New Delhi, Jun 1 (PTI) These are the top stories from the northern region at 8.30 pm.

These are the top stories from the northern region at 8.30 pm. DES26 RJ-HEAT Rajasthan sizzles under intense heat, Churu records max temp of 50.8 deg C Jaipur: Rajasthan reeled under intense heat Saturday with Churu sizzling at 50.8 degrees Celsius, nine degrees above normal. DES17 HR-KHATTAR-CHAUTALA Chautala equates Khattar with 'useless animal', Haryana CM hits back Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar Saturday hit back at former chief minister and INLD supremo Om Prakash Chautala for equating him with a "useless animal", saying people have taught his party a lesson for using "such undignified" language.

DES22 UP-BHAGWAT Mohan Bhagwat in Kanpur for RSS training prog; to speak on nationalism and social service Kanpur (UP): RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat will interact with 600 volunteers on the topics of nationalism, social equality and service during his four-day stay here, office bearers of the Sangh said Saturday. DES27 DL-CONG-MEETING No Cong LS poll candidate from Delhi attends meeting to examine reasons for poll debacle New Delhi: None of the Congress' seven Lok Sabha election candidates from the national capital attended the Saturday meeting of a party committee on examining the poll debacle in Delhi.

DES19 UKD-HEMKUND Hemkund Sahib reopens for devotees Gopeshwar: The sacred portals of Sri Hemkund Sahib, a revered Sikh shrine in the Garhwal Himalayas, were reopened for devotees on Saturday after the annual winter hiatus. DES21 RJ-MLAs-STRIKE Rival MLAs protest driver’s death, claim victim thrashed by cops Jaipur: Two Rajasthan MLAs, one from the ruling Congress and the other from the BJP, Saturday began an indefinite hunger strike over the death of a tractor-trailer driver, allegedly after being beaten up by policemen in Tonk district..