New Delhi, Jul 18 (PTI) These are the top stories from the northern region at 5 pm

These are the top stories from the northern region at 5 pm DEL14 ITX-2NDLD MAYAWATI-BROTHER New Delhi: The Income-Tax Department has attached a 'benami' commercial plot worth Rs 400 crore in Noida belonging to BSP supremo Mayawati's brother and his wife, an official order said. LUCKNOW DES12 UP-LD COUNCIL Lucknow: The opposition Thursday forced the adjournment of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council on the first day of the Monsoon Session, creating an uproar over the shootout in Sonbhadra district in which ten people were killed. SONBHADRA DEL3 UP-CLASH ARREST Sonbhadra (UP)/Lucknow: Twenty-four people have been arrested in connection with Wednesday's clash over a land dispute in Sonbhadra, even as the death toll in the incident rose to 10 with one more person succumbing to injuries, officials said on Thursday.

DEHRADUN LGD18 UKD-HC-GUPTA Dehradun: Uttarakhand High Court has sought a detailed report from the state government and the state pollution control board on the damage caused to the environment by the Gupta family weddings at the famous ski resort of Auli in Chamoli district. GHAZIABAD/NOIDA DES9 NCR-GANGSTER-ENCOUNTER Ghaziabad/Noida: A gangster wanted in over two dozen cases of loot and murder was killed in an encounter with the Ghaziabad Police and the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force in Sahibabad area early Thursday, officials said.

JAITU DES11 PB-NEHRU-CELL Jaitu (Punjab): A prison cell in Jaitu town of Punjab's Faridkot district where Jawaharlal Nehru and two other Congress leaders were lodged in 1923 has collapsed due to incessant rains, a senior police official said on Thursday. KOTA DES8 RJ-STUDENTS-TRAINING Kota (Rajasthan): The Rajasthan government has formally launched a training programme for school students, in line with the National Cadet Corps practice, aiming to curb rising adolescent delinquency and make them aware of basic laws and legal procedures.

JAMMU DEL32 JK-RAJNATH Jammu: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is likely undertake a day-long visit to Jammu and Kashmir on July 20, during which he will pay tributes at the Kargil war memorial at Drass and inaugurate two bridge projects in Jammu, officials said Thursday. NEW DELHI LGD19 DL-HC-SEXUAL HARASSMENT New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has directed the Disciplinary Authority of IIT Delhi to decide within eight weeks on a complaint of sexual harassment against one of its professors.

PTI IN THE PIPELINE Noida: Seventeen foreigners who escaped from detention a week ago remain untraced..