Harmandeep Singh

18% salary hike: 450 outsourced NHM employees in Punjab not covered under order

The order issued on Friday mentions salary increment only for contractual employees of National Health Mission

ASHA workers to get Rs 50 lakh death cover amid Covid-19 outbreak

ASHA workers, facilitators were to go on strike on May 7 but the health department announced incentives

Government schools declared quarantine centres in Patiala

Head teachers, two staff members to look after the facilities

National Health Mission staff call off strike after govt announces 18% pay hike

The decision was taken after a meeting held on Tuesday night

In pvt hospitals, patient has to bear cost, says Punjab govt

Issues notification saying hospitals cannot charge more than CGHS scheme rates as in Delhi-NCR; estimated cost at these rates is Rs 6,000 a day plus cost of PPEs, medicine other equipment, says Punjab IMA chief

21-yr-old Patiala resident tests positive for Covid-19

According to the health department, the youth, who works as an electrician, had returned from Nepal on March 20

Talks ‘inconclusive’, aspiring teachers to continue protest in Patiala

The protesters are demanding notification for recruitment for all 12,000 vacant posts of the TET, ETT teachers, increase in the upper age limit to 42 and revocation of the subject test.

Edu dept to offer door-to-door bus service for primary schools

The pilot project is being launched in Fatehgarh Sahib, Sangrur, Fazilka, Mansa and Jalandhar districts.

Cops canecharge protesting aspirant teachers, 6 injured

BRUTALITY PLAYS OUT IN PATIALA: Were stopped while marching towards CM Amarinder Singh’s residence; three jump into Bhakra canal, rescued

Animal husbandry department to amend service rules

TOP POSTS LYING VACANT Presently, around 99% top posts of the department are lying vacant; even the post of the department director is filled on deputation basis

99% top posts lying vacant in Punjab animal husbandry dept

Only the post of director has been filled, while five and 25 posts of joint directors and deputy directors, respectively, are lying vacant

Patiala: Education dept issues chargesheet against tainted math teacher accused of misusing funds

The accused is posted as a mathematics teacher at the Bolar Kalan government school and is also posted as in-charge of the school since 2019.

Rampant thefts in Patiala leaves residents worried, cops clueless

‘FREE RUN’ Only 1 arrest so far; police say night patrolling needs to be increased

Stop protesting for hike or lose stipend: GMC Patiala to interns

Patiala: 5 branches of govt banks under scanner after ₹6.62 lakh found in old currency

The matter came to light after the fake currency reached the regional office of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) at Jaipur

Safe School Vahan scheme: 197 challans issued in 2019

SAFETY FIRST The scheme aims at ensuring safety of school children while following the norms of Motor Vehicle Act, 1988; district admn is responsible for its implementation

Patiala: Rajindra hospital’s super-specialty centre misses yet another deadline

On January 9, principal of Government Medical College and Rajindra Hospital, Dr Harjinder Singh, had met senior officials of the Union health ministry and the latter had directed the state government to ensure that all departments of the centre are functional by the deadline.

Mistaken identity: Bodies get swapped in Rajindra hospital morgue

Patiala elementary school: 50 years on, education dept demands building from state govt

Rajindra hospital doctors under scanner for prescribing costly medicines

Committee set up by Rajindra hospital MS to submit inquiry report within 10 days

Patiala: Students boycott exams, protest against sarpanch’s husband for ‘hurling abuses’

139 killed on railway tracks in 2019, 22 of them were suicides: Patiala GRP data

The records show that 348 people have died on railway tracks in the past three years — 78 in 2017, 131 in 2018, and 139 last year

Hepatitis E toll in Fatehgarh Sahib rises to 39

As many as 39 people have fallen sick in the past six days after the Hepatitis E outbreak in Fatehgarh Sahib. Contaminated water is said to be cause of the outbreak. Teams of local health department collected around seven samples from different sources of water supply and all samples failed to clear the purity test.

Hostel rooms of nursing college in Patiala sans furniture

The students of Government Nursing College, Patiala, are hassled as there is no furniture in the hostel rooms. Despite paying large amounts as hostel and mess fee, the students have to make arrangement of beds, fan and even light bulbs on their own. Students pay around ₹40,000 annual hostel fee and ₹1,500 monthly mess fee.

No takers for distress redressal centre for women in Patiala district

Edu dept passes diktat mandating teachers to attend R-Day event, staff calls it brown-nosing to Singla

The district education department also directed teachers to submit a copy of their attendance at the DC’s office and directed them to report at the venue by 8.30am

Patiala: After 50 years, Gobind Nagar school finally gets land for campus

March 31 deadline to convert all school into smart ones: Patiala education dept

Fatehgarh Sahib tops Punjab in implementation of MGNREGA

50-yr-old overhead water tank in Patiala poses threat to lives