After 6,564 Covid infections in July, the tricity cases dropped to 5,365 in August while deaths went up from 13 in July to 22 in August. In terms of infections, Chandigarh remained the worst-affected with 2,217 cases. In July, the UT had 2,747 cases. In Mohali, the cases dropped from 2,095 to 1,798 whereas in Panchkula, the tally dropped from 1,722 cases in July to 1,350 in August.

Phase-8 station house officer (SHO) Rajesh Arora said the incident came to the fore around 12.30pm. Narinder’s wife, who is a schoolteacher in Mohali, was trying to reach him over phone but all her calls went unanswered following which she asked the neighbours to check up on him.

The high court bench of Justice Raj Mohan Singh has sought response by September 21 and directed Mohali SSP to ensure that no physical harm is caused to the petitioner woman

Punjab cabinet minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal has issued directions to strictly implement the government orders otherwise legal action will be taken against violators

After a preliminary investigation, the police arrested the seven persons under sections 420, 465, 468, 470, 471 and 120 B of the Indian Penal Code

Pathankot police on Wednesday busted an interstate drug smuggling racket and arrested two brothers with three quintals of poppy husk hidden in a special cavity of their truck

According to the orders, present ADGP (law and order) Ishwar Singh has been transferred as ADGP (HRD) in place of Shashi Prabha Dwivedi, who is now posted as ADGP (railways), replacing MF Farooqui

BBMB is not just a board of Punjab, but a combine board of Haryana, Delhi and Rajasthan, said Union Jal Shakti minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat while interacting with mediapersons in Mohali

Angrez Singh has been transferred as the SHO of Budhlada while Gurlal Singh has been appointed as the investigation officer of Moose Wala’s murder case