HIGHLIGHTS NORTH 9.45 PM

These are the top stories from the northern region at 9.45 pm

MEERUT DEL60 UP-BULANDSHAHR-2NDLD-ARREST

Meerut (UP), Jan 10 (PTI) The Uttar Pradesh Police Thursday arrested a local BJP youth wing leader accused of instigating mob violence in Bulandshahr that killed a police inspector and a civilian last month.

CHANDIGARH DEL96 CH-COURT-LD COMMISSION-HOODA

Chandigarh: In a relief to former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, the Punjab and Haryana High Court Thursday quashed the Dhingra Commission report into alleged illegalities in the grant of land-use licences during his term.

JIND DES35 HR-LD BYPOLL

Jind: Jannayak Janata Party, formed after the recent split in the INLD, Thursday fielded Digvijay Singh Chautala for the Jind assembly bypoll in Haryana, setting the scene for a prestige battle in the constituency where Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala is also in the fray.

CHANDIGARH DEL75 HR-DERA-SECURITY

Chandigarh: Security has been beefed up in Haryana and parts of Punjab in the wake of Special CBI court in Panchkula's likely verdict on Friday in the journalist murder case in which jailed Dera Sacha Sauda Chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh is an accused.

NEWDELHI DES26 CONG-2NDLD HP-PRESIDENT

New Delhi/Shimla: Senior Congress leader Kuldeep Singh Rathore was Thursday appointed as the president of the party's Himachal Pradesh unit, replacing Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu.

LUCKNOW DES10 UP-PM-PROJECTS

Lucknow: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to lay the foundation of industrial projects in Uttar Pradesh totalling up to Rs 80,000 crore at a groundbreaking ceremony here on January 20.

SRINAGAR DES9 JK-FAESAL

Srinagar: A day after quitting the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Shah Faesal, who topped the exam in 2009, Thursday said his next course of action will depend on what the people of Kashmir, especially the youth, want him to do.

SRINAGAR DES22 JK-ARMY

Srinagar: The Army has a range of options to exercise against the continued infiltration from across the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir to give a befitting reply to Pakistan, a top Army commander said Thursday.

Kanpur DES25 UP-IIT-SENSORS

Kanpur: Scientists at the Indian Institute of Technology here said they have developed an air pollution sensor which they claim costs much less than similar instruments worldwide.

BAHRAICH LGD28 UP-COURT-GOLFER

Bahraich: A local court Thursday rejected the bail plea of golfer Jyoti Randhawa and another person arrested last month on poaching charges in Motipur range of Katarniyaghat.

LUCKNOW DES4 UP-SHIVPAL

Lucknow: PSP(L) founder Shivpal Yadav Thursday expressed confidence that the next government at the Centre cannot be formed without support from the party and stressed there was "no chance" of a merger with the SP, though he was open for an alliance.

NEWDELHI DES38 DL-FRAUD-ARREST

New Delhi: A man was arrested for allegedly using pictures of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and a government department to promote his organisation and duping over 2,000 people to the tune of over Rs 3 crore on the pretext of providing cheap houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, police said Thursday.

NEWDELHI DES34 DL-CONG-PRESIDENTS

New Delhi: With a fresh set of working presidents and a new chief to look after the party's Delhi affairs, the all-enthused Congress in the national capital is looking to give a strong fight to the AAP and the BJP in the upcoming parliamentary elections.

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