New Delhi, Jan 31 (PTI) These are the top stories from the northern region at 10 pm

These are the top stories from the northern region at 10 pm JIND (HAR) DEL105 BYPOLL-3RDLD JIND Jind (Har): Ruling BJP Thursday won the high-stakes Jind bypoll, which also saw the newly floated JJP scoring convincingly higher than the parent party INLD and Congress candidate Randeep Singh Surjewala settling for the third spot. ALLAHABAD DEL114 UP-2NDLD-VHP MEET-BHAGWAT Allahabad: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat Thursday alleged that the Sabarimala devotees were being oppressed by Kerala’s leftist government that has exceeded the judicial mandate.

JAIPUR DEL25 RJ-LD-RAMGARH Jaipur: The ruling Congress in Rajasthan Thursday touched the halfway mark in the 200-member state assembly with its candidate Shafia Zubair defeating her BJP rival by a margin of over 12,000 votes in the Ramgarh poll. DEHRADUN NRG20 UKD-EMPLOYEES Dehradun: Over 3.5 lakh government employees in Uttarakhand went on a mass holiday on Thursday in support of their 10-point charter of demands, including a hike in housing allowance and timely promotions.

DEHRADUN DES13 UKD-POLL BJP Dehradun: Ticket distribution for the BJP in Uttarakhand for the coming Lok Sabha polls is likely to be a tough exercise, with party heavyweights vying with each other to stake claim on at least three of the five Lower House seats in the state. JOURIAN DEL108 JK-GOVERNOR-LEADERS Jourian (Jammu): Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik Thursday courted a fresh controversy by accusing the state's political leaders of wanting to get "youths killed" to "blackmail" Delhi and keep it "under pressure".

NOIDA NRG13 NCR-BUILDERS-ARREST Noida (UP): Directors of two private real estate firms were arrested on Thursday for non-payment of nearly Rs 4 crore of labour cess dues and those towards the Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA), the Gautam Buddh Nagar administration said. PTI ASH ASH.