33 more succumb to Covid-19 in Haryana
The state also recorded 2,329 fresh cases, with the maximum number of cases coming from the districts in the national capital region.
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Chandigarh, Chandigarh
UPDATED ON NOV 25, 2020 02:18 AM IST
Thirty-three people succumbed to Covid-19 in Haryana on Tuesday, pushing the toll to 2,249, as per the state health bulletin.
The state also recorded 2,329 fresh cases, with the maximum number of cases coming from the districts in the national capital region.
In Faridabad district, five patients lost the battle to the contagion, four in Hisar, three each in Gurugram and Rohtak, two patients each died in Panchkula, Yamunanagar, Sirsa, Bhiwani, Jhajjar, Fatehabad and Charkhi Dadri districts.
As per the bulletin, there were 445 critically ill patients in the state on Tuesday, including 392 on oxygen support and 53 on ventilators.
The tally of infections now stands at 2, 22, 292, while 1, 99, 278 people have recovered from the infection so far.
The state also registered recovery of as many as 1,943 patients on Tuesday while the number of active cases was 20,765.
Among the districts with the highest number of fresh cases are Gurugram 822, Faridabad 557, Hisar 164, Rewari 117, Rohtak 97, Sonepat 60, and Karnal 76.
R-Day parade: Punjab tableau to depict Sikh guru's sacrifice
PTI, Chandigarh
PUBLISHED ON JAN 22, 2021 06:30 PM IST
The tableau delineates the 400th Parkash Purb of the Sikh guru, said the spokesperson.
4 killed as car, bus collide in Punjab’s Mukerian
By HT Correspondent
PUBLISHED ON JAN 22, 2021 03:39 PM IST
Car driver reportedly lost control while overtaking another vehicle and rammed into the private bus on the Talwara-Hajipur road.
That stinking feeling: Chandigarh residents suffer as waste piles up again
By Rajanbir Singh and Munieshwer A Sagar, Chandigarh
PUBLISHED ON JAN 22, 2021 12:51 AM IST
Waste collectors are miffed over MC’s takeover of garbage collection in Sectors 1 to 30; resolution expected at meeting on Friday
Panjab University’s board of finance approves budget of ₹600 crore for 2021-22 financial year
By Dar Ovais, Chandigarh
PUBLISHED ON JAN 22, 2021 12:44 AM IST
After the approval of the annual budget by the BoF, it is placed before varsity’s syndicate and senate, for final approval
Lockdown: No rent for shopkeepers of ISBTs in Chandigarh
By HT Correspondent, Chandigarh
PUBLISHED ON JAN 22, 2021 12:44 AM IST
In a major relief to shopkeepers and licensees of the ISBTs in Sectors 17 and 43, and Punjab Civil Secretariat canteens, the UT administration has decided to waive off their monthly rental for the lockdown period
Friend murdered 19-year-old DU student in Ambala: Police
By HT Correspondent, Ambala
PUBLISHED ON JAN 22, 2021 12:43 AM IST
Now in police net, Kanwar, 25, killed Ayaan over his relationship with a mutual female friend, say police
PGIMER Chandigarh doctors endoscopically remove brain tumour from 16-month-old girl
By HT Correspondent, Chandigarh
PUBLISHED ON JAN 21, 2021 09:25 PM IST
The girl, aged 16 months, was referred to PGIMER from Uttarakhand, with loss of vision, and diagnosed with a 3cm brain tumour.
10 months after Covid outbreak, colleges reopen to poor response in Punjab
By Vishal Joshi
UPDATED ON JAN 21, 2021 04:32 PM IST
Ten months after they were shut due to the Covid-19 pandemic, higher education institutions reopened to a poor response in Punjab on Thursday
Punjab govt gives ₹5 lakh each to kin of four farmers who died during protest
PTI
PUBLISHED ON JAN 21, 2021 04:04 PM IST
Braving cold weather conditions and rain, thousands of farmers, mainly from Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh, are protesting at various border points of Delhi for over a month now against the three farm laws.
Exonerated Mohali cop entitled to service benefits, promotion: HC
By HT Correspondent, Chandigarh
PUBLISHED ON JAN 21, 2021 12:15 AM IST
The Punjab and Haryana high court has held that a government employee exonerated in criminal and/or departmental proceedings was entitled for service benefits for the period (s)he remained out of job
Chandigarh to get country’s tallest outdoor air purifier
By Munieshwer A Sagar, Chandigarh
UPDATED ON JAN 21, 2021 12:16 AM IST
The 78 feet tall air purifier is expected to be installed within three months at one of the five locations shortlisted by the local administration.
Chandigarh administrator’s advisory council to meet on Feb 10
By Munieshwer A Sagar, Chandigarh
PUBLISHED ON JAN 20, 2021 10:31 PM IST
Progress on the city’s second medical college, controversial Tribune flyover, reduction in collector rates, change of land use policy, new route to the international airport and options for mass rapid transit system will be on top of its agenda
53,000 poultry birds to be culled after avian flu confirmed at two farms in Mohali
By Shailee Dogra, Chandigarh
PUBLISHED ON JAN 20, 2021 10:30 PM IST
The development comes a day after the Bhopal lab confirmed flu in a migratory bird found dead at the Siswan reserve in the district
Haryana poultry farmers move HC seeking relief
By HT Correspondent, Chandigarh
UPDATED ON JAN 19, 2021 11:29 PM IST
The association in its plea stated that though compensation should be paid on the spot immediately after the culling is over or at the time of collecting birds from the owners, no such relief was being provided to them.
Chandigarh MP Kirron prefers close aides over experts in road safety panel
By HT Correspondent, Chandigarh
UPDATED ON JAN 19, 2021 11:27 PM IST
On Kher’s recommendations, Prabhloch Singh of the Human Rights Protection Group and MFP Federation, Mayank Mishra of Dr GC Mishra Memorial Educational and Charitable Trust and Sanjeev Vashisht of Sewa Bharti have been made members of the committee