New Delhi, Jan 24 (PTI) These are the top stories from the northern region at 8.40 pm

These are the top stories from the northern region at 8.40 pm AMETHI DEL35 UP-LD RAHUL Amethi (UP): Congress president Rahul Gandhi Thursday said he has given his sister Priyanka Gandhi, newly entrusted with eastern Uttar Pradesh, the target of ensuring that the party forms the next government in the state. VARANASI DES17 UP-CONG-PRIYANKA Varanasi: Posters urging Priyanka Gandhi to contest the coming general elections from Varanasi-- Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Lok Sabha constituency-- came up in the holy city on Thursday.

GURGAON DEL36 NCR-2NDLD-COLLAPSE Gurgaon: Six labourers were killed when a four-storey under-construction building collapsed Thursday at a village here, officials said. NEWDELHI DES10 DL-JNU-SEDITION New Delhi: The prosecution sanction of Delhi government for the JNU sedition case has met a roadblock with Law Minister Kailash Gahlot issuing a notice to principal secretary (law) for sending opinion of the department directly to home department without putting the related file before him.

ALIGARH DES30 UP-AMU Aligarh: Aligarh Muslim University has served a show-cause notice to a student leader over a `tiranga yatra’ through the campus, saying it was held without permission and triggering a row. DEHRADUN DES29 UKD-SWINE FLU Dehradun: Eleven people have died due to swine flu in Uttarakhand in just 20 days, with latest victim being a one-year-old child, a top health department official said here Thursday. JAIPUR DES26 RJ-JLF-LD INJURED Jaipur: A part of a tree fell in a restricted delegate area on the first day of the annual Jaipur Literature Festival Thursday, injuring four unidentified visitors, according to a statement issued by JLF organisers.

CHANDIGARH DES1 PB-JASSI-EXTRADITION Chandigarh: Eighteen years after the 'honour killing' of Canada-born Jaswinder Kaur Sidhu, her mother and uncle, accused of the murder, have been extradited to India by Canadian authorities, police said Thursday. NEWDELHI LGD19 DL-HC-RAMDEV-FACEBOOK New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued an interim order directing Facebook, Google, its subsidiary YouTube and Twitter to forthwith remove, block or disable links to a video containing allegations against yoga guru Ramdev. BARABANKI NRG13 UP-LAWYERS Barabanki: Over a dozen persons, including policeman, were injured on Thursday when a group of lawyers clashed with the police here, officials said JAMMU DES31 JK-LD SHELLING Jammu: An army porter was injured Thursday when Pakistani troops fired heavy mortar shells and small arms targeting forwards posts and civilian areas along the Line of Control (LoC) Jammu and Kashmir's in Rajouri district, officials said. SRINAGAR NRG9 JK-RDAY-REHEARSAL Srinagar: Braving snowfall and extreme cold, various contingents of police and paramilitary forces Thursday participated in full dress rehearsal for the Republic Day parade even as security was beefed up across Kashmir to ensure smooth passage of the event.

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