: Following are the top stories from the northern region at 1715 HRS:

: Following are the top stories from the northern region at 1715 HRS:
DEL2 JK-ENCOUNTER
Srinagar: A third militant killed in an encounter with security forces in Pulwama district of south Kashmir as the operation enters the second day, police say.
DES10 JK-ASSEMBLY-MEDIA
Srinagar: A special GST session of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly here delayed for nearly two hours as the media boycotted the House and opposition parties refused to take part in it till "curbs" on reporting of the proceedings were lifted.
DES13 HEALTH-VECTOR-DELHI

New Delhi: With malaria and chikungunya cases continuing to rise in the national capital, the Union Health Ministry says it would soon hold a secretary-level meet with the Delhi government on ways to combat vector-borne diseases in the city.

DES3 JK-GST-DETAIN
Srinagar: Police detains several traders after they try to march towards the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly to protest the implementation of GST in the state in its present form.
DES12 RJ-ISIS OPERATIVE DETAINED
Jaipur: Rajasthan Police's Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) detains a man from Chennai in connection with its probe into a case of funding the terror group ISIS.
DES8 NDRF-DG-HIMACHAL
New Delhi: Himachal Pradesh DGP Sanjay Kumar appointed as the new chief of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF).
DES9 RJ-EC APPOINTMENT
Jaipur: The Rajasthan government appoints senior IAS officer Prem Singh Mehra as state election commissioner.

DES11 JK-ASSEMBLY-GST
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Assembly began discussions on a resolution moved by the government for implementing the GST regime without affecting the special status of the state.
DES14 JK-AMARNATH-TOLL
Srinagar: Two pilgrims die after paying obeisance at the 3,880-metre high holy cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir, taking the death toll in the ongoing yatra to six, officials say.
NRG2 JK-AMARNATH
Jammu: Another batch of 1,786 pilgrims leavesJammu for the high-altitude Amarnath cave shrine of Lord Shiva in south Kashmir Himalayas.
NRG3 RJ-WOMAN
Jaipur: A woman and her minor son found hanging in separate rooms in their house in Vaishali Nagar area in the city.

NRG7 UP-DOCTOR-EXTORTION CALLS
Gorakhpur (UP): A leading surgeon, considered close to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, receives "threat calls" from a man who claimed to be an inmate of Deoria district jail demanding Rs 20 lakh from him, police say.