The following are the top stories of the northern region at 2000 hrs:

The following are the top stories of the northern region at 2000 hrs:
DEL48 UP-3RDLD CHILDREN
Farrukhabad/Lucknow: Forty-nine infants die in a month in the Farrukhabad district hospital, most of them from "perinatal asphyxia", a condition in which a newborn has trouble breathing, officials say.
DEL8 UP-CHILDREN-OFFICIALS
Farrukhabad/Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government transfers the Farrukhabad district magistrate as well as the chief medical officer and the chief medical superintendent of the district hospital after the death of 49 children in one month.
DEL45 UP-FSL LD SUSPEND

Lucknow: A red-faced Uttar Pradesh government suspends the director of the state forensic laboratory here over an allegedly "misleading" report which held that the suspicious substance recovered from the state Assembly on July 12 was highly explosive PETN.

DES18 UP-CHILDREN DOCTORS
Lucknow: Doctors of Uttar Pradesh's Provincial Medical Services (PMS) threaten to proceed on mass leave to protest the registration of an FIR against some members of the fraternity in Farrukhabad over the deaths of 49 infants in a state-run hospital.
DES 23 MHA-BORDER-ROADS
New Delhi: The Centre reviews the progress of ongoing roads and other infrastructure projects in Arunachal Pradesh in the wake of recent stand-off with China, a home ministry official says.
DEL35 JK 2NDLD ENCOUNTER
Srinagar: Two Hizbul Mujahideen militants, including a self-styled divisional commander of the outfit, gunned down by security forces in Sopore township of north Kashmir's Baramulla district, the police say.

DEL40 JK-LD INFILTRATOR
Jammu: The BSF foils a bid by a group of militants to cross over to the Indian side under the cover of firing by Pakistani troops in the Arnia belt here, killing an infiltrator who climbed over the border fence.
DES22 PB-DERA-ARREST
Sangrur: The Punjab Police claims to have arrested one of the main accused who allegedly triggered violence and arson in the state following the conviction of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh.
DES26 DL-VARDHAN-CATTLE
New Delhi: The issues related to the notification on cattle trade, which was stayed by the Madras High Court, will be resolved soon, Union Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan says.

DES20 DL-BRITISH-SODOMY-ARREST
New Delhi: A 54-year-old British national has been arrested for allegedly sodomising three visually-impaired minor inmates of the National Association for The Blind (NAB) in south Delhi's RK Puram, the police say.
DES14 UP-LUCKNOW METRO
Lucknow: Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will flag off the maiden run of the Lucknow Metro here tomorrow.
DES12 JK-GRENADE
Srinagar: Three CRPF jawans have been injured in a grenade attack by militants on a patrol party in Anantnag district of Kashmir: Police.