Following are the top stories from the northern region at 8.30 pm
KREERI DEL39 JK-LD ALL BUKHARI
Srinagar/Kreeri: Police today arrested one suspect in connection with the killing of veteran journalist Shujaat Bukhari, who was laid to rest in his ancestral village with thousands of people braving heavy rain to mourn a man who had championed peace in times of conflict and may have paid with his life for doing so.
Uttarkashi/New Delhi: A man from Maharashtra, who was part of a trekking team that got stranded during a trek from Har Ki Doon in Uttarkashi district to Chitkul in Himachal Pradesh, has died while the rest of the trekkers have been rescued and brought to the base camp at Kalpa, officials said today.
Ballia (UP): Slamming Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh for the Ramzan peace initiative in Jammu and Kashmir, controversial BJP MLA Surendra Singh today said bullet for bullet was the way to deal with terrorists.
LUCKNOW DES7 UP-YOGI-MAHARANA PRATAP
Lucknow: It was not Akbar but Rajput king Maharana Pratap who was great, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has said.
CHANDIGARH DES29 PB-LD-DUST
Chandigarh: A blanket of dust haze covered Punjab and Haryana for the third day today, affecting normal life and disrupting flight operations at the airport here.
CHANDIGARH DES38 HR-PROJECT
Chandigarh: The Haryana government today gave its nod for a high speed rail network between Sarai Kale Khan in Delhi to the Haryana-Rajasthan border near Shahjahanpur-Neemrana-Behrod.
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