New Delhi, Aug 6 (PTI) These are the top stories from the northern region at 9 pm

These are the top stories from the northern region at 9 pm NEW DELHI DEL79 ART 370-JK-SITUATION Kashmir Valley blacked out, anxiety deepens despite official assurances New Delhi/Jammu: The situation in all three regions of Jammu and Kashmir is totally peaceful, top officials said on Tuesday but that did little to dispel the clouds of anxiety for lakhs of Kashmiris and many others as another day went by with the Valley blacked out from the world. NEW DELHI DEL80 JK-LD TWITTER Kashmiris outside J&K take to Twitter for news of folks back home New Delhi: As Kashmir remains in a state of shutdown, without mobile and phone connectivity, those with families and friends in the valley are worried about the situation there, desperately waiting to hear from their loved ones. JK-3RLD ARMY Pakistan intensifying efforts to increase strength of terrorists along LoC: Army Jammu: Pakistan has intensified its efforts at increasing the strength of terrorists in launch pads along the Line of Control over the past few days and pushing infiltrators into Jammu and Kashmir, a top Army officer said on Tuesday. NEW DELHI LGD50 DL-COURT-LD UNNAO Unnao case: Court seeks report on security of witnesses, arrangements for family's stay in Delhi New Delhi: A Delhi court Tuesday expressed concern over the safety of Unnao rape survivor -- who was critically injured when her car was hit by a truck recently and is now in ICU at AIIMS here after being airlifted from Lucknow -- and sought a report in a sealed cover from the CBI by tomorrow.

CHANDIGARH DES23 PB-SESSION-SPORTS Cong MLA questions Punjab Sports Dept's working, embarrasses govt Chandigarh: Punjab's Congress MLA and former Indian hockey captain Pargat Singh on Tuesday put his party government to acute embarrassment, questioning the "poor functioning” of the state Sports Department. ETAH DES32 UP-LD ADVOCATE-SHOT Govt counsel shot dead in her official residence in Etah Etah/Lucknow: A state government counsel was shot dead in her official residence opposite police lines here in yet another fatal attack on women lawyers in Uttar Pradesh.

NOIDA DES20 NCR-AIRPORT-LAND First tranche of land acquired for Jewar airport near Delhi Noida (UP): The first tranche of land for the upcoming international airport in Uttar Pradesh's Jewar, near Delhi, was on Tuesday acquired and transferred to the project's implementing agency, officials said. JAIPUR DEL53 ART370-RJ-MLA J&K's special status gone, BJP MLA to make up for lost sleep now Jaipur: Now that the special status for Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 has been revoked, a Rajasthan BJP leader can sleep easy -- literally.

NEW TEHRI DEL31 UKD-2NDLD CHILDREN 9 children dead as school van falls into gorge New Tehri (U'khand): Nine children died and eleven were injured when a van taking them to school fell into a 200-metre-deep gorge in Uttarakhand's Tehri Garhwal district on Tuesday morning, an official said. NEW DELHI DEL74 DL-3RD LD FIRE 6 killed in massive fire in Delhi's Zakir Nagar New Delhi: Six people, including three children, were killed and 13 injured in a massive fire at a four-storey residential building in a congested area in Southeast Delhi's Zakir Nagar due to a short circuit in electrical wiring early on Tuesday, officials said.

SHIMLA DEL88 ART370-HP-LD COMPARISON BJP, Cong defend Himachal land law; say no comparison with Article 370, 35A Shimla: Both the Congress and the BJP on Tuesday defended a Himachal Pradesh law that places restrictions on buying land in the state, saying there is no comparison with the provisions under Articles 370 and 35A that stopped outsiders from owning property in Jammu and Kashmir. CHANDIGARH DES18 PB-SESSION-AMARINDER Punjab CM blames Akalis for 'scuttling' probe into sacrilege incidents Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday blamed the Akalis for "scuttling" the probe into three incidents of desecration of the Guru Granth Sahib and accused them of pressurising the CBI to file closure report in the investigations.

GURUGRAM DES1 HR-SESSION-CASES Gurgaon sees highest number of rape, murder cases in past five yrs Chandigarh: Gurgaon saw maximum number of rape and murder cases being registered among all Haryana districts in nearly past five years, the state Assembly was informed..