Two girls charred after fire breaks out in house

Panipat
Two girls were charred to death in a fire that broke out reportedly due to short-circuit at a house in HUDA's Sector 11 on Sunday. Sanchi (13) of Chandigarh and Khushi (11) of Ajmer, Rajasthan, were visiting their maternal aunt's house to spend their vacations. Four children were at home when the fire broke out and they were sleeping when the mishap occurred. — TNS

Rohtak
Three get life term for ex-sarpanch’s murder

Additional District and Sessions Judge Ashwani Kumar has sentenced Ravinder, Praveen and Pradeep to life imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on each of them in connection with the murder of former Kheri Sadh sarpanch Manoj Sindhu. — TNS

SONEPAT
5.5 kg tumour removed at BPS hospital

Doctors of BPS Government Women's Medical College, Khanpur Kalan, removed a tumour weighing 5.3 kg from the stomach of Kartari Devi (55) of Pasina Kalan village in Panipat district on Saturday. A team of doctors led by Dr Rajiv Mahendru and Dr Sunita Siwach removed the tumour. — TNS

PANIPAT
15-day ultimatum for rail underpass

Residents of Gobindpuri village, who have been staging a dharna along the Rewari-Narnaul railway lines for the past about two months, have served a 15-day ultimatum on the BJP government to approve the budget for a rail underpass in the village. The villagers convened a mahapanchayat of 58 villages of Khol block at the dharna spot for June 14 if the government fails to make any vital announcement in this regard. — TNS

Chandigarh
Rural lok adalats settle 203 mutation cases 

As many as 203 mutation cases were settled in the rural lok adalats organised by the Haryana State Legal Services Authority (HALSA) today at various places of the state. The HALSA member-secretary said 203 of the 237 cases taken up in these rural lok adalats were settled. — TNS