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Jatinder Mahal is a staff correspondent. He covers Jalandhar, Kapurthala and SBS Nagar district for Hindustan Times.

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Despite collection of cow cess, Jalandhar has no cattle pound

The MC had approved Rs 50 lakh for constructing a cattle pound in Shahkot in 2019. However, the MC stopped work last year after spending Rs 34.51 lakh and is yet to resume work.

(HT Photo)
Updated on Jul 28, 2020 06:03 PM IST
Hindustan Times/Jalandhar | By, Jalandhar

Punjab health dept asks PGIMER to audit Covid-19 tests being carried out by private hospital in Jalandhar

Special secretary, health, Isha Kalia says department survey found Patel Hospital reported 26% positivity rate of the 205 samples put through RT-PCR tests for Covid-19, much higher as compared to other government and private labs

Samples for Covid-19 testing being collected. The Punjab health department surveyed private labs in Jalandhar and found that the positive case ratio at the local Patel Hospital was much higher.(Bharat Bhushan/HT file photo)
Updated on Jul 28, 2020 03:46 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | By

With passengers scarce, transporters unwilling to ply buses

From the Jalandhar bus stand, over 1,600 time slots operated to Delhi, Jammu, Haryana, Amritsar and others; the figure has now come down to 160

Bus operators that are functional are running into losses due to low occupancy.(HT File)
Updated on Jul 27, 2020 08:02 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Jalandhar | By

Jalandhar: With spike in cases authorities finding it hard to shift patients

From 733 positive cases on July 1, the district now has 1,901 positive cases on July 24, with 65 cases reported on Friday

There is a shortage of ambulances, with only 23 available with the Jalandhar administration.(ANI)
Updated on Jul 24, 2020 08:14 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Jalandhar | By

DC marks probe into Jalandhar pvt hospital overcharging for covid-19 test

Patel Hospital charged Rs 5,500 for the test from a local resident on July 21, even as the government-fixed maximum charges, including GST/taxes, are Rs 2,400.

Assistant commissioner Randeep Singh Gill is conducting an inquiry into the complaint.(ANI)
Updated on Jul 23, 2020 05:20 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Jalandhar | By

Covid-19 fear: Passport appointments see 70% decline in Jalandhar

Only 250 appointments being made in a day now against the 790 before the Covid-19 outbreak.

Jalandhar regional passport office caters to the NRI belt of the state.(Representational photo)
Updated on Jul 21, 2020 10:11 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Jalandhar | By, Jalandhar

Jalandhar pvt hospitals to treat covid patients from Aug; 211 beds to be added

The district administration has also asked the Punjab Institute of Medical Sciences to start giving treatment to covid-19 patients from July 23

For better planning and response, grading of patients will be done.(REUTERS)
Updated on Jul 20, 2020 10:02 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Jalandhar | By

Farmers reduce area under paddy cultivation in Jalandhar, experts say it may help improve groundwater levels

Farmers say since migrant labour was unavailable in the wake of Covid-19 and local labour was expensive they decided to reduce area under cultivation

Labourers planting paddy sapling on the outskirts of Jalandhar.(ANI/ Representative Image)
Updated on Jul 04, 2020 05:39 PM IST
Hindustan Times/Jalandhar | By, Jalandhar

Body of Jalandhar student who drowned in Canada still not home due to pandemic

The 20-year-old drowned on June 16, two days before he was to receive his degree

(HT Photo)
Updated on Jul 02, 2020 05:20 PM IST
Hindustan Times/Jalandhar | By, Jalandhar

Canadian govt seals borders; stranded Punjabi NRIs, students appeal govt to start special flights

The announcement has come as a disappointment for those waiting to return to Canada to continue their jobs, educational courses; conversely, those hoping to come to India are also stranded

Recently, a 89-year-old Canadian citizen had committed suicide in Jalandhar because he was not able to get a ticket to travel home.(Representative Image/HT File)
Updated on Jul 01, 2020 05:32 PM IST
Hindustan Times/Jalandhar | ByJatinder Mahal and Dar Ovais, Jalandhar/chandigarh

Doaba farmers bring back migrant labourers for sowing, transplanting paddy

Many farmers pooled money to bring back expert migrant labour from UP, Bihar; others hired unemployed locals

Labourers planting paddy saplings on the out skits of Jalandhar on Thursday.(ANI)
Updated on Jun 27, 2020 06:30 PM IST
Hindustan Times/Jalandhar | By, Jalandhar

Mobile recovered from gangster in Kapurthala jail, unabated recoveries expose lax security

Around 100 mobile phones and Sim cards have been recovered from Kapurthala Modern Jail this year

(Representative Image)
Updated on Jun 26, 2020 05:47 PM IST
Hindustan Times/Kapurthala | By, Kapurthala

Covid-19: Spike in cases in Jalandhar’s rural belt after relaxation in curbs

The health department’s figures reveal that of a total of 127 positive cases of the disease in the rural areas of the district so far, 82 were reported in the past four weeks only

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Updated on Jun 25, 2020 10:48 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Jalandhar | By, Jalandhar

Jalandhar resident wants to marry Pak-based fiancée, appeals to PM Modi for visa

India-based Kalyan had applied for visas for his family and himself in March but Covid-19 threw a wrench in his plans, the couple was engaged in 2018

Pakistan-based Sumaila during her engagement to Kamal Kalyan on January 30, 2018.(HT Photo)
Updated on Jun 25, 2020 01:47 PM IST
Hindustan Times/Jalandhar | By, Jalandhar

SHO, gunman among four to test positive in Punjab’s Phagwara

Around 25 police personnel in Jalandhar and Kapurthala have tested positive so far

(Representative Image)
Updated on Jun 20, 2020 02:08 PM IST
Hindustan Times/Jalandhar | By, Jalandhar

Under financial distress, auto driver ends life by jumping before train in Jalandhar

Family members say that the victim had been struggling to make ends meet for the past three months. Though the state government had allowed autos to ply from May 1, the victim was facing losses due to the two-passenger rule.

Body was handed over to family members after starting inquest proceedings.(Getty Images/iStockphoto)
Updated on Jun 15, 2020 08:31 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Jalandhar | By, Jalandhar

Health depts now worried to prevent vector-borne diseases

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Published on Jun 12, 2020 08:11 PM IST
By, Jalandhar

School teacher, driver die, principal critical after gas tanker falls on their car near Punjab’s Jalandhar town

All three were going from Jalandhar to DIPS School, Mehatpur, when tanker driver lost control of the vehicle as one of its tyres went into a pothole

Locals rescuing the injured school principal from the mangled vehicle in Jalandhar on Wednesday.(HT PHOTO)
Updated on Jun 10, 2020 11:39 AM IST
Hindustan Times/Jalandhar | By, Jalandhar

Two die, one critical after gas tanker falls on car in Punjab’s Jalandhar

Teacher, driver of DIPS School, Mehatpur, killed in freak accident, while principal hospitalised in critical condition

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Published on Jun 10, 2020 11:05 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | By

Properties of 100 convicted gangsters to be attached in Kapurthala

In May, district police attached such ill-gotten property valued at Rs 14.2 crore belonging to 26 drug smugglers

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Published on Jun 07, 2020 12:36 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | By, Kapurthala

Jalandhar MC lost Rs 5 cr revenue in two months of lockdown

Tax on advertisements and property are its two major sources; now, extends one-time settlement policy for property tax, sewerage till June 30

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Updated on May 30, 2020 01:46 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Jalandhar | By, Jalandhar

Shunted out for thrashing curfew violators, Kartarpur SHO brought back

DGP Dinkar Gupta had ordered the transfer after three videos of him and his team thrashing people, out to buy essentials, went viral on social media

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Published on May 28, 2020 11:30 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | By, Jalandhar

As industries resume, most migrant workers refuse to board home-bound trains from Jalandhar

Around 2 lakh migrants had registered to return to their home states on the Jalandhar administration’s website, only 50% want to return

So far, 80, 000 migrants have left the city in 65 trains. The state government has reportedly spent around Rs 4.37 crore on facilitating their return.(Representative Image/Bharat Bhushan/HT)
Updated on May 23, 2020 04:29 PM IST
Hindustan Times/Jalandhar | By, Jalandhar

Punjab Police felicitate couple for forgoing a lavish wedding

Two officers stopped and blessed the couple at a checkpoint

Sub-inspector Harinder Singh and assistant sub-inspector Gurmeet Singh stopped the couple who were returning from the ceremony on a two-wheeler.(HT PHOTO)
Updated on May 18, 2020 02:59 PM IST
Hindustan Times/Kapurthala | By, Kapurthala

Desperate to reach home, migrants throng government hospitals for screening

Around 4,000 migrants screened and given a fitness certification

Migrants waiting in lines for a medical check-up at Phagwara civil hospital on Friday.
Updated on May 15, 2020 06:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times/Kapurthala | By, Kapurthala

Liquor vends in Jalandhar closed, owners seek tax rebate

Vend owners contend they incurred huge losses during the lockdown and are unlikely to profit in future, demand reducing the licence fee, slashing VAT

The vends’ shutters were pulled down as owners were uncertain that they will be given tax relaxations(Representative Image/HT)
Updated on May 14, 2020 02:50 PM IST
Hindustan Times/Jalandhar | By, Jalandhar

OOAT vans delivering de-addiction medicine at doorsteps in Kapurthala

The second van in the project was launched on Saturday; the project itself was launched on April 14 with one van deputed to deliver medicine and enrol new patients

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Published on May 10, 2020 12:47 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Kapurthala | By, Kapurthala

Punjab: Vans delivering de-addiction drugs at doorstep to ensure social distancing at OOAT centres

The vehicles are equipped to conduct HIV tests on patients along with giving consultations by experts

Health team to visit villages to screen drug addicts in the Kapurthala district.(HT PHOTO)
Updated on May 09, 2020 07:05 PM IST
By, Kapurthala
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