HIGHLIGHTS NORTH 6 PM

These are the top stories from the northern region at 6 pm

NEWDELHI DEL31 LD TIWARI

New Delhi: Congress veteran Narayan Dutt Tiwari, who served in various positions at the Centre and in states, died on his birthday at a private hospital here on Thursday after prolonged illness, doctors said.

DEHRADUN DEL23 TIWARI-OBIT

Dehradun/New Delhi: Narayan Dutt Tiwari's long political career included helming Uttar Pradesh three times as chief minister, becoming the only Uttarakhand CM to complete a full term and holding key portfolios at the Centre.

PATIALA/LUDHIANA DEL30 PB-STUBBLE-FARMERS

Patiala/Ludhiana: Mid-afternoon, Upender is busy tossing paddy residue into the fire he started over an acre of land.

 

CHANDIGARH DES13 PB-STUBBLE BURNING

Chandigarh: Punjab is expecting not more than 12,000 stubble burning incidents this season, a reduction of about 70 per cent compared to last year, on the back of a "vigorous" awareness drive and distribution of crop residue management machinery, an official said.

SRINAGAR DEL17 JK-GUV-INTERVIEW

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik said there is no move to deploy 'Black Cat' commandos of the elite National Security Guard (NSG) in counter-militancy operations in the state, and made it clear that the specialised force could be used only in the "gravest of grave" situations

LUCKNOW DES16 UP-BHAGWAT

Lucknow: Opposition parties and Muslim leaders Thursday said RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's demand for a law to enable construction of Ram temple was "politically motivated" as it comes ahead of assembly polls in some states.

NEWDELHI LGD14 DL-COURT-2ND LD HOTEL

New Delhi: Ashish Pandey, a former BSP MP's son who is accused of brandishing a pistol in the foyer of a five-star hotel here, surrendered before a Delhi court Thursday and was remanded to one-day police custody.

NEWDELHI DEL9 DL-BSP LEADER-SON

New Delhi: Former BSP MP's son Ashish Pandey, accused of brandishing a gun at guests and threatening them at a five-star hotel here, said in a video message he was being subjected to media trial and alleged only one side of the story is being shown, portraying him as a "terrorist".

JAIPUR DES11 RJ-EXAMS-INTERNET

Jaipur: The Rajasthan government is considering a ban on social messaging apps like WhatsApp around exam centres to prevent cheating, instead of the current practice of disabling the mobile internet services entirely.

LUCKNOW DES5 UP-POLICE RECRUITMENT

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government will recruit 56,808 personnel in the state police force to fill the vacant posts and the process for the same will start in November.

NEWDELHI DES7 DL-BJP-AAP-METRO

New Delhi: Delhi BJP president Manoj Tiwari offered to donate Rs 1,11,100 to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday, but on one condition: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal clears the passage of Delhi Metro Phase IV project caught up on funds issue.