Following are the top stories from the northern region at 945 pm
SRINAGAR DEL10 JK-LDALL-CLASHES
Srinagar: Clashes broke out between protesters and security forces in the old city here today after the death of a youth who was allegedly hit by a CRPF vehicle during another confrontation yesterday.
LUCKNOW DEL5 UP-LD-STORM
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh was hit by another deadly dust storm that claimed 17 lives and left 11 persons injured last evening.
LUCKNOW DEL20 UP-LD-BUNGALOW-MAYAWATI
Lucknow: Just ahead of the deadline set by the Uttar Pradesh estates department, BSP president Mayawati today said she was vacating the portion of the 13-A Mall Avenue bungalow she occupied.
CHANDIGARH DES10 PB-FARMERS-PROTEST
Chandigarh: With the farmers' agitation entering second day today, vegetable prices at various cities in Punjab, Haryana started soaring in the wake of the dwindling fresh supplies of farm produce in mandis even as the farmers dumped vegetables, milk on roads and blocked supplies to cities.
PALWAL/FARIDABAD DES31 HR-GIRL-RAPE
Palwal/Faridabad: A five-year-old girl was kidnapped, brutally raped and stabbed to death allegedly by a man who used to work at her father's tent house in Asaoti village in Haryana's Palwal district.
CHANDIGARH DES26 PB-RADICALS-ARREST
Chandigarh: Punjab Police today claimed to have arrested two young men who were allegedly radicalised and funded by their foreign-based handlers, including SFJ legal adviser Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, to carry out hate crimes in the state.
CHANDIGARH DES23 HR-JATS-QUOTA
Chandigarh: Jat community members in Haryana today threatened to oppose programmes attended by Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and his ministers for not implementing quota in government jobs and education and not withdrawing cases filed in connection with the 2016 quota stir.
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