BATHINDA
Admn appealed to resume construction of overbridge: Members of the Guru Milk Plant Employees Union (Milk Plant, Bathinda), during a meeting held here on Tuesday, appealed to the administration to resume the construction of the overbridge on the Delhi Fatak. The members believed that they would get some respite from the traffic problem once the bridge was completed.

Two hurt in road mishap: Two motorcycle-borne youth sustained serious injuries when they were hit by a speeding car on Bathinda-Talwandi Road on Tuesday. They were shifted to the Civil Hospital. The injured have been identified as Tarsem Singh (20) and Sami Singh (19), residents of Phus Mandi.

Vendor injured: A vendor, Tarsem Singh of Parjapat colony, got hurt when his cart was hit by a car near hotel Sepal on Tuesday.

JALANDHAR
Cardiologist bereaved: Nirmal Singh (83), father of Dr TS Kler, eminent cardiologist and Director of Escorts Heart and Research Centre, died at Samrala, near Ludhiana, on Tuesday. Nirmal Singh was cremated in the evening at Samrala. His funeral procession was largely attended.

Road relaying: The nightmarish experiences of Chhoti Baradari-II residents might just be over as the potholed roads of the area are being repaired after a gap of over four years. MLA Jagbir Brar and councillor Shiv Dyal Chugh inaugurated the road re-laying project in the colony on Tuesday.

PATIALA
MSc paper cancelled: Punjabi University’s MSc astronomy and space physics and MSc applied physics part-I (IInd semester) paper of digital electronics which was held on May 22 is cancelled due to administrative reasons. Now this exam will be held on June 30 in the morning session from 9 am to 12 noon at Botany Department of the university.

SANGRUR
Fire breaks out at dhabha: A fire broke out at a dhabha-cum-sweet shop at the local Mahavir Chowk on Tuesday afternoon. Commodities and other articles, lying in the shop, were burnt badly, but no one was injured. The Fire Brigade reached immediately and controlled the fire in just 15 minutes.

Hoshiarpur
85-acre forest land gutted: Wild fire broke out in the forest areas of Achalpur and Bhawanipur villages in Garhshankar subdivision this afternoon. According to official sources, fire engulfed at least 85 acres of forest area. The staff of the Garhshankar Forest Division was taking effective steps to control the fire.

MANDI
Rape case: The police on Tuesday registered a case of rape on the complaint of a 14-year-old girl, a resident of Panarsa, accusing Dine Ram (21), a resident of Banala, of raping her. According to the police, the girl stated in the complaint that she had gone to the get water along with her sister on the morning of June 21 when the accused pushed her inside a dark room and raped her.