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. DEL4 PB-LD SIDHU Navjot Singh Sidhu resigns as Punjab Cabinet Minister Chandigarh: Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu, who has been at loggerheads with Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and was stripped off-key portfolios in the cabinet reshuffle in June, has resigned from the state cabinet.

DES33 PB-SIDHU-SAD Opposition SAD dubs Sidhu's resignation from Punjab Cabinet as 'drama' Chandigarh: Dubbing Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu's decision to quit the Punjab cabinet a "drama", opposition SAD Sunday asked why he had sent his resignation letter to Rahul Gandhi instead of the chief minister. DEL1 HP-ROAD Manali-Kaza road still closed for buses, 4-km stretch to blame Kaza (HP): The Manali-Kaza road is yet to be reopened for bigger vehicles this summer, with some officials blaming "confusion" between two Border Roads Organisation (BRO) units over which one of them is in charge of maintaining a four-kilometre stretch.

DEL11 RJ-RAPE-FIR Sardarshahar policemen booked for torturing, a gangraping woman whose brother-in-law died in custody Jaipur: Around half a dozen policemen, including a suspended inspector, were booked Sunday for allegedly beating, torturing and gangraping a woman whose brother-in-law had died in police custody in Rajasthan's Churu district on July 6. NRG11 RJ-GANGRAPE Married woman gang-raped on the pretext of job in Rajasthan Kota (Raj): A 30-year-old married woman was allegedly gang-raped in Prem Nagar area here on the pretext of getting a job, police said Sunday.

DES10 JK-AMARNATH-RESUME Amarnath Yatra resumes from Jammu, the biggest batch of 7,993 pilgrims leaves for Kashmir Jammu: The Amarnath Yatra resumed from Jammu on Sunday after a day-long suspension as a precautionary measure in view of a separatists-backed strike called on "Martyrs' Day" in the Kashmir valley, officials said. DES27 JK-PDP Kashmir political issue needs a political solution: PDP Srinagar: The People's Democratic Party (PDP) Sunday asserted that Kashmir is a political issue which needs a political solution and announcing mega developmental projects will never help achieve permanent peace in the state.

DEL20 HP-2NDLD BUILDING COLLAPSE Two dead, 23 injured after building collapses in HP's Solan Shimla: At least two people, including an Army man, were killed and 23 injured after a four-storey building collapsed in Himachal Pradesh's Solan district Sunday, a district official said. DES31 UP-SP-BYPOLLS Will spring surprise in UP assembly polls: SP Lucknow: The Samajwadi Party Sunday claimed that results of the upcoming by-polls to 12 assembly seats in the state will spring a surprise and it will grab the lion's share in the seats.