LUDHIANA: Kulwant Kaur Sodhi  (78 years)  wife of S. Guljar Singh Sodhi Additional Director Public Relations (Retd.) and mother of Bhupinder Singh Sodhi Joint Director Public Relations Punjab  at Jalandhar expired on Thursday morning  after prolonged illness.

CHANDIGARH: The rare relics of Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Sikh Guru, lying in private custody of New Delhi-based Hanumant Singh, descendant of Maharaja Partap Singh of Nabha, will soon be brought to Punjab with full state honours.

CHANDIGARH: Discuss Ongoing slowdown may not have any adverse impact on the collection of Value Added Tax (VAT) in Punjab in view of state’s agrarian economy. Punjab has recorded a 38.9% increase in VAT collections in the first six months of 2008-09, positioning itself at third spot in the country.

CHANDIGARH: Former British prime minister Tony Blair's wife Cherie Blair has tripped herself up with her off-the-cuff comments at a school function in a Punjab village and landed in a political controversy.