Vanishing medicines, ghost patients haunt OOAT clinics

Patiala, May 24 -- Rattled by disappearing buprenorphine tablets and ghost patient entries at Outpatient Opioid Assisted Treatment (OOAT) clinics, the Punjab health department has launched a statewide... Read More

Mann vows strict enforcement of SC guidelines on stray dogs

Patiala, May 23 -- Amid rising public concern over stray dog attacks across Punjab, chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday announced that the state government will implement the Supreme Court's recent... Read More

Punjab ageing faster than national average: Govt data

Patiala, May 23 -- Punjab's total fertility rate (TFR), the average number of children a woman is expected to have during her reproductive years, has declined to 1.4 in 2024, according to the latest G... Read More

Drug survey includes questions on Mann govt's schemes, performance

Patiala, May 21 -- The Punjab government's ongoing drug and socio-economic survey includes questions on welfare schemes and feedback regarding the performance of the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) gover... Read More

Childhood friend booked for murder of MBBS student: Cops

Patiala, May 20 -- Police on Tuesday booked a close friend of a final-year MBBS student of Government Medical College, Patiala, whose body was found with stab wounds at his paying guest accommodation,... Read More

MBBS student found dead with stab wounds in Patiala PG room

Patiala, May 19 -- A final-year MBBS student of the Patiala government medical college was found dead with multiple stab injuries at his paying guest accommodation in the New Lal Bagh area of the city... Read More

Bathinda singes at 47 degrees as heatwave sets in, no relief in sight

Patiala, May 19 -- After intermittent relief brought by Western Disturbances, sustained clear weather paved the way for a heatwave, leaving several stations across Punjab and Haryana reeling under int... Read More

mbbs student found dead in Patiala college

Patiala, May 19 -- A final-year MBBS student of the Patiala government medical college was found dead with multiple stab injuries at his rented accommodation in the New Lal Bagh area of the city on Mo... Read More

Now, all addicts at OOAT centres to undergo HIV screening

Patiala, May 18 -- With injectable drugs emerging as the main contributor of sharp rise in new HIV infections, the Punjab government has ordered mandatory HIV screening of all drug addicts registered ... Read More

Ex-Akali minister Rakhra joins AAP, Mann calls him honest leader

Patiala, May 17 -- A day after he was expelled from the Shiromani Akali Dal (Punir Surjit), former Punjab minister Surjit Singh Rakhra joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday in his native villag... Read More

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