Expressing solidarity with the families of the 12 teachers who were killed during a road accident this morning, the Punjab Education Minister Dr Daljeet Singh Cheema today assured the aggrieved families that the state government would provide jobs to next of kin...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday laid the foundation stone of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Bathinda district in Punjab.The 750-bed hospital and institute will be built at a cost of Rs 925 crore and will be spread over 200 acres.The...

Making a frontal attack on the state Congress leadership for playing to the gallery on the contentious issue of Satluj Yamuna Link (SYL) canal, the Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today said that Captain Amarinder Singh and his colleagues were trying...

Surjit Kumar Jyani, Health Minister Punjab disclosed that, in its endeavour to get rid of tobacco 1st November will be observed as No tobacco day all over Punjab. He said that Chief Minister, Punjab has already issued direction to all the Deputy Commissioners...

Surjit Kumar Jyani Health & Family Welfare Minister, Punjab here today reiterated that the department is committed for providing safe food items and eatable to the general public. He directed Designated Officers of Food & Drug Administration to step...

Lauding the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Indian Army for successfully conducting surgical operation in Pak Occupied Kashmir (PoK), the Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today said that this action was necessary to teach Pakistan a lesson for...

The Punjab government has launched the first of its kind ‘Dengue Free’ mobile application in the state.Officially launching the application during a meeting of the Civil Surgeons and SMOs all over the state, Health and Family Welfare Minister Punjab Surjeet...

The Punjab Deputy Chief Minister, Sukhbir Singh Badal has lashed out at Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Congress and described them as the forces inimical to Punjab whereas the SAD-BJP government has carried out record development during previous 9 years owing...

Surjit Kumar Jayani Health and Family Welfare Minister Punjab today today made an appeal to the doctors of 2015-16 batche who were on an indefinite strike since June 13, in support of their demands regarding pay emoluments, to call off the strike and join back...

Taking instant steps to check the further spreading out of Diarrhoea in Samana which claimed five lives, Health Minister Punjab Mr. Surjit Kumar Jayani has asked the Water Supply and Sanitation department to immediately check and fix the problems in the water...

With the continuous upgrading of the Health care facilities in all the government health institutions in Punjab and due to this enhancement, the government hospitals have surpassed the private sector in conducting institutional deliveries in the state. It...

The Punjab government has taken stringent measures to check use of tobacco and nicotine in any form for the past few years due to which the state was able to check this menace to some extent. Stating this here today, Health Minister Mr. Surjeet Kumar Jyani...

Punjab Health and Family Welfare Minister Surjit Kumar Jyani today launched a mobile app named “iRakt” that would prove beneficial for finding blood donors and blood banks in the Ludhiana district. With the help of this location-based mobile app, any person...

Giving a major uplift to the Cancer treatment facilities in the state, the Advanced Cancer Diagnostic Treatment & Research Center, Bathinda has started the surgical services in the hospital for cancer patients. This was stated here today by Punjab’s Health...

The detective agency hired by the Department of Health and Family Welfare, Punjab to check female foeticide in the State conducted it’s first successful sting operation on Tuesday in Amritsar, that led to the arrest of a female doctor under Pre-Conception...

Senior BJP leader and MP Hoshiarpur, Vijay Sampla took over as president of the Punjab Unit of BJP in an impressive ceremony held at BJP Bhavan located in Sector 37, Chandigarh, on Tuesday.Scores of BJP leaders including former and sitting ministers in the...

Social Security Minister Mr. Surjit Kumar Jayani said that in order to improve the sex ratio of girl child in Punjab the especially conceived Bebe Nanki Ladli Beti Scheme has not only proved to be a boon to the girls in the state but also helped people in changing...

Surjit Kumar Jiyani, Health Minister, Punjab chaired a meeting of the State Task force today for involvement of other stake holder departments for prevention of Dengue and other communicable diseases. Meeting was co-chaired by Ms. Vini Mahajan, Principal Secretary...

In order to improve the overall quality of life of children and provide comprehensive care to all the children in the community including school children, the Punjab government was all set to strengthen the ongoing health screening of all the children below...

The Punjab government has constituted a state level Advisory Committee under chairmanship of Dr D. Behera (PGIMER) to review the situation of H1N1 in the State and give recommendations on prevention and control of H1N1.Disclosing this here today, the Health...