: Following are the top stories from the northern region at 1725 HRS:

: Following are the top stories from the northern region at 1725 HRS:

DEL18 JK-ARMY-REINFORCEMENT

Anantnag: Two additional Army battalions -- about 2,000 men -- start moving into four troubled South Kashmir districts, being described as the new "ground zero" because of increased militant activity, say officials.

DES7 DOPT-CORRUPTION

New Delhi: To cut delay, an online system to process corruption cases against government employees is launched here.

DES8 HUA-HOUSES-APPROVAL

New Delhi: The Centre approves the construction of 1.27 lakh more houses for urban poor under its affordable housing scheme with an investment of over Rs 6,500 crore.

DES3 RAJ-HERITAGE-SMART

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Jaipur: Jaipur has fished out of its trove heritage buildings and is dusting off its fabled pink markets and stepwells to make them all squeaky clean for the second anniversary of the launch of the Centre's smart city project.

NRG5 RAJ-ARREST-ACB

Sikar (Raj): A technical assistant of Jhunjhunu Power Corporation is arrested by anti-corruption bureau (ACB) sleuths for accepting bribe of Rs 14,000.

DES2 NCM-PAK

New Delhi: Those who celebrated Pakistan team's victory in the recently concluded ICC Champions trophy final should go and live there, National Commission for Minorities (NCM) chairman Gairul Hasan Rizvi says.

DES5 UP-RAPE-VIOLENCE

Aligarh: A six-year-old girl is raped and brutally murdered on the outskirts of the city, triggering outrage among locals who lynch the accused.

NRG4 PB-CM-SPORTS-PROBE

Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh says a thorough probe will be conducted into the alleged irregularities in distribution of sports kits to youth clubs during the previous SAD-BJP rule.

NRG7 PB-AMARINDER-LOAN

Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh lashes out at the opposition for "twisting" the farm debt waiver issue and says the Rs 1,500 crore proposed in the budget is initial money provided to leverage more sum to be given for the debt waiver scheme in instalments.

NRG3 PB-AAP-SUSPEND

Chandigarh: Main opposition Aam Aadmi Party and ally Lok Insaaf Party (LIP) MLAs are physically removed out of the Punjab assembly here by the Marshals after they create a ruckus.

NRG6 PB-AMARINDER-OPPOSITION

Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh lashes out at the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for disrupting the House proceedings, says the opposition's atrocious behaviour smacks of hooliganism.