If dogs are man’s best friend, Max is a living testimony. Max, the family pet of Singhs has been quarantined with them in an apartment in Kalinidpuram — making him probably the first pet to be isolated in Prayagraj in the wake of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak.

The police in Patiala have arrested a woman for killing her eight and half-year-old stepson by throwing him into a pond. The woman was sent to three days police remand by the local court on Saturday.

The police here aiming to spread the message to not venture out of home unnecessarily during relaxation in the curfew, started the ‘Stay Home’ campaign through paragliding. The town residents were pleasantly surprised on Saturday to a see a paraglider making rounds of the city from the sky with a banner 'Stay Home - Barnala Police'.

Even after special trains are being run to carry migrant labourers to their home states, desperation among them has not decreased. Several are walking long distances to reach Jalandhar railway station. E

Punjab's cabinet ministers locked horns with senior bureaucrats over imposition of Covid tax and overall dipping revenue of the state excise department at a meeting to discuss changes in the excise policy on Saturday.

The Patiala police have arrested a woman for killing her eight-and-a-half-year-old stepson by throwing him into a village pond.The woman has been sent to three-day police remand by a local court on Saturday.

The Punjab government on Saturday issued advisory regarding the home quarantine of people returnees from aboard and other parts of the country.

Even though reopening of liquor vends is a priority for the state Congress government, wives of two prominent leaders of the ruling party - cabinet minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu and MLA Amarinder Singh Raja Warring - have asked chief minister Amarinder Singh to reconsider home delivery of liquor during lockdown.

The two relatives of the 45-year-old bus driver, who tested positive and was isolated in Gurdaspur district on his return from Nanded Sahib, had also tested positive of Covid-19.

On Saturday, Kangra ordered the police to register a case against the accused policemen .

The migrants unrest spread to the industrial belt of Hazira on Saturday after large number of labourers came out on the road and resorted to stone pelting at the police teams.

Frontline health workers of Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) were allegedly threatened with life and spat at by six persons including four women in Sanjaynagar locality on Saturday.

The deadline for payment of electricity bills for March-April has been extended till May 30, the state government took the decision on Saturday. This is for power customers of all electricity distribution companies in the state.

While speaking to reporters this Saturday, Gujarat DGP Shivanand Jha said once again that the administration will deal most strictly with those who attack police and Covid frontline warriors.

Thanks to the unseasonal rain around Diwali, the extended monsoon and growing debt of farmers, non-performing assets (NPAs) among crop loans in Gujarat rose marginally by 3.2% in the third quarter of 2019-20.

Over 55,000 pandals and shamiana providers in the state are staring at heavy losses after the mass cancellation of events, including weddings and other festivities during lockdown.