Following are the top stories from the northern region at 8.30 pm.
LUCKNOW DEL49 UP-AMAR-BJP
Lucknow: Former SP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh today kept alive speculation over his joining the BJP, pointedly praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi and hinting that he was open to the possibility.
LUCKNOW DEL39 UP-2NDLD RAINS
Lucknow: Fourteen people were killed and seven others injured in rain-related incidents in different parts of Uttar Pradesh in 24 hours, raising the death toll to 106 since the last week, official sources said today.
CHANDIGARH NRG22 PB-AAP
Chandigarh: A day before a volunteers' convention by Sukhpal Singh Khaira, Aam Aadmi Party MLA Harpal Singh Cheema alleged today that the event was being "sponsored" by the SAD-BJP, RSS.
AMRITSAR DEL29 PB-ATTARI-GATES
Amritsar: India and Pakistan are set to install new gates at the Attari-Wagah border, where people from both sides throng every evening to watch the lowering of the national flags.
SRINAGAR DES6 JK-PROTEST-ARTICLE 35A
Srinagar: The business community in Kashmir took out a peaceful march here today against the petitions in the Supreme court challenging the validity of Article 35A of the Constitution which grants special status to permanent residents of Jammu and Kashmir.
NEWDELHI NRG14 DL-AMARINDER-BORDER BELTS
New Delhi: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh today urged the Centre to evolve a comprehensive policy to develop border belts into industrial hubs to counter the economic threat posed by China.
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