Following are the top stories from the northern region at 5 pm
LUCKNOW DEL18 UP-NAQVI-EMERGENCY
Lucknow: Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said today that the Congress was a "history-sheeter" in throttling democratic values and constitutional norms and had been unable to shed its "dictatorial" mentality.
JAMMU DES10 JK-AMARNATH-YATRA
Jammu: Amid a multi-tier security cover, the first batch of pilgrims for the annual Amarnath Yatra will leave from Jammu's Bhagwati Nagar base camp tomorrow.
LUCKNOW DES9 UP-TOGADIA
Lucknow: Former VHP leader Pravin Togadia today attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for doing nothing so far for the construction of a Ram temple in Ayodhya, saying he had not even found time for a darshan of Ram lala there.
MUZAFFARNAGAR DEL3 UP-EXPLOSION-PROBE
Muzaffarnagar: The Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) will probe the explosion that ripped through a scrap shop here yesterday, killing four people, a senior police official said here today.
CHANDIGARH NRG11 CH-JAIL-PRODUCTS
Chandigarh: The Chandigarh Prisons Department has decided to open a showroom here for the sale of the wide range of products, including sweets and furniture, made by Burail jail inmates.
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HISAR DES4 HR-GIRLS-FAIL
Hisar: All students of the Government Girls Secondary School in Kabrel village of Hisar district have failed to clear the class 10 examination this year.
CHANDIGARH DES2 HR-MEDICAL-BOND
Chandigarh: Haryana government has notified a new policy for admission to medical and dental institutions in the state from the upcoming 2018-19 session, as per which candidates seeking admission to MBBS/BDS and the post-graduate courses will have to execute a bond, promising not to leave the courses after securing admission.
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Jammu: J&K Congress constitutes a three-member committee to study veteran party leader Saifuddin Soz's book in which he says most Kashmiris will prefer Independence.
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