Following are the top stories of the northern region at 2125 hrs:

Following are the top stories of the northern region at 2125 hrs:

DES 45 RJ-LD RAINS

Jaipur: Heavy rains have been forecast in Rajasthan's Hadoti region that includes Jhalawar, Kota and Baran districts, following which relief teams have been deployed there, says a senior disaster relief official.

DES 22 UP-AKHILESH-NITISH-JIBE

Lucknow: Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav strikes a musical note to mock JD(U) president Nitish Kumar for again allying with the BJP to become chief minister.

DES 39 UP-ASSEMBLY BILL

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Assembly passes a Rs 3,84,659.71 crore state budget for the fiscal 2017-2018 and the related appropriation Bill.
 

DES 27 UP-ASSEMBLY-STING

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Assembly passes a resolution that no action should be taken against a private broadcaster over the airing a sting on 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots.

DES 40 DEF-ARMY-MACCHIL

New Delhi: Five army personnel including two officers will be released on bail after an armed forces tribunal suspends the life sentence given to them by a court martial for allegedly staging the killing of three Kashmiri men at Macchil in 2010, say officials.

DES 35 MHA-CHANDIGARH

New Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh reviews various issues related to the development of Union Territory Chandigarh and directs officials to expedite works in all pending issues.

LGD 30 DL-COURT-GANGRAPE

New Delhi: A Delhi court sentences two rickshaw pullers to imprisonment for the remainder of their life for raping a woman here on the pretext of taking her home.

DES 25 DL-LANGUAGE ACADEMIES

New Delhi: The national capital will soon have 12 regional language academies to promote the culture and tradition of the respective regions among Delhiites.

DES 30 JK-CRPF

Srinagar: The situation in Kashmir is "under control but fragile" and the number of stone-pelting incidents in the Valley have decreased, says a senior officer of the CRPF.

DES 2 UKD-TIGER CENSUS

Dehradun: The count of tigers in Uttarakhand has gone up to 242 with an increase of 63 big cats this year, Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has said.

NRG 12 CUSTOMS-GOLD

New Delhi: A 37-year-old man is arrested by the customs for allegedly trying to smuggle into the country gold valuing about Rs 57 lakh at Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) here.

NRG 8 RJ-CHILDREN-RESCUE

Kota (Raj): As many as 122 children from Kota and Bundi districts, who had gone missing, have been rescued under an ongoing special drive, 'Operation Muskan- III', say officials.