New Delhi, Dec 13 (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. DEL103 UP-2NDLD HANGMAN UP hangman ready to execute Nirbhaya convicts, his grandfather hanged Indira's killers Lucknow: The hangman at the Meerut prison on Friday indicated that he is ready to carry out the execution in the Tihar Jail of the men convicted of raping and murdering Nirbhaya in 2012.

DEL122 HR-LD-KHEMKA-LETTER IAS officer Khemka writes to Haryana CM, says 'pliable' officials flourish Chandigarh: Upset over another transfer -- his 53rd in three decades -- senior IAS officer Ashok Khemka has written to Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, saying while "pliable" officials flourish the honest are given insignificant roles. DEL95 UP-MODI-VISIT PM Modi to review Namami Gange project in Kanpur on Saturday Kanpur (UP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in the city on Saturday to have a first-hand experience of the impact of the ambitious Namami Gange project.

DES36 UP-ALIGARH-LD INTERNET AMU students, teachers hold protests on campus against amended citizenship law Aligarh (UP): Hundreds of Aligarh Muslim University students and teachers organised separate protest marches on Friday and handed over two memorandums to authorities, demanding immediate withdrawal of the amendments made to the Citizenship Act. DES18 JK-LD SNOW Vaishno Devi shrine receives season's first snowfall, Kashmir cut-off from outside world Jammu/Srinagar: The famous Vaishno Devi shrine atop Trikuta hills experienced the season's first snowfall as moderate to heavy snow and rains lashed wide parts of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh for the second consecutive day on Friday disrupting normal life, officials said.

DES4 JK-INTRUDER Suspected Pak intruder shot dead along IB in J-K's Samba Jammu: A suspected Pakistani intruder was shot dead on Friday by BSF personnel while he was trying to cross the International Border (IB) in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. NRG11 RJ-LD PANTHER Stray panther tranquilised after creating panic in Jaipur Jaipur: A panther that had strayed into a residential area here was tranquilised on Friday, hours after it injured two forest officials of an expert team trying to subdue it, an official said.

DES26 PB-MLF-GOVERNOR India aims to become self-reliant in defence sector: Pb Gov Chandigarh: Punjab Governor V P Singh Badnore on Friday said the country is striving to become self-reliant in manufacturing defence equipment with cutting-edge technology..