These are the top stories from the northern region at 8.45 pm.
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Srinagar: Concertina wire barricades, gun-toting security men, an eerie silence
Srinagar:An eerie silence prevails in the city with concertina wire barricades laid on deserted streets and police and armed forces personnel allowing civilians to move only after thorough checking even though there is no official curfew.
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State flag to be removed permanently after revocation of special status for J-K
Jammu: As the Centre revoked provisions of Article 370 that gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir, the official state flag will soon be permanently removed.
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Doval visits south Kashmir; meets locals, policemen
Jammu: National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval on Wednesday undertook a whirlwind visit to the militancy-infested south Kashmir and assured the locals that their security is the government's responsibility.
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BJP workers can now marry 'fair' J&K women: MLA
Muzaffarnagar: A day after the revocation of the special status for Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370, a BJP MLA stirred a controversy, saying party workers can now go to the state and marry "fair" women there.
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Swaraj was just 'a phone call away' for families of Indians killed in Iraq
Chandigarh: "She spared no effort in finding our dear ones," said Gurpinder Kaur on Wednesday, recalling how as external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj had worked painstakingly for four years to find the whereabouts of 39 Indian workers who were abducted and killed by ISIS militants in Iraq in 2014.
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Haryana declares 2-day state mourning for Swaraj
Chandigarh: The Haryana government on Wednesday declared a two-day state mourning as a mark of respect for senior BJP leader and former external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj, who passed away a day ago.
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HP guv, CM pay their tributes to Sushma Swaraj
Shimla: Himachal Pradesh Governor Kalraj Mishra and Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur paid their final respects to former external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj at the BJP headquarters in New Delhi on Wednesday.
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2 drown as rains lash Kota, Bundi
Kota (R'than): The bodies of a 50-year-old man and a boy were found on Wednesday after they were swept away in two separate incidents in Rajasthan, police said.
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Punjab CM's wife duped of Rs 23 lakh, scamster arrested
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh's wife Preneet Kaur fell prey to a cyber fraud, losing Rs 23 lakh to a scamster who duped her through a mobile phone call, posing as a bank manager, said police.
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Lawyer's murder: Etah cops detain man for questioning
Etah: A man has been detained for questioning in the murder case of government counsel Nutan Yadav, a senior police official said on Wednesday.
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