Chandigarh Dec 25 PTI Haryana reported no new coronavirus-related death even as it added 90 fresh cases on Saturday including 59 from Gurugram alone pushing the infection count to 772541 in the state according to an official bulletin The death toll from the pandemic remained unchanged at 10062 the health departments daily bulletin said The number of fresh COVID-19 cases has doubled in Haryana during the past two days Among other districts Faridabad and Karnal reported seven and four cases respectively With increase in cases the number of active cases in the state jumped from 343 to 407 while the overall recoveries stands at 762049 Haryana has a COVID-19 recovery rate of 9864 per cent the bulletin said PTI SUN VSD CK

Chandigarh Nov 25 PTI Haryana reported one coronavirus-related death and 17 fresh cases on Thursday pushing the fatality count to 10054 and the infection tally to 771622 in the state According to the health departments daily bulletin the death was reported from Faridabad district Among the districts while five cases each were reported from Gurugram and Faridabad four fresh infections were from Panchkula The number of active cases in the state stands at 133 while the recovery count has reached 761412 Haryana has a COVID-19 recovery rate of 9868 per cent the bulletin said PTI SUN VSD CK

Chandigarh Nov 24 PTI The Punjab unit of the Aam Aadmi Party AAP on Wednesday raised questions on Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channis announcement to fix at Rs 100 the monthly charges for a cable TV connection saying the government should immediately issue a notification if it thinks it can fix these rates Senior AAP leader and spokesperson Malvinder Singh Kang claimed that huge support which his party is getting from the public ahead of next years Punjab assembly polls has unnerved the ruling Congress As a result of it the chief minister has been making announcements without any thought but in reality nothing is being done on the ground Kang claimed That is why Chief Minister Channi was being ridiculed by the people as a fake Kejriwal he said About the announcement to fix Rs 100 monthly charge Kang said Let the chief minister tell how it will be possible When will the notification be issued Prior to announcing the decision did Charanjit Singh Channi conduct any study or research on the rules and regulations of the state and Telecom Regulatory Authority of India TRAI for cable network operations If Chief Minister Channi had given even a little thought to these aspects and facts he would not have made the Tughlaqi farman diktat by announcing Rs 100 per cable connection because cable network rates are set by TRAI he said Kang challenged the Channi government to issue an immediate notification about Rs 100 per month for cable connection If the government does not do so the AAP will gherao the chief ministers residence in the coming days he said Cable Operators Association of Punjab also raised questions on the announcement made by the chief minister saying it is the TRAI which regulates the cable TV industry Addressing a rally in Ludhiana on Monday Channi had announced to fix at Rs 100 the monthly charges for a cable TV connection Now people need not to pay more than Rs 100 per month and strict action will be taken against those not adhering to the new rates he had said If anyone harasses you inform me Channi said in the rally PTI SUN VSD CK

Chandigarh Oct 27 PTI Haryana reported no new coronavirus-related death even as it added 15 fresh infections on Wednesday pushing the case count to 771204 according to an official bulletin The death toll remained unchanged at 10049 the health departments daily bulletin said Among the districts nine fresh COVID-19 cases were reported from Gurugram and three from Faridabad district The total active cases in the state were 110 while the overall recoveries was 761022 Haryana has a COVID-19 recovery rate of 9868 per cent the bulletin said PTI SUN VSD CK

Chandigarh Oct 26 PTI Haryana recorded no new coronavirus-related fatality even as it added 15 fresh cases on Tuesday pushing the infection count to 771189 according to an official bulletin The death toll remained unchanged at 10049 the health departments daily bulletin said Among the districts seven cases were reported from Gurugram and three from Faridabad The number of active cases stands at 103 in the state while the recovery count has reached 761012 Haryana has a COVID-19 recovery rate of 9868 per cent the bulletin said PTI SUN VSD CK

Chandigarh Sep 27 PTI Haryana reported no coronavirus-related death on Monday even as it added seven new infections pushing the case count to 770825 according to an official bulletin The death toll remained unchanged at 9810 the health departments daily bulletin Four fresh COVID-19 cases were reported from Gurugram district The number of active cases in the state stands at 99 while the overall recoveries has reached 760686 the bulletin said Haryana has a COVID-19 recovery rate of 9868 per cent it said PTI SUN VSD CK

Chandigarh Sep 26 PTI Haryana recorded no coronavirus-related death even as it added 13 fresh infections on Sunday pushing the case count to 770818 according to an official bulletin The death toll remained unchanged at 9810 the health departments daily bulletin said Eight fresh COVID-19 cases were reported from Gurugram The number of active novel coronavirus cases in the state stands at 105 while the overall recoveries was 760673 the bulletin said Haryana has a COVID-19 recovery rate of 9868 per cent it said PTI SUN VSD CK

Chandigarh Sep 22 PTI Haryana reported one coronavirus-related fatality and 16 fresh cases on Wednesday pushing the death toll to 9809 and the infection count to 770770 according to an official bulletinThe new death was reported from Jhajjar district the health departments daily bulletin saidGurugram and Panchkula districts reported five and three fresh cases respectively The number of active cases stands at 102 while a total of 760629 people have recovered from the infection in Haryana The state has a COVID-19 recovery rate of 9868 per cent the bulletin said PTI SUN VSD CK

Chandigarh Sep 19 PTI Hours before resigning as the Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh wrote to Congress president Sonia Gandhi expressing anguish over recent developments and concern that they may cause instability in the state Singh had on Saturday written to Gandhi apprising her of his decision He said the political events of the last about five months were clearly not based on full understanding of the national imperatives of Punjab and its key concerns Notwithstanding my personal anguish I hope this will not cause any damage to the hard-earned peace and development in the state and that the efforts I have been focusing on during the last few years would continue unabated ensuring justice to one and all Singh wrote in his letter to Gandhi indicating his apprehension of instability in Punjab as a result of the political developments in the state unit of the Congress At the same time he expressed satisfaction at having done his best for the people as the chief minister of Punjab which as a border state has many geo-political and other internal security concerns which I tried to handle effectively without any compromise He said he was happy that the state remained fully peaceful and there was complete communal harmony with no ill-will towards anyone While she Sonia herself may be personally aware of some of the things achieved in the last four and a half years the people of Punjab are looking up to the Indian National Congress for its mature and effective public policies which not only reflect upon good politics but also address the concerns of the common man that are specific to this border state wrote Singh while informing the Congress president about his decision to demit his post On the issues on which his government has faced criticism from not just the Opposition but also from a section of partys state leaders he gave details of various steps taken by his government on the sacrilege incident and other such issues including the drug menace Congress veteran Singh resigned as chief minister of Punjab months ahead of the Assembly polls after a bruising power struggle with state party chief Navjot Singh Sidhu After submitting his resignation to the Governor on Saturday Singh said he felt humiliated over the way the party handled the protracted crisis The 79-year-old Singh one of the Congress powerful regional satraps had put in his papers after speaking to the party president and shortly before a crucial meeting of the CLP here on Saturday evening Notwithstanding numerous challenges faced by him over the last four and half years in delivering on the promises made by the state Congress in the 2017 Punjab Assembly elections my government fulfilled 892 per cent of the promises while work is in progress on the remaining commitments Singh said On the issue of the sacrilege cases and the subsequent police action of 2015 for which his government came under criticism not only from the Opposition but some leaders from the partys state unit questioning him for not doing enough he said the government which he earlier headed was committed to ensuring justice in the matter The government had established a Judicial Commission of Enquiry headed by retired judge Ranjit Singh whose report was received on August 16 2018 The report was accepted and full legal action was taken thereon he said sharing details of the same He pointed out that despite legal hurdles and refusal of CBI to return the cases which were transferred to them by the SAD-BJP government his government had succeeded in filing 10 challans while 24 people had been charge-sheeted 15 police personnel suspended and 10 civilians arrested Criminal proceedings in these cases are currently underway and I am sure that justice will be done in due course he said With regard to the power purchase agreements that were signed by the previous government he said the review of the PPAs is currently under way He also touched upon the steps taken for farming community which included giving debt relief and repeal of statutory provisions of attaching their properties Referring to his promise to the people of Punjab at the time of previous assembly polls to break the back of drug peddlers and smugglers in the state he said he had done so relentlessly by establishing a Special Task Force STF He said 62744 people were arrested and 202 OOAT Opioid Assisted Treatment clinics established among various other steps taken Singh served as the chief minister from 2002-2007 and from March 2017-September 18 2021 In these nine and a half years he wrote in the letter that he had worked wholeheartedly for the welfare of the people of Punjab --the state he loves from the core of his heart and ensured transparent governance According to a statement the letter also mentioned about Congress winning eight out of 13 seats in the Lok Sabha elections in 2019 and the Panchayati Raj and Urban Local Bodies polls decisively PTI SUN VSD CK

Chandigarh Sep 19 PTI Hours before resigning as the Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh wrote to Congress president Sonia Gandhi expressing anguish over recent developments and concern that they may cause instability in the state Singh had on Saturday written to Gandhi apprising her of his decision He said the political events of the last about five months were clearly not based on full understanding of the national imperatives of Punjab and its key concerns Notwithstanding my personal anguish I hope this will not cause any damage to the hard-earned peace and development in the state and that the efforts I have been focusing on during the last few years would continue unabated ensuring justice to one and all Singh wrote in his letter to Gandhi indicating his apprehension of instability in Punjab as a result of the political developments in the state unit of the Congress At the same time he expressed satisfaction at having done his best for the people as the chief minister of Punjab which as a border state has many geo-political and other internal security concerns which I tried to handle effectively without any compromise Congress veteran Singh resigned as chief minister of Punjab months ahead of the Assembly polls after a bruising power struggle with state party chief Navjot Singh Sidhu After submitting his resignation to the Governor on Saturday Singh had said he felt humiliated over the way the party handled the protracted crisis PTI SUN VSD CK