HIGHLIGHTS NORTH 6.40 PM

These are the top stories from the northern region at 6.40 pm

MIRZAPUR DEL42 UP-3RDLD PRIYANKA

Standoff between Priyanka, UP govt ends

MIRZAPUR/LUCKNOW/NEW DELHI: The standoff between Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and the Uttar Pradesh government ended Saturday, a day after she was detained when she insisted on going to Sonbhadra where 10 people were gunned down this week.

VARANASI DEL46 UP-CLASH-LD TMC

TMC delegation on way to meet Sonbhadra victims' kin detained, sits on dharna

Varanasi (UP): A TMC delegation was detained at the airport here on Saturday when it was going to meet families of the Sonbhadra clash victims, party MP Derek O'Brien said.

 

CHANDIGARH DEL45 PB-CM-2NDLD SIDHU

Punjab CM accepts Navjot Sidhu's resignation; power portfolio with Amarinder

Chandigarh: Days after Navjot Singh Sidhu resigned from the state cabinet, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh Saturday accepted his "one-line" resignation.

CHANDIGARH DES13 PB-AMARINDER-STF

Chandigarh: Amid reports indicating resentment over reappointment of senior IPS officer Harpreet Singh Sidhu as anti-drug STF chief, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh Saturday said any police official unhappy with his orders was welcome to leave the state and seek deputation with the central government.

JAMMU DEL28 JK-PAK-LD FIRING

Villager injured in shelling by Pak troops in Poonch

Jammu: A villager was injured when Pakistani troops violated ceasefire by resorting to unprovoked mortar and small arms firing along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, officials said.

SRINAGAR DEL25 JK-RAJNATH-KARGIL

Rajnath pays tribute to soldiers killed in Kargil war, will inaugurate two bridges

Srinagar: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Saturday paid tributes to soldiers killed in the 1999 Kargil War at a memorial in Jammu and Kashmir's Dras sector as the nation commemorated 20 years of 'Operation Vijay'.

SRINAGAR DES4 JK-AMARNATH-TOLL

6 pilgrims died in last 4 days, Amarnath Yatra toll reaches 22

Srinagar: Six persons have died in the past four days during the ongoing pilgrimage to Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas, taking the death toll in this year's pilgrimage to 22, officials said on Saturday.