Following are the top stories from the northern region at 5.30 pm
SRINAGAR DEL9 JK-BUKHARI-MLAT
Srinagar: A Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty request has been sent by the Jammu and Kashmir Police for the United States requesting for preserving data of Facebook and Twitter accounts of journalist Shujaat Bhukari, who was killed by Lashkar-e-Taiba last month, which will be followed by a Letters Rogatory for handing over the data.
JAMMU DES16 JK-PASSENGERS-RESCUE
Jammu: The Army has rescued 150 passengers travelling in over 40 vehicles, which got stranded due to multiple landslides on Mughal Road in Poonch district, a Defence spokesman said here today.
JAIPUR DEL23 RJ-HEMA MALINI
Jaipur: Politician-actor Hema Malini has said she can become the chief minister anytime but would rather be free to pursue other interests.
DEORIA DES10 UP-PRISION
Deoria (UP): After recovery of several objectionable items from the barrack of UP strongman Atiq Ahmad in Deoria Jail, the district magistrate has written to the state prison authorities to shift him out of the district jail to some other high-security prison in the state.
SRINAGAR DES9 JK-MEHBOOBA
Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti said today that the decline in stone-pelting incidents in the Valley when the anti-militancy operations were suspended for Ramzan vindicated her stand that it was a positive initiative which needed to be continued to improve the situation.
BALLIA DEL7 UP-BJP MLA-CHILDREN
Ballia: A child is a gift from God and every Hindu should have at least five, two for the man, two for the woman and one surplus, BJP's controversial Uttar Pradesh MLA Surendra Singh has said.
NAINITAL DES3 UKD-ACCIDENT-VIDEO
Nainital: Trying to film his journey while at the wheel proved fatal for a 28-year-old man, whose car fell into a deep gorge when he lost control while negotiating the sharp bends of Uttarakhand's hill roads, police said.
IN THE PIPELINE
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government gives its sanction to prosecute senior Samajwadi Party leader and former state minister Azam Khan for allegedly making objectionable remarks against CRPF personnel last year.
Chandigarh: The Punjab and Haryana High Court has asked government officials to minimise executive interference in inter-faith marriages.
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