New Delhi, Aug 9 (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. DEL91 2NDLD JK Amid tight vigil, people in Kashmir offer Friday prayers as restrictions eased; schools, colleges to reopen in Jammu Srinagar/Jammu: After being confined to their homes for days, people in Kashmir offered Friday prayers in their local mosques as restrictions were eased for the purpose, officials said, adding the Valley was largely peaceful barring minor incidents of stone pelting in the apple-town of Sopore in north Kashmir.

DEL75 JK-LD PRISONERS JK govt shifts 20 more 'troublemakers' from Kashmir to Agra; Mian Qayoom among 25 flown out on Thursday Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir authorities airlifted a fresh batch of 20 "potential troublemakers" from Srinagar to Agra, officials said here on Friday. DEL53 ART370-RJ-THAR EXPRESS After Samjhauta, uncertainty looms over Thar Express service Jodhpur: After the disruption of the Samjhauta Express service at Wagah border, there was apprehension on Friday that Thar Express which links India and Pakistan across the Rajasthan border could be suspended.

DEL40 LEFT-2NDLD DETAINED Yechury, D Raja not allowed to enter Kashmir, sent back: CPI(M) sources New Delhi: CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yecury and CPI chief D Raja were not allowed to enter Jammu and Kashmir on Friday and were sent back from Srinagar airport after a brief detention, party sources said. DEL50 HP-KASHMIRIS Unable to go home for Eid, Kashmiris fear for their families Shimla: Contrary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's assurance during his address to the nation on Thursday, Kashmiris in Shimla are not being able to go to their native places to celebrate Eid with their families.

DES31 RJ-ART 370-TUSHAR GANDHI Removal of special status for J-K done in autocratic manner: Tushar Gandhi Jaipur: Mahatma Gandhi's grandson Tushar Gandhi on Friday said the removal of special status for Jammu and Kashmir was done in an "autocratic manner" and alleged that democracy is being repressed in the country. DES42 RJ-LD-POLICE-TWEET 'Love is not crime,' Rajasthan police tweet after law against honour killings Jaipur: "Love is not a crime.” The Rajasthan police are trying to get this across with a little help from the cult classic Mughal-e-Azam.

DES28 HR-DERA CHIEF-LD PAROLE Parole plea of Dera Sacha Sauda chief rejected Chandigarh: The parole plea of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, who is lodged in a Rohtak jail for raping his two disciples, was rejected on Friday. DES30 UP-SP-2NDLD AGITATION SP workers protest against BJP govt in UP, allege lathicharge by police Lucknow: The Samajwadi Party on Friday claimed that police lathicharged its workers while they were protesting in several districts against the BJP government's alleged failure in maintaining law and order in Uttar Pradesh.

DES40 HP-LAND LAW BJP favours changes in HP land law; Cong flags opposition Shimla: The ruling BJP and the Congress in Himachal Pradesh are at loggerheads over the issue of relaxation in restrictions on the purchase of land in the state..