Punjab: Private specialists' empanelment fee capped at rRs.r2.5 lakh

Patiala, Sept. 9 -- The Punjab health department has capped the monthly empanelment fee payable to private specialists at Rs.2.5 lakh per specialist, following concerns over hefty bills submitted by e... Read More

Punjab: Government asks civil surgeons to procure essential drugs locally amid supply gap

Patiala, Sept. 6 -- Though the Punjab Health Systems Corporation's (PHSC) have directed all civil surgeons to arrange their procurement at their own level for one month in order to ensure uninterrupte... Read More

Punjab to map, train quacks to provide basic medical care

Patiala, Sept. 1 -- In a bid to bring informal clinics operating across the state into the formal healthcare net, the Punjab has directed all civil surgeons to prepare a comprehensive list of unregist... Read More

Patiala's Punjabi University gives in, announces complete rollback of fee hike

Patiala, Aug. 31 -- Yielding to students' weeks-long agitation, Punjabi University on Sunday announced a complete rollback of the fee hike for the 2026-27 academic session following a meeting with the... Read More

Punjab reconstitutes workers' welfare board under new social security code

Patiala, Aug. 27 -- The Punjab government has reconstituted the Punjab Building and Other Construction Workers' Welfare Board (BOCW) under the Code on Social Security, 2020, weeks after admitting that... Read More

H1N1 cases climb to 93 in Punjab, Ludhiana worst hit

Patiala, Aug. 23 -- Amid a rise in H1N1 (swine flu) cases in several parts of the country, Punjab has recorded 93 confirmed infections since late July, with the majority reported in Ludhiana, the stat... Read More

Will oppose AAP leaders' campus visits until complete rollback: Punjabi University student unions

Patiala, Aug. 22 -- Stepping up their protest, the students' unions of Punjabi University, Patiala, have urged the state government to withdraw the recent fee hike in full, saying they would protest a... Read More

6 yrs on, Punjab sitting on enforcing law to regulate pvt health facilities

Patiala, Aug. 21 -- Even as 19 states and Union territories in the country have already implemented the Clinical Establishments Act aimed at regulating private health facilities, Punjab has yet to enf... Read More

Punjabi varsity partially rolls back fee hike; protesters adamant

Patiala, Aug. 19 -- Though Punjabi University, Patiala, on Tuesday announced a partial rollback of the fee hike for various academic courses, the students continued their week-long sit-in outside the ... Read More

Patiala: Pitbull mauls couple out to view rental property

Patiala, Aug. 13 -- A couple suffered multiple injuries after they were attacked by a pitbull dog on Tuesday evening in the Ghuman Nagar area, with the CCTV footage of the incident going viral on soci... Read More

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