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'Suspicious financial transactions' in firms linked to Majithia: SIT

Patiala, March 18 -- A Punjab police special investigation team (SIT) on Monday questioned Shiromani Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia in a 2021 drug case, with a senior officer claiming that the... Read More


3 inspectors among 12 cops suspended for thrashing Col

Patiala, March 18 -- After public outrage, 12 Punjab Police personnel, including three inspectors, were placed under suspension on Monday and a departmental inquiry was ordered against them for thrash... Read More


Punjab: 12 cops suspended for thrashing army colonel, son in Patiala

India, March 17 -- After public outrage, 12 Punjab Police personnel, including three inspectors, were placed under suspension on Monday and a departmental inquiry was ordered against them for thrashin... Read More


Punjab fares poorly in screening people with non-infectious diseases

Patiala, March 16 -- Punjab has been continuously underperforming in achieving the screening target under the National Programme for the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs). Pu... Read More


Lack of official vehicles hits health dept's work

Patiala, March 12 -- The functioning of Patiala health department has been hit as the absence of official vehicles has left nodal officers unable to conduct crucial field inspections, implement health... Read More


70% Aam Aadmi Clinics rebranded as Ayushman Arogya Kendras

Patiala, March 12 -- The Punjab government has renamed over 70% of the Aam Aadmi Clinics (AACs) as Ayushman Arogya Kendras (AAK), as part of its compromise with the Centre, which had earlier withheld ... Read More


Punjab mulls roping in private players to run govt hospitals

Patiala, March 9 -- Faced with lack of medical specialists, the Punjab government is planning to hand over some of its hospitals to private institutes. This will be the first time that government hosp... Read More


'Dictatorial': Pandher likens Mann to Modi

Patiala, March 6 -- Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (KMM) leader Sarwan Singh Pandher slammed chief minister Bhagwant Mann for police action against farmers and said that the AAP government was stopping a peacef... Read More


Patiala devp authority initiates action against clerk

Patiala, March 5 -- Patiala Development Authority (PDA) has initiated a disciplinary action against a clerk for failing to forward a file to police that requested an FIR against the developers buildin... Read More


Will empanel private psychiatrists to tackle shortage: Punjab minister

Patiala, March 2 -- To overcome the shortage of psychiatrists, the Punjab government is mulling to empanel private ones. The severe shortage of psychiatrists may also come in the way of the government... Read More