Health services were severely impacted in the PGIMER, the premier health institute here with a daily footfall of around 10,000 patients, and across Punjab as all Outpatient Department (OPD) services were shut on Saturday, protesting against the alleged rape and murder of a 31-year-old PG trainee in Kolkata.

For the last five days, the institute was attending to around 5,000 follow-up patients in OPDs from 8 A.M. to 9.30 A.M., with no new registration of patients.

The Faculty Association of PGIMER in Chandigarh had decided to support the day-long strike call of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) along with other associations in solidarity with resident doctors, following the gruesome crime.

However, emergency and critical care services will continue as before, an official spokesperson for PGIMER said.

The Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) marked the 78th Independence Day of India with vibrant celebrations at its headquarters in Chandigarh and various project sites including Nangal, Sundernagar and Talwara. These events, attended by BBMB employees, their families, and local residents, were a testament to the collective sense of national pride and unity.

The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Wednesday said Punjab Governor Gulab Chand Kataria’s meeting with administrative secretaries was against the spirit of federalism as enshrined in the Constitution and amounted to direct interference in the internal affairs of the state by the Centre

It also advised Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann to "set his house in order to avoid interference in state affairs by the Centre".

In a statement here, senior SAD leader Daljit Singh Cheema said the new trend of Governors holding direct meetings of administrative officers of the state would result in a doubling in command and would be detrimental to the interests of the state. “Such meetings will also affect Centre-State relations,” the party said.

Asserting categorically that SAD had always stood for more powers to the states, Cheema said it was unfortunate that in recent years the state governments were being subjugated by the Centre and not being allowed to plan and implement their own state-specific schemes.

In a setback to the badly-fractured Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), its two-time legislator Sukhwinder Sukhi from Banga in Punjab, on Wednesday joined the AAP in Chandigarh.

Punjab Chief Minister, Bhagwant Mann, inducted him into the party.

The family of Sukhi has been associated with the BSP.

Sukhi had contested the elections in 2009 on the BSP ticket. Later he left the Mayawati-led party and joined the Akali Dal.

In 2017, when the Akali Dal made him its candidate, he won from the Banga Assembly constituency.

Today in PGI Chandigarh, Government Medical College and Hospital 32, Government Multi Specialty Hospital 16, all the resident doctors will stay at Ludkhtal today, due to which OPD. No new cards will be created for According to the information, if a patient comes for follow-up, he will be seen by senior doctors.The striking resident doctors are protesting the incident in Kolkata, where a female doctor was murdered after raping her in a medical college. The doctors demand that justice should be given to his family and the CBI should investigate the matter. There should be an investigation.

A hearing was held in the Supreme Court in the case of opening the Shambhu border. The court directed the Punjab and Haryana DGPs to hold a meeting with the SPs of the adjoining districts within a week to partially reopen the roads on the Shambhu border.

The Haryana government has challenged the Punjab and Haryana High Court in the Supreme Court in the matter of opening the Shambhu border. A hearing on this matter was held in the court on Monday. The Punjab and Haryana governments have given names in the court to form a separate committee in this matter.

A hearing will be held today on the election petition filed in the Punjab-Haryana High Court regarding Congressman Charanjit Singh Channi, who was elected Member of Parliament from the Jalandhar Lok Sabha seat. This petition has been filed by BJP leader Gaurav Luthra in the High Court through advocate Manit Malhotra, in which he has demanded to cancel the election of Charanjit Singh Channi, who became a Member of Parliament under the Representation of the People Act.While filing the petition, BJP leader Gaurav Luthra told the High Court that Charanjit Singh Channi has been elected Member of Parliament from Jalandhar Lok Sabha seat and he had hidden a lot of information while filling the nomination form. Along with this, they have not submitted the correct details of the election expenses to the commission.

Olympic medal winners and young Indian pistol shooters Manu Bhakar and Sarabjot Singh on Friday met Haryana and Punjab Chief Ministers Nayab Singh Saini and Bhagwant Mann separately here and exchanged greetings.

The Haryana Chief Minister welcomed and congratulated both the medal winners at Sant Kabir Kutir, his official residence. After meeting Saini, the shooters met Punjab Chief Minister Mann.

Both the players were honoured by Chief Minister Saini.

“We are proud of all the players of Haryana. All the players will be honoured in a state-level function,” an official statement quoting the Chief Minister.

Chief Minister Saini wrote on X that the whole country is impressed and excited by “Manu magic.”

PGI Outsourced workers are protesting for equal pay for equal work. Other services including OPD are affected due to the demonstration.

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has confirmed the interim bail of former Congress MLA Madan Lal Jalalpur and others caught in the corruption case. The court also ordered Jalalpur and others to join the investigation and provide full cooperation to the investigation team. The High Court had granted interim bail to Jalalpur and others last year.