Following are the top stories of the northern region at 1730 hrs:
DES6 RSQ-COMMUNAL
New Delhi: Altogether 450 incidents of communal violence took place in Uttar Pradesh in the last three years, 162 of which were reported in 2016, the Rajya Sabha is told today.
DES7 JK-AMARNATH
Jammu: A batch of 473 pilgrims leaves Jammu for the 3,888 metre-high Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir, amid tight security.
LGD8 UP-COURT AYUSH
Lucknow: The Allahabad High Court quashes the UP government's decision to admit students to AYUSH undergraduate courses in different colleges of the state through a merit list prepared on the basis of NEET exam for admissions to medical courses.
DES17 DL-KEJRIWAL-CORRUPTION
New Delhi: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal claims the level of corruption in various Delhi government departments has reduced by around 70 per cent after the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) came to power.
DES10 LSQ-INTERVIEWS
New Delhi: BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Arunachal Pradesh are among about 10 states which are yet to discontinue the process of interview for recruitment on lower-level posts in government departments, the Lok Sabha was informed today.
NRG3 KASHMIR-CHHARI
Srinagar: 'Chhari Sthapana', an important ritual of the ongoing Amarnath yatra in Kashmir, is carried out by a group of sadhus at Shri Amareshwar Temple in Srinagar.
NRG12 UP-ASSEMBLY-LIQUOR
Lucknow: Forty-one people have died after consuming illicit liquor in Uttar Pradesh between January last year and June 2017, the state government tells the assembly.
NRG13 HP-RAPE-ACCUSED-CREMATED
Shimla: The accused in the Kotkhai rape and murder case, who was killed in police custody last week, is cremated after the CBI releases his body.
NRG11 UP-COUNCIL-EMPLOYMENT
Lucknow: After the BJP came to power in Uttar Pradesh, over 12,000 youths got employed through job fairs organised in the state, the state Legislative Council is informed.
DES1 DL-ACCIDENT
New Delhi: Five persons die and four others are injured after their car is hit by a dumper in east Delhi's Kalyanpuri.
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