: Following are the top stories from the northern region at 2220 HRS:
DES 52 CH-DIFFERENTLY ABLED THROWN OUT OF TRAIN
Chandigarh: A differently-abled man is allegedly beaten up and thrown out of a moving train near here by three men after he asked them to stop smoking cigarettes.
DES 46 UKD-ROSHAN-PLAGIARISM-CHARGESHEET
Dehradun: Uttarakhand Police files a chargesheet against noted Bollywood filmmaker Rakesh Roshan, accuses him of plagiarising portions of a story written by a city-based man and using it in his 2013 blockbuster 'Krrish 3'.
DES 3 FRENCH-WOMAN-RAPED
Varanasi: A watchman has been arrested for allegedly raping a 65-year-old French woman who had been living for a year in a rented accommodation here, says police.
DES 15 UP-ADITYANATH
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath says corruption and dynastic policies of the past 15 years had left people "totally frustrated" as he lamented that he had inherited a dismal state machinery.
DES 23 JK-LYNCH-PROBE
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir police seeks help from the public to identify those involved in lynching of its officer outside Jamia Masjid in the city last week.
DES 36 AVI-INDIGO-LD FLIGHT
Patna: Flight operations from the city's airport has been affected after an IndiGo aircraft carrying 174 passengers suffered "engine failure" at the time of taxiing for take off.
DES 16 HEALTH-MCI-COLLEGES
New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry asks six more medical colleges not to admit MBBS students for academic years 2017-18 and 2018-19, after they were found to be lacking the requisite infrastructure and faculty.
DES 17 DL-ASSEMBLY-TEACHERS
New Delhi: The Delhi Assembly adopts a resolution seeking 85 per cent reservation for graduates of universities in Delhi in the recruitment of permanent or guest teachers in schools here.
NRG 10 JK-MIRWAIZ
Srinagar: Separatist Hurriyat Conference leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq placed under house arrest as he was heading towards Jamia Masjid in Nowhatta area of the city for the Friday prayers.
DES 1 JK-HIGHWAY CLOSED
Jammu: The 300-km long Jammu-Srinagar national highway closes for vehicular traffic due to blockade triggered by landslides in the Ramban and Udhampur districts of Jammu and Kashmir.
DES 9 JK-VAISHNODEVI-LANDSLIDE
Jammu: A landslide triggered by rains en route the cave shrine of MataVaishnodevi in Trikuta hills of Reasi districtof Jammu and Kashmir leaves a woman dead and eight others injured.
NRG 36 RJ-APPOINTMENT-CHIEF SECY
Jaipur: Senior IAS officer Ashok Jain appointed the new chief secretary of Rajasthan in place of O P Meena, who has retired.
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