Following are the top stories from the northern region at 1730 hrs:

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Jul 17 2017 | 5:57 PM IST
Following are the top stories from the northern region at 1730 hrs:
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New Delhi: The government restores a crucial senior-level post in the Sino-India border guarding force ITBP after three years, a development seen as strengthening the paramilitary in the wake of frequent military stand-offs between the two sides.
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Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya and Union Minister Uma Bharti were among those who cast their votes for the presidential poll here.
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New Delhi: At least 26 fresh cases of malaria have been reported last week, taking the total number of people affected by this vector-borne disease this year to 210, according to a municipal report.
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Hoshiarpur (PB): At least 12 children have been injured when their school van rammed into a truck amid heavy rains near here.
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Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh seeks from Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley a GST exemption on 'langars' and the 'prasad' distributed at various religious places, including temples.
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Jaipur: Ten bovine animals, including seven cows, die after consuming plants that had been sprayed with pesticides in Rajasthan's Pali district, the police say.
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Muzaffarnagar (UP): A man has been arrested here after he was allegedly found extracting money from passengers on a train posing as a Travel Ticket Examiner (TTE), officials say.
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Badaun (UP): A man has been arrested for allegedly raping his 11-year-old daughter at a village here, police say.

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First Published: Jul 17 2017 | 5:57 PM IST

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