Following are the top stories from the northern region at 1930 hrs:
DES 16 PB-GIRLS-DROWN-FAKE STORY
Gurdaspur (Pb): The two girls who were believed to have drowned in a canal here while taking selfies had concocted the story and have actually run away from their homes, says police.
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DES 19 UP-ADITYANATH-JOBS
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government fixes a target to provide jobs to 70 lakh people in five years, says Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
DES 17 BUKHARI-GOVT-ANIMALS
New Delhi: The Shahi Imam of Delhi's Jama Masjid, Syed Ahmed Bukhari, writes to Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, urges him to take steps to ensure that those ferrying buffaloes and goats for sacrifice on the occasion of Eid-ul-Adha are not attacked.
DES 9 UP-BOVINE-SMUGGLERS
Badaun: Bovine smugglers allegedly kill at least half-a- dozen stray cattle and fire at people in a village in Badaun district, prompting immediate suspension of the entire Dial 100 team.
DES 13 JK-GRENADE ATTACK
Srinagar: CRPF officer injured as militants carry out a grenade attack in Kulgam district of south Kashmir, says a police official.
DES 3 JK-AMARNATH BATCH
Jammu: Amid tight security, the sixteenth batch of 3,398 pilgrims leave Jammu for the 3,888-metre Amarnath cave shrine of Lord Shiva in the south Kashmir Himalayas.
DEL 6 JK-ATTACK-DRIVER-ARREST
Srinagar: A policeman serving as a PDP MLA's driver has been arrested in connection with investigations into the terror attack on Amarnath pilgrims this week, say police sources.
DES 8 JK-SWARAJ-FORGED LETTERS
Jammu: A man is arrested for allegedly using forged letters of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj to get heli-tickets to the Mata Vaishnodevi cave shrine.
DES 11 CUSTOMS-SEIZURES
New Delhi: Foreign currency worth about Rs 93 lakh seized from a man by the customs at Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) here, says officials.
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