New Delhi, Aug 27 (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. DEL39 JK-MINORITY MINISTRY-TEAM Minority Affairs Ministry team in Kashmir to identify development projects New Delhi/Srinagar: A six-member Minority Affairs Ministry team led by its secretary arrived in the Kashmir Valley on Tuesday for a two-day visit during which it will identify the areas to implement centrally-sponsored development projects after provisions of Article 370 were abrogated, officials said.

DEL51 JK-LD RESTRICTIONS High schools in Kashmir to reopen from Wednesday in areas without restrictions Srinagar: High schools in the Kashmir Valley will reopen from Wednesday in areas where restrictions have been lifted, officials said on Tuesday. DEL30 JK-NOMADS-MILITANTS J-K: Bullet-ridden bodies of two nomads recovered from Tral heights Srinagar: Two nomads were killed by terrorists in the higher reaches of Tral in south Kashmir after they were abducted from their 'dhok', a temporary shelter, last week, officials said on Tuesday.

DEL50 UP-LD PRIYANKA Rail-factory corporatisation first step towards privatisation: Priyanka Rae Bareli (UP): Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday lashed out at the Centre for its proposed corporatisation of the rail coach factory in Uttar Pradesh's Rae Bareli district, claiming that it would eventually lead to the unit's privatisation. DES35 UP-RAJBHAR-BOOKED Ex-UP minister Rajbhar booked for provocative language against BJP Mau (UP): Former Uttar Pradesh minister and SBSP president Om Prakash Rajbhar has been booked for allegedly using provocative language against the ruling BJP during a public meeting here.

DEL28 UP-LD ACCIDENT 17 killed as truck rams into vehicles in UP Shahjahanpur (UP): At least 17 people, including three children, were killed and four injured when a speeding truck rammed into two vehicles before overturning on one of them in Uttar Pradesh's Shahjahanpur district on Tuesday morning, police said. DES3 UP-TALAQ (R) Triple talaq: Muslim women coming out in large numbers to lodge complaints in UP Lucknow: Over 200 cases have been filed in Uttar Pradesh by Muslim women since the enactment of a law that makes the practice of instant triple talaq a punishable offence.

DEL19 UP-LD CRASH Chartered plane crashes in Aligarh, six on board safe (Eds: Adding details) Aligarh (UP): A chartered plane from Delhi crashed while landing near the Dhanipur airstrip of the air training centre here on Tuesday, with all six persons on board escaping unhurt, a senior official said. DES46 UP-HC-STRIKE Allahabad lawyers go on strike against shifting of govt offices, tribunals to Lucknow Allahabad: The Allahabad High Court lawyers on Tuesday took out a motorcycle rally in the city and struck work in protest against shifting of various government offices and tribunals from here to Lucknow.

NRG15 RJ-MLAS-BOOKED 2 MLAs booked for murder after driver of earth moving machine dies during anti-encroachment drive Jaipur: The police have registered a case of murder against two MLAs and several others after a driver of an earth-moving machine was killed last week during an anti-encroachment drive in Rajasthan's Nagaur district, officials said on Tuesday. DES15 RJ-EX IAS-JAIL Ex-IAS officer held in land fraud case, sent to jail under judicial custody: ACB DGP Jaipur: A former IAS officer of the Rajasathan cadre, who had also contested the 2019 Lok Sabha elections on a BSP ticket, was arrested and sent to judicial custody by an anti-corruption court for his alleged role in a 2013 case of land fraud worth several crores of rupees, an ACB official said Tuesday.

DES38 PB-TEMPLE-AKALI DAL Badals meet Shah on Ravidas temple, say got `assurance' from him Chandigarh: Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Tuesday said Union Home Minister Amit Shah has assured that the Centre would sympathetically consider the demand for the reconstruction of the recently demolished Guru Ravidas temple at its original location. NRG11 HP-LD ASSEMBLY Oppn Cong walks out from HP Assembly, accuse govt of selling state properties Shimla: The opposition Congress walked out from the Himachal Pradesh Assembly on Tuesday alleging that the Jai Ram Thakur led BJP government was planning to sell state properties.

DES36 HP-ASSEMBLY-LAND LAW Won't amend law restricting purchase of land in Himachal: CM Thakur Shimla: The Himachal Pradesh government will not amend the law that places restrictions on buying land in the state, Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur said Tuesday. DES30 HP-OBSCENE VIDEO-ARRESTS HP: Two suspended BJP functionaries among 3 arrested for recording, sharing obscene video Shimla: Two BJP functionaries, suspended last month by the party after they appeared in a sexually explicit video, were arrested on Tuesday along with the wife of the man in the clip.

DES31 UKD-LD-KANCHAN U'khand Guv condoles death of country's first woman DGP Dehradun: Uttarakhand Governor Baby Rani Maurya Tuesday expressed grief at the death of former state police chief and the country's first woman DGP Kanchan Chaudhry Bhattacharya saying she symbolised women empowerment. IN THE PIPELINE Shahjahanpur: A post-graduate student here has accused former Union minister Swami Chinmayanand of sexually harassing her..