Following are the top stories of the northern region at 1900 hrs:

Following are the top stories of the northern region at 1900 hrs:

LGD23 HC-LD KEJRIWAL-FINE

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court imposes a cost of Rs 10,000 on Arvind Kejriwal after he fails to file his response to a fresh Rs 10 crore defamation suit filed by Union minister Arun Jaitley over use of an objectionable word allegedly by the CM's lawyer.

DES27 NHRC-LYNCHING-JUNAID

New Delhi: The NHRC has issues notices to the Railways, the Haryana government and its police chief over the killing of a Muslim youth on a train in Faridabad last month.

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.
 

DES34 JK LD-KARGIL-ARMY TRIBUTE

Srinagar/Jammu: The Army pays glowing tribute to the soldiers who laid down their lives in the 1999 Kargil conflict in poignant ceremonies across Jammu and Kashmir.

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.