The following are the top stories of the northern region at 1900 hrs:

The following are the top stories of the northern region at 1900 hrs:
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.
DES3 RJ-ACCIDENT
Jaipur: Seven women are killed and six injured after a jeep collides with a trailer in Chittorgarh district of Rajasthan.
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.
DES6 UP-FRAUD
Lucknow: Three persons allegedly involved in fraud by posing as the Uttar Pradesh chief minister's personal assistant are arrested.

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.