The following are top stories of the northern region at 2930 hrs:

The following are top stories of the northern region at 2930 hrs:
DES29 CISF-AUTISM
New Delhi: The CISF will train its security personnel at airports in providing special care to passengers suffering from autism, a condition where a person exhibits a different behaviour when touched or frisked.
DES14 HEALTH-ORGAN DONATION-RELATIVES
New Delhi: In a move that is likely to benefit patients waiting for organ donation, the government is planning to include step-parents, step-siblings and extended family members in the definition of 'near relatives'.
DEL74 CBI-RAPE-LD ARREST

New Delhi: The CBI arrests Inspector General of Himachal Pradesh Police Zahur Haidar Zaidi and seven other policemen in connection with the custodial death of an accused in a rape case.

DEL51 BIZ-GST-HOSPITAL ROOM
New Delhi: Rent paid by patients for hospital rooms will be exempted from the Goods and Services Tax (GST): Government.
DES13 JK-LD BODIES
Srinagar: Two youth have been found dead under mysterious circumstances in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir: Police.
DES17 DL SIRSA-FOLLOWERS
Sirsa (Har): The were mixed reactions from the followers of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, who were leaving the sect headquarters after a court awarded a 20 year jail term to the self-styled godman in two sexual exploitation cases. By Bunty Tyagi
DES36 DLTRIPLE TALAQ- NGO
New Delhi: The Muslim women's rights group, which was one of the petitioners against Triple Talaq in the Supreme Court, demands that the Centre bring in a codified personal law which is gender just and based on the Quran.

DES9 UP-TALAQ-MADRASSA SYLLABUS
Bareilly (UP): To educate Muslims about the practice of 'talaq' after recent Supreme Court ruling on the matter, a leading Dargah of the Sunni sect decides to include it in the curriculum of madrassas.
DES33 DL-WOMEN-FARMERS
New Delhi: Women farmer leaders from across India, who have gathered here for interactions with various government agencies, demand that they be recognised legitimately as farmers and that their rights be upheld by governments.
DES8 DL-AIIMS-SURGERY
New Delhi: The first phase of surgery to separate two- year-old twins from Odisha, who are joined at the head, was completed successfully at AIIMS.

DES7 HR-DERA-SUCCESSOR
Chandigarh: Speculation was rife on who will succeed convicted Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, with the names of his son Jasmeet, adopted daughter Honeypreet and Dera chairperson Vipassana Insan doing the rounds.
NRG11 UP-DERA-HIGH ALERT
Lucknow: Security has been stepped up in western Uttar Pradesh districts, bordering Haryana and Delhi, to check any spill over of the violence by the supporters of rape convict Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in the state.