Ravi, Beas, Chenab and Jhelum Rivers; Sutlej, Ravi and Beas are part of the Indian Punjab.
Addressing a press conference through video conference on Friday, CM Amarinder Singh said Punjab will allow district-wise relief from lockdown only to farmers to allow them for harvesting of Rabi crop. IndiaTimes - Published
On Tuesday, FCI moved 58 rakes, a record, through Indian Railways with around 1.6 lakh tonnes of wheat and rice — against an average 30-35 rakes. It was a similar story on Wednesday with 53-55 rakes.. IndiaTimes - Published
All restrictions would be enforced till April 14, after which the state will decide in line with the Government of India’s decision, said Amarinder, adding that the lockdown was the only way to.. IndiaTimes - Published
Deaths have so far been reported from Maharashtra (5), Gujarat (3), Karnataka (2), Madhya Pradesh (2) and one each from Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Punjab, Delhi, West Bengal, J&K and Himachal. In its updated.. IndiaTimes - Published
All district hospitals in the state have been instructed to set up ICUs. 50 new ventilators have also been acquired to meet the demand. DNA - Published
At least 15,000 people who may have caught the coronavirus from a 'super-spreader' guru are under strict quarantine after the Sikh religious leader died of Covid-19. The 70-year-old guru, Baldev Singh,.. IndiaTimes - Published
Punjab Chief Minister Capt, Amarinder Singh on Wednesday shared some pictures on his Twitter handle, which showed people standing in separate circles marked with chalk, while collecting basic supplies.. IndiaTimes - Published
This decision came into immediate effect as people were not adhering to lockdown rules appropriately. The Deputy Commissioners have been directed to issue orders accordingly. IndiaTimes - Published
In Mumbai, 15 men from Punjab who fled the quarantine facility after landing in the city from Dubai were tracked and taken back on Sunday. IndiaTimes - Published
India went into unofficial lockdown on Sunday as day-long 'Janata Curfew' kicked in. It comes as the number of positive coronavirus cases rose to 324 on Sunday. DNA - Published
Kerala (12), Maharashtra (11) and Punjab (10) reported new cases in double digits even as the national count in the past two days alone stood at 133, accounting for 40% of all cases since the first one.. IndiaTimes - Published
India recorded its fourth death due to Covid-19 on Thursday even as fresh cases surged in the country, with more than 50 recorded in the past two days. The country’s fourth coronavirus victim was a.. IndiaTimes - Published
India reported the death of a COVID-19 patient from Punjab on Thursday taking the toll in the country to four, the Union health ministry said. According to the ministry, the number of novel coronavirus.. IndiaTimes - Published
To contain the coronavirus outbreak, the Punjab government on Thursday decided to stop operation of all the public transport – buses, tempos, auto rickshaws – from Friday midnight. All the shopping.. IndiaTimes - Published
The man, a resident of Punjab's Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district, had returned from Sydney only on Wednesday and was admitted to the facility by airport authorities. DNA - Published
Punjab health minister Balbir Singh Sidhu said on Saturday that the state government is taking all steps needed to deal with the situation and till date there is no need to declare Coronavirus as.. IndiaTimes - Published
Widespread rains lashed Punjab and Haryana on Friday, triggering fear among farmers about damage to wheat crop almost a month before the harvesting season. IndiaTimes - Published
With his government facing criticism over DGP Dinkar Gupta's purported remarks on the Kartarpur corridor, Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday informed the state assembly that the top cop.. IndiaTimes - Published
12 children were in the van at that time but eight children were taken out safely by people working in nearby fields when the van caught fire, police said. DNA - Published
The Congress is in power in Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Punjab, and Puducherry either on its own or as part of an alliance. After forming the government in Jharkhand after the.. IndiaTimes - Published
The incident happened when 'nagar kirtan', a religious procession was being carried out near Pahu village in Tarn Taran, in which sparks from crackers burst by people landed on the tractor -trolley.. DNA - Published
Several people are feared trapped in a three-storey building that collapsed in Punjab's Mohali district on Saturday, police said. The building, located on the Kharar-Landran road, came down when a JCB.. IndiaTimes - Published
SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal said that the alliance is not just a political one but bound by emotions and interests of Punjab and the country. DNA - Published
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee called the CAA a law that is “a shame to humanity and civilisation” and sought its immediate withdrawal. The state assembly passed a resolution against “the.. IndiaTimes - Published Also reported by •DNA
If the resolution is passed, this will be in line with similar resolutions passed earlier by the state governments of Kerala, Punjab, and Rajasthan DNA - Published
The Rajasthan assembly passed a resolution on Saturday urging the Centre to repeal the CAA, amid opposition by BJP which accused the Congress government of pursuing appeasement politics. Rajasthan is.. IndiaTimes - Published
Last week, Congress' Ahmed Patel had said that the grand old party was mulling over following Punjab's example and bringing anti-CAA resolutions in three other states where Congress is in power -.. DNA - Published
The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to stay the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, declining to take note of protests and anti-CAA resolutions by the Kerala and Punjab assemblies, and brushed aside.. IndiaTimes - Published
The weather department also predicted dense fog in isolated parts over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim during the next 24 hours. IndiaTimes - Published
Large swathes of north India reeled under below normal temperatures on Monday, resulting in fog blanketing parts of Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh and a layer of frost covering roads in the Kashmir.. IndiaTimes - Published
Punjab on Friday became the second state after Kerala to pass an assembly resolution seeking repeal of the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act, with chief minister Amarinder Singh calling the new.. IndiaTimes - Published
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