Chandigarh: The Sonipat district administration has launched a massive contact-tracing drive after 75 workers at two popular eateries in Murthal tested positive for COVID-19, officials said on Friday. Sonipat’s Deputy Commissioner Shyam Lal Punia said sampling work has been initiated at other eateries also. Sixty-five workers at Amrik-Sukhdev dhaba and 10 at Garam Dharam dhaba had tested positive for coronavirus …
Among many of those who are left stranded, hungry and helpless in wake of the nationwide lockdown, are hundreds of truck drivers stuck on the GT road between New Delhi and Amritsar. Moreover, purported videos showing Punjab police manhandling the volunteers and demanding bribes from the drivers carrying essential items have surfaced on social media. Joginder Singh, who came from …