Top stories from the northern region 9 pm

Following are the top stories from the northern region at 9 pm.

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Lucknow: BSP chief Mayawati today announced changes in the party constitution, which now does not allow her brother to continue as its vice president and lets her remain national president till she is too old for that responsibility.

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NEWDELHI DEL47 MHA-RAJNATH-KASHMIR New Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said the government was ready to hold dialogue with the Hurriyat Conference leadership if the separatists come forward for talks.

LUCKNOW DEL49 UP-MAYAWATI-MEETING

Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party president Mayawati today told her partymen that though the BSP was discussing alliances with other parties for future polls in Uttar Pradesh and other states, they should be prepared for any situation.

 

LUCKNOW DEL28 UP-LD-MAYAWATI

Lucknow: BSP president Mayawati today slammed the Narendra Modi government at the Centre for its historic failure on dealing with the issues which concern the common man.

KAIRANA DEL41 UP-KAIRANA-TABASSUM (COR)

Kairana: Opposition candidate Tabassum Hasan has accused the BJP of resorting to divisive politics as it has no concrete issue to raise ahead of Monday's bye-election for the Kairana Lok Sabha seat.

JAIPUR DES6 RJ-CONG-BJP

Jaipur: The Congress today hit out at the Narendra Modi government on the completion of its four years in power, accusing it of betraying the people of the country and not fulfilling the promises the ruling BJP had made to them.

DELHI DEL32 NIA-JK-ARREST

New Delhi: The NIA today took the custody of alleged Jaish-e-Mohammed operative Muneer-ul-Hassan Qadri from the Jammu and Kashmir Police in connection with the 2016 terror attack on an Army camp in Nagrota in which seven soldiers, including two officers, were killed.

SRINAGAR DES19 JK-CBSE-SEPARATIST

Srinagar: Sama Shabir, daughter of separatist leader Shabir Shah, has topped in Jammu and Kashmir in the CBSE Class 12 results which were declared today.

KANPUR DES13 UP-YOUTH

Kanpur: A 22-year-old Muslim youth was assaulted at Shivrajpur railway station by a group of men, allegedly belonging to a right-wing organisation, for befriending a girl belonging to Hindu community.

CHANDIGARH DES16 PB-BYPOLL-CEO

Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Electoral Officer S Karuna Raju today said there was no "veracity" in the Shiromani Akali Dal's (SAD) allegations of misuse of government machinery and distribution of liquor by the ruling party during campaigning for the Shahkot Assembly bypoll to be held on Monday.

SHAHKOT DES14 PB-BYPOLL-AMARINDER-ROADSHOW

Shahkot (Pb): Senior Congress leader and Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh today attended a roadshow on the last day of campaigning for the Shahkot Assembly bypoll, scheduled to be held on Monday, and held the Shiromani Akali Dal responsible for "total lack of development" in the constituency represented by it for the last 14 years.