Following are the top stories from the northern region at 9.45 pm
LUCKNOW DEL18 UP-NAQVI-EMERGENCY
Lucknow: Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said today that the Congress was a "history-sheeter" in throttling democratic values and constitutional norms and had been unable to shed its "dictatorial" mentality.
JAMMU DES10 JK-AMARNATH-YATRA
Jammu: Amid a multi-tier security cover, the first batch of pilgrims for the annual Amarnath Yatra will leave from Jammu's Bhagwati Nagar base camp tomorrow.
LUCKNOW DES9 UP-TOGADIA
Lucknow: Former VHP leader Pravin Togadia today attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for doing nothing so far for the construction of a Ram temple in Ayodhya, saying he had not even found time for a darshan of Ram lala there.
CHANDIGARH NRG11 CH-JAIL-PRODUCTS
Chandigarh: The Chandigarh Prisons Department has decided to open a showroom here for the sale of the wide range of products, including sweets and furniture, made by Burail jail inmates.
HISAR DES37 HR-2NDLD-GIRLS-FAIL
Hisar: All students at a government girls school here failed to clear the class 10 examination this year, with local residents blaming it on the lack of teachers for key subjects.
AMBALA DES43 HR-TRAIN
Ambala (Har): Around 100 passengers held up the Mumbai-Katra Swaraj Superfast Express at the Ambala Cantt railway station for nearly an hour as they were angry over unclean coaches and dirty toilets in the train.
SRINAGAR DES35 JK-TOURISTS
Srinagar: More than 2.8 lakh tourists visited Jammu and Kashmir in the first five months of the current year even as the state administration has focused on improving the tourist infrastructure in the state.
JAMMU DEL28 JK-TERRORISTS
Jammu: Nearly sixty foreign terrorists are among 243 militants operating in Kashmir valley where "Operation All Out" is in full swing to wipe them out to tackle terrorism in the valley.
JAMMU DEL JK-CONG-SOZ
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir unit of the Congress today constituted a three-member committee to study veteran party leader Saifuddin Soz's book which has been in the eye of a political storm due to controversial excerpts.
CHANDIGARH DES18 HR-LD-MEDICAL-BOND
Chandigarh: Medical students in Haryana who quit their course midway will have to shell out up to Rs 7.5 lakh under a new policy, and official said.
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