New Delhi, Jan 5 (PTI) These are the top stories from the northern region at 9.30 pm

These are the top stories from the northern region at 9.30 pm NEWDELHI DEL30 HIMACHAL-LD CONG New Delhi: Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, Congress President Rahul Gandhi Tuesday formed a jumbo state Congress committee in Himachal Pradesh with former chief minister Virbhadra Singh's son Vikramaditya being appointed as a general secretary. LUCKNOW DES8 UP-LD ASSEMBLY Lucknow: Opposition members hurled paper balls towards the podium and raised slogans as Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik addressed a joint sitting of the state legislature on the Budget Session's first day on Tuesday.

LUCKNOW DES20 UP-ASSEMBLY-MLA Lucknow: Samajwadi Party MLA Subhash Pasi suffered a brain haemorrhage while protesting during Governor Ram Naik's address to the joint sitting of both the Houses of the state assembly Tuesday morning. JAIPUR DEL36 PM-LD-GEHLOT New Delhi: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot met Prime Minister Narendra Modi here Tuesday, the Prime Minister's Office said.

BALLIA DES6 UP-BJP-ALLY Ballia (UP): Putting its ally BJP in Uttar Pradesh on notice, the Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party has said the option of going with the SP-BSP alliance in the general elections was open to the party. JAMMU DES7 JK-PAK-FIRING Jammu: Pakistani troops Tuesday violated ceasefire in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir by firing two rounds of rocket launchers towards an Army camp along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Krishna Ghati sector, an army officer said.

LUCKNOW DES2 UP-MAMATA-MAURYA Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya Tuesday alleged that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had put democracy in peril in West Bengal and sought to know if Kolkata Police chief Rajeev Kumar was an office bearer of her party TMC. SHIMLA DES9 HP-SWINEFLU-ASSEMBLY Shimla: Sixteen people died due to swine flu in Himachal Pradesh this season, Health minister Vipin Parmar informed the state assembly on Tuesday.

JAMMU NRG8 JK-HIGHWAY Jammu: The one-way traffic resumed on Jammu-Srinagar national highway Tuesday as authorities allowed traffic from summer capital Srinagar after remaining suspended for the past five days, an official said. LUCKNOW DES4 UP-ESMA Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has invoked the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA) banning strikes in all departments and corporations under it for a period of six months.

BHADARWAH (JK) NRG13 JK-CRPF-TOUR Bhadarwah (JK): A group of 15 underprivileged students hailing from this picturesque hilly area of Doda district in Jammu and Kashmir Tuesday left on a 10-day 'Bharat Darshan' tour to Visakhapatnam. NEW DELHI LGD37 DL-HC-MCD FUNDS New Delhi: The municipal corporations of north and east Delhi told the Delhi High Court on Tuesday the over Rs 1,100 crore released to them by the AAP government was inadequate and not in accordance with the Fifth Delhi Finance Commission (DFC) recommendations. SHIMLA DES19 HP-GUV ADDRESS-DEBATE Shimla: In a heated debate on the governor's address to the state assembly, the Congress Tuesday accused the BJP government of multiple failures, prompting Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur to put up a spirited defence of his government.

JAIPUR DEL51 RJ-BAINSLA-GUJJAR STIR Jaipur: Gujjar leader Kirori Singh Bainsla has threatened to revive Gujjar agitation in Rajasthan from Friday if the community and four other castes are not provided five per cent reservation in government jobs and educational institutions. CHANDIGARH DES28 HR-KHATTAR-LETTER Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Tuesday wrote to his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal expressing serious concern over the release of "highly polluted" water into the Yamuna river and Gurugram canal.

JAMMU NRG27 JK-SURRENDER-POLICY Jammu: The surrender-cum-rehabilitation policy for militants is under review and the Centre will be consulted before putting it in public domain, K Vijay Kumar, advisor to Jammu and Kashmir governor, said Tuesday. PTI ASH ASH.

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