The following are the top stories of the northern region at 2100 hrs:

The following are the top stories of the northern region at 2100 hrs:

LGD14 COURT-LD KASHMIR-TERROR

New Delhi: A special court allows the NIA to continue with the custodial interrogation of the son-in-law of Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani and three others for 10 more days in a terror funding case.

DEL51 RJ-FLOODS-LD RAHUL

Jaipur: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi meets people in the flood-hit areas in Rajasthan and says the relief efforts of the state government has not reached all the affected places.

DEL2 JK-ENCOUNTER

Srinagar: A newly-recruited local Hizbul Mujahideen militant is gunned down in an overnight encounter with security forces that also results in the death of an unidentified person in the crossfire in south Kashmir's Anantnag district.
 

LGD8 RJ-COURT-SALMAN

Jodhpur: Bollywood actor Salman Khan appears before the district and sessions court in Jodhpur for verification of bail bonds in an Arms Act case related to the killing of black bucks in 1998.

DES15 JK-LD-IAS PICTURES

Srinagar: An IAS officer is today removed from his post by the Jammu and Kashmir government and an inquiry ordered against him after some purported objectionable pictures of him go viral on social media.

NRG10 UP-SP-MLC-RESIGN

Lucknow: In a jolt to the Samajwadi Party, its MLC Sarojini Agarwal resigns from the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council and joins the BJP.

DES33 JK-JAMIA MASJID-PRAYERS

Srinagar: Congregational Friday prayers are offered at the historic Jamia Masjid for the first time in six weeks since police officer Mohammad Ayoub Pandith was lynched by a mob outside the mosque. However, soon after the prayers get over, a group of men start sloganeering and pelting security forces with stones.

DES5 UKD-MAJOR-LAST RITES

Nainital: The last rites of Major Kamlesh Pandey, killed by militants during a search operation in Shopian district of Kashmir, are conducted with full military honours near Haldwani in Uttarakhand where his parents stay.

DES39 JK-MEHBOOBA

Srinagar: Pitching for reconciliation between India and Pakistan, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti favours dialogue between the two countries to take the CBMs to the next higher level, including opening of more routes across the Line of Control (LoC).

DES9 JK-AMARNATH

Jammu: As many as 858 pilgrims leave for the holy cave of Amarnath in south Kashmir Himalayas and the mountain shrine of Buddha Amarnath in Poonch district of Jammu region.

DES21 PB-TRUCKERS-PROTEST

Chandigarh: Truck operators in Punjab stage protests across the state and burn copies of a government notification on disbanding truck unions.

DES19 HR-SHAH MASTNATH

Rohtak (Har): BJP president Amit Shah visits Shri Baba Mastnath Math in Asthal Bohar here and inquires about the well-being of Mahant Chand Nath, the BJP MP from Alwar, who has been ailing for quite some time.