New Delhi, Feb 22 (PTI) These are the top stories from the northern region at 5.30 pm

These are the top stories from the northern region at 5.30 pm UP-LD TERRORIST ARREST Lucknow: Two alleged Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terrorists posing as students and involved in recruiting for the group have been arrested from Deoband in Saharanpur district, Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police O P Singh said on Friday. JAIPUR DES5 RJ-PAK-PRISONERS Jaipur: The Rajasthan government has removed the Jaipur Jail Superintendent and the deputy jailor following the killing of a Pakistani prisoner by fellow inmates even as security of Pakistani prisoners lodged in various jails of the state has been enhanced following the incident.

GURDASPUR LGD18 PB-COURT-COP Gurdaspur: Former Gurdaspur Superintendent of Police Salwinder Singh, who was kidnapped by terrorists hours before the Pathankot attack, has been sentenced to 10 years jail in a rape case by a court here. SRINAGAR DEL17 JK-SC-REAX Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief ministers Mehbooba Mufti and Omar Abdullah on Friday welcomed the Supreme Court's directive to 11 states to take "prompt" action to prevent incidents of threat, assault and social boycott of Kashmiris in the aftermath of the Pulwama attack. NEW DELHI DES3 DL-ASSEMBLY-MARSHALLED New Delhi: Three BJP MLAs were marshalled out of the Delhi Assembly on the first day of the Budget session on Friday for interrupting Lt Governor Anil Baijal's address with their protests over the AAP government's "delay" in sanctioning prosecution in the JNU sedition case. ALIGARH DES19 UP-AMU-CHARGES Aligarh (UP): The police have dropped sedition charges slapped against 14 Aligarh Muslim University after the recent protests on the campus, citing “lack of evidence”. BAREILLY DES7 UP-APNA DAL Bareilly (UP): Apna Dal leader and Union minister Anupriya Patel has said some differences have cropped up with ally BJP and her party was now "free make its own decision" for the Lok Sabha polls. BALLIA DES17 UP-RAJBHAR-ALLIANCE Ballia (UP): Accusing the BJP of creating confusion and not fulfilling his party's demands, Uttar Pradesh minister and Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party (SBSP) chief Om Prakash Rajbhar Friday said the option for his outfit to join the SP-BSP alliance in the state for the upcoming general elections is open.

NEW DELHI DES1 DL-JAMIA-SHAHRUKH New Delhi: The HRD Ministry has turned down a request by Jamia Millia Islamia to confer an honorary doctorate degree on Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, saying the actor has already received one from a different university, according to an RTI response. JAMMU DES6 JK-HIGHWAY Jammu: Over 1700 vehicles are stranded as the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway remained closed for the third consecutive day Friday due to landslides triggered by heavy rains in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir. JAMMU DES8 JK-LANDSLIDES Jammu: Three persons, including a minor, were killed and another injured when landslides hit two places in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch and Reasi districts, officials said Friday.

DEHRADUN DES15 UKD-CAG-RECONSTRUCTION Dehradun: The CAG has pulled up the Uttarakhand government for unsatisfactory implementation of reconstruction of infrastructure post the 2013 disaster which left a trail of death and devastation in the state especially in the higher reaches of the Himalayas, including the four famous shrines of Kedarnath, Badrinath, Gangotri and Yamunotri. PTI ASH ASH.