New Delhi, Aug 25 (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. DES12 PB-KARTAPUR-CONG Cong leaders flay Swamy's statement on Kartarpur corridor, ask SAD to clear stand Chandigarh: Several Punjab Congress leaders, including two state cabinet ministers, on Sunday hit out at BJP MP Subramanian Swamy for his remarks that the work on the Kartarpur corridor should be stopped in the interest of the nation.

DES9 PB-LD PAK-FLOOD Pak releases more water, flood threat in villages in Punjab's Ferozepur Chandigarh: A few villages in Punjab's border district Ferozepur are facing a flood threat after a major portion of an embankment in the catchment area of the Sutlej river was washed away following the pakistan's release of water into the Indian territory. DES19 PB-FLOODS-LD-SITUATION Floods: Central team to visit Punjab to assess damage; CM holds meeting with officials Chandigarh: A central team will soon visit Punjab to assess the damage in the flood-ravaged state, where rains lashed some parts on Sunday as Chief Minister Amarinder Singh directed all ministers and deputy commissioners overseeing relief operations to step up vigil.

DES6 UP-SBSP-RAJBHAR Rajbhar-led outfit to decide on ties with SP on Aug 27 Ballia: The Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP), a former ally of the BJP, will decide on the tie-up with the Samajwadi Party (SP) for the upcoming bypolls in the state on August 27. DEL28 JK-LD GOVERNOR No shortage of medicines; phone restriction helped save lives: J-K Guv Srinagar/New Delhi: Most of the chemist shops remained open in the Kashmir Valley on Sunday as Governor Satya Pal Malik denied any shortage of medicines and essential commodities in Jammu and Kashmir, and said communication curbs helped save many lives in the state.

DEL29 JK-NAQVI-LD TEAM Minority Affairs Ministry team in Kashmir on Aug 27-28 to identify devp projects: Naqvi By Asim Kamal New Delhi: A Minority Affairs Ministry team will visit the Kashmir Valley for two days from Tuesday to identify the areas to implement centrally-sponsored development projects after provisions of Article 370 were abrogated, Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has said. DES29 UP-BYPOLL UP: Hamirpur assembly bypoll on Sep 23, says EC Lucknow: Voting for the Hamirpur Assembly bypoll will be held on September 23, the Election Commission said on Sunday.

DES28 UP-JANMASHTAMI-LD DEATH Section 144 imposed after man beaten to death on Janmashtami in UP's Deoria Deoria: The administration imposed Section 144 of the CrPC in Barhaj area of the district after a 25-year-old man was allegedly beaten to death by some youths on Janmashtami. DES22 JK-ACCIDENT-LD DEATH Seven killed, 25 injured as vehicle falls into gorge in J-K's Rajouri Jammu: Seven people, including a minor boy, were killed while 25 more were injured on Sunday when an overloaded private vehicle skidded off a road and fell into a deep gorge in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district, a senior official said.

DES30 RJ-ENCROACHMENT DRIVE Anti-encroachment drive: Mob kills earth-moving machine driver, vandalise vehicles Jaipur: A driver of an earth-moving machine was killed and five government vehicles were vandalised by a mob during an anti-encroachment drive in Rajasthan's Nagaur district on Sunday, police said..