New Delhi, Jun 12 (PTI) These are the top stories from the northern region at 8.45 pm.

These are the top stories from the northern region at 8.45 pm. DEL79 CABINET-JK-RULE (RPT) President rule in JK to be extended for 6 more months New Delhi: President's rule in Jammu and Kashmir will be extended for six more months beginning July 3 and the Union Cabinet Wednesday gave its nod in this effect, Union minister Prakash Javedkar said.

DEL85 JK-2NDLD ATTACK Five CRPF men killed in terror strike at busy Anantnag road; one terrorist eliminated Srinagar: In a daring broad daylight strike, two terrorists, believed to be from Jaish-e-Mohammed group, struck in a busy road in Anantnag district of South Kashmir Wednesday killing five CRPF personnel and injuring three others, officials said. DES33 UP-SOCIAL-MEDIA-CASES Prashant gets bail, but 5 still in jail; 2 others booked Lucknow: As journalist Prashant Kanojia was released on bail Wednesday, the fate of five others arrested for posting and sharing alleged objectionable remarks against Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath hung in balance. DEL73 UP-2ND LD-SONIA Sonia, Priyanka visit Raebareli to thank voters Raebareli: UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi thanked Raebareli voters for re-electing her in the recently held Lok Sabha elections on her one-day visit to the constituency Wednesday.

DES39 PB-BOREWELL-CHILD-PROTEST Social bodies protest toddler's death in borewell, want officials booked Sangrur: A day after two-year-old Fatehvir Singh was pulled out dead from a 150-foot-deep borewell shaft here, several social organisations Wednesday protested against the state government and the district authorities for the "failed" rescue operation. DES27 PB-NAMESAKE-FAMILY Zirakpur-based family of another Fatehvir Singh faces ordeal Chandigarh: It was an ordeal of a different kind for a Zirakpur-based family which was flooded with calls from the anxious relatives and friends when a birthday video of their son Fatehvir Singh, the namesake of a two-year-old child who died after falling into a borewell, was circulated on social media by someone claiming that it was of the deceased boy.

DES37 RJ- LD LOCAL BODIES- BYPOLL Results of local bodies bypoll reflect state govt's work: Sachin Pilot Jaipur: After the Congress bagged eight of the 16 seats in 10 districts of Rajasthan in the local bodies bypoll, Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot said the state government was working for the welfare of all sections, which reflected in the election results. LGD15 UKD-HC-MANSAROVAR-MULES Uttarakhand HC stays mule luggage service for Mansarovar pilgrims Nainital: The Uttarakhand High Court has stayed a tender issued by the Kumaon Mandal Vikas Nigam (KMVN) pertaining to transportation of pilgrims' luggage by mules during the Kailash Mansarovar yatra..