Following are the top stories from the northern region at 9 pm
LUCKNOW DES4 UP-POLICE APOLOGY
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh police has issued an apology after a photograph of the victim of Hapur lynching being dragged by a crowd in the presence of three policemen went viral on social media.
BAREILLY DEL48 UP-MEAT SELLER
Bareilly: A local meat seller who was allegedly beaten up by the police over allegations of cow slaughter has died in a Delhi hospital.
SRINAGAR DEL39 JK-4THLD ENCOUNTER
Srinagar: Police today killed four militants, including chief of the banned Islamic State Jammu and Kashmir (ISJK) Dawood Ahmed Sofi, in a remote mountain village in south Kashmir's Anantnag district, six days before the annual Amarnath Yatra begins, officials said.
Bulandshahr DES8 UP-RAPE
Bulandshahr: A minor girl was allegedly raped by 10 people in Chacheri village which comes under the jurisdiction of Jahangirabad police station here, police said today.
NAINITAL DEL55 HC-LD-UKD RAFTING
Nainital/Dehradun: The Uttarakhand High Court has banned white water rafting and paragliding until the state government frames a policy on adventure sports, a move which those in the business say will hit them hard.
CHANDIGARH DEL31 PB-AAP-PROTEST
Chandigarh: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today burnt effigies and raised slogans against the Congress government in statewide protests after its legislator Amarjit Singh Sandoa was allegedly attacked by members of a sand mining mafia in Punjab's Rupnagar district.
LUCKNOW DEL40 UP-CONG-REVAMP
Lucknow: Congress in Uttar Pradesh has dissolved its key teams, including those looking after media and organisational matters, and set up an interim panel with the 2019 Lok Sabha election in mind.
BADAUN (UP) DES16 UP-SHIVPAL
Badaun (UP): Senior Samajwadi Party leader Shivpal Singh Yadav today said if party president Akhilesh Yadav had listened to his seniors, he would have stayed the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh today.
NEWDELHI DES25 PAK-SIKH-PILGRIMS
New Delhi: Over 300 Sikh pilgrims from India have been granted visas and are visiting Pakistan to observe the death anniversary of Maharaja Ranjit Singh in Lahore, the Pakistan High Commission here said today.
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