Following are the top stories from the northern region at 10 pm.
2ND LDALL-BANDH
Patna/Lucknow/Bhopal: Protesters stopped trains and blocked highways in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh and shopkeepers downed shutters in some other northern states during a Bharat Bandh Thursday against the recent amendment to the SC/ST Act.
JAIPUR DES2 RJ-LD HOUSE ADJOURNED
Jaipur: The Rajasthan assembly was adjourned twice Thursday during the pre-lunch session amid the Opposition's uproar over alleged shelving of over 4000 of their questions on public interest and the misuse of state machinery for Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje's 'gaurav yatra'.
CHANDIGARH DES26 PB-SIDHU-SACRILEGE
Chandigarh: Punjab Cabinet Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu Thursday released CCTV footage, showing the police action on anti-sacrilege protesters at Kotkapura in 2015.
DELHI DES28 RJ- PANCHAYATI RAJ-BILL
Jaipur: The Rajasthan Assembly today passed a bill which relaxes the "two-child" rule for those aspiring to contest panchayat elections, if one of the children is differently abled.
NEWDELHI DES3 DMRC-HARDEEP-KEJRIWAL
New Delhi: A day after Arvind Kejriwal expressed sadness over Delhi metro becoming out of reach for common man, Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri Thursday said the Delhi Chief Minister should instead look at the state of public transport system that comes under his government which lacks 7,000 buses.
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