HIGHLIGHTS NORTH 8.30 PM

These are the top stories from the northern region at 8.30 pm

NEWDELHI LGD6 DL-COURT-LD SIKH RIOTS New Delhi: A Delhi court Tuesday issued production warrant for January 28 against former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case.

NEWDELHI DEL55 LD WEATHER

New Delhi/Srinagar/Shimla: Rain and snowfall lashed many parts of north India on Tuesday, with two people getting killed in an avalanche in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.

LUCKNOW DES16 UP-EVM-AKHILESH Lucknow: Latching on to the claim by a US-based "cyber expert" that the 2014 Lok Sabha elections were "rigged", Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav Tuesday questioned the use of electronic voting machines when even the more advanced nations were not using them.

LUCKNOW DEL28 UP-EVMs-MAYAWATI

Lucknow: BSP supremo Mayawati Tuesday demanded that the upcoming Lok Sabha polls be held using ballot papers instead of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs).

Ludhiana DES34 PB-PDA-MAYAWATI Ludhiana: The Punjab Democratic Alliance (PDA), a conglomerate of splinter groups of the Akali Dal and the AAP, would project BSP supremo Mayawati as the next prime minister of the country.

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Lucknow: Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohia) chief Shivpal Yadav Tuesday termed the poll alliance between the SP and BSP a 'thagbandhan', or a coalition of cheaters, and alleged that their chiefs are in the habit of betraying others

LUCKNOW DES29 UP-SHIA-LD ISIS Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Shia Central Waqf Board Chairman Waseem Rizvi has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to shut down primary-level madarsas across the country in order to check terror group ISIS' influence on Muslim children.

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Srinagar: Three militants were killed in an encounter with security forces in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, officials said here.

ALLAHABAD DES2 UP-KUMBH-SWACHHTA DOOTS Allahabad: Going beyond the call of duty seems to be the mantra for 'Swachhta Doots' (messengers of cleanliness) who work late into the night to ensure 'Bhavya Kumbh, Divya Kumbh' (Grand Kumbh, Divine Kumbh) is reflected both in letter and spirit.

KOTA DES6 RJ-RAJE-SWINE FLU

Kota (Raj): Former Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje attacked the Congress government over its "failure" to tackle swine flu menace in the state.

JAMMU DES8 JK-BSF-STUDENTS Jammu: A group of 40 students from remote areas of Jammu Tuesday left for the 'Bharat Darshan' tour, organised by the BSF, and their itinerary included interaction with the director general of the Border Security Force and witness the Republic Day parade in Delhi, an official spokesperson said.

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Srinagar: The Srinagar-Jammu National Highway was closed on Tuesday after a snow avalanche blocked both tubes of the Jawahar tunnel on Qazigund side, police said.

CHANDIGARH NRG14 PB-FCI-FOODGRAIN Chandigarh: The Punjab government will raise the issue of FCI's declining share in fooodgrain procurement from the state with the Centre, Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said

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Jammu: Encounters between security forces and terrorists were witnessed in 12 of the 22 districts of Jammu and Kashmir last year with Kupwara accounting for the highest number of terrorists (52) killed in such encounters, police said.

ATTARI DES40 PB-RAJNATH Attari (Amritsar): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh Tuesday said the Centre has decided to set up housing complexes at all the Integrated Check Posts (ICPs) in the country for personnel of the Border Security Force.

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