HIGHLIGHTS NORTH 9.15 PM

These are the top stories from the northern region at 9.15 pm

SRINAGAR DEL61 JK-3RDLD AVALANCHE

Srinagar: Ten persons are feared dead after a snow avalanche buried the two trucks they were travelling in at Khardung La of Ladakh region in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, officials said.

DELHI DEL29 DL-2NDLD AIRPORT

New Delhi: Dense fog in several parts of Delhi disrupted operations of 450 flights at the Indira Gandhi International Airport on Friday morning, an airport official said.

LUCKNOW DEL8 UP-AKHILESH-INTERVIEW

Lucknow: The Samajwadi Party's (SP) alliance with the BSP and the RLD was "final" and there would be no issues as regards seat-sharing in the coming Lok Sabha polls, party chief Akhilesh Yadav said on Friday, while ruling out any understanding with the Congress.

NEWDELHI DEL14 ED-UP-LD MINING SUMMONS

New Delhi: Initiating fresh action, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued summons to four people, including IAS officer B Chandrakala and a Samajwadi Party (SP) leader, in connection with an alleged illegal mining case in Uttar Pradesh, official sources said on Friday.

AMETHI DES4 UP-RAHUL-VISIT

Amethi: Congress president Rahul Gandhi and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi are likely to visit their respective parliamentary constituencies Amethi and Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh on January 23-24, a party leader said Friday.

BALLIA DES3 UP-RAJBHAR

Ballia: Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party leader Om Prakash Rajbhar, a BJP ally and Uttar Pradesh minister, has threatened to go it alone in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections if the party's demand for earmarking a part of the 27-per cent OBC quota for most backward castes is not met.

JAIPUR DES5 RJ-ASSEMBLY

Jaipur: The Rajasthan Assembly was adjourned for half an hour on Friday following an uproar in the House as the opposition BJP sought clarity from the ruling Congress over the farm loan waiver order.

DEHRADUN DES7 UKD-RAWAT-RAM TEMPLE

Dehradun: Describing the BJP as a party with no regard for ethics, senior Congress leader Harish Rawat said a Ram temple will be built in Ayodhya only when his party comes to power at the Centre.

SRINAGAR DEL19 JK-GRENADES

Srinagar: Militants carried out two grenade attacks on security forces in Kashmir, including one in the Lal Chowk area of the city, on Friday but there were no reports of any casualty, police said.

NAINITAL LGD12 UKD-HC-BJP

Nainital (U'khand): The Uttarakhand High Court on Friday stayed the arrest of former state BJP general secretary Sanjay Kumar, accused of sexual harassment by a woman.

LUCKNOW DEL23 UP-CABINET-LD QUOTA (CORRECTED)

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government Friday approved 10 per cent reservation in jobs and educational institutions for the economically backward in the general category.

CHANDIGARH DES23 PB-CONG MLA

Chandigarh: Days after an MLA left the Congress embarrassed with a public outburst, another Punjab legislator has pitched Rajya Sabha MP Partap Singh Bajwa’s name for the chief minister’s post, according to a video clip on social media.

JODHPUR DEL56 RJ-WOMAN-FAREWELL

Jodhpur: Thirty-five-year-old social activist Shipra Sharma had called her mother to inform that she "safely arrived" in Kabul soon after landing in the strife-torn country on Monday.

Minutes later, Sharma was killed in a terror attack when the building where she was staying collapsed after being hit by an RDX-laden truck on January 14.

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