News round up: Explosion in factory; Punjab min misconduct; army jawan dies

These are the top stories from the northern region at 10 pm

BADAUN/LUCKNOW DEL69 UP-FIRECRACKER-3RDLD-BLAST

Badaun/Lucknow, Oct 26 (PTI) At least eight persons were killed and three others seriously injured on Friday in an explosion at a firecracker factory here, police said.

CHANDIGARH DEL71 PB-LD-MINISTER-CONG

Chandigarh: Amid a row over an "inappropriate text" by a Punjab minister to a woman official, AICC secretary Asha Kumari Friday said an SMS message did not amount to sexual harassment.

SRINAGAR DEL50 JK-SOLDIER DEATH

Srinagar: An Army jawan died at a hospital here on Friday after he sustained head injuries during stone-pelting by a group of youths, an official said.

SRINAGAR DEL4 JK-LD ENCOUNTER

Srinagar: Two militants and an Army jawan were killed during an encounter between ultras and security forces in Sopore area of Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir Friday, officials said.

SHIMLA DEL58 HP-PARAGLIDING

Shimla: An eight-day event attracting paragliders from around the world begins Saturday in Himachal Pradesh's Kangra district against the backdrop of the deaths of two flyers this week.

NEW DELHI DES1 DL-AIR-QUALITY

New Delhi: Air quality in the national capital deteriorated Friday, gradually inching towards the 'severe' category, as parts of the massive Bhalswa landfill site continued to smoulder.

NEW DELHI LGD25 DL-HC-CANCER HOSPITAL

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Friday sought responses of the AAP government and the Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute on a PIL alleging that the hospital has not provided free treatment to poor patients in the last two decades.

CHANDIGARH NRG12 CH-ORGAN DONATION

Chandigarh: Four terminally ill renal failure patients received a new lease of life after receiving kidneys of two men who died of cardiac arrest at a hospital here.

SRINAGAR NRG19 JK-DARBAR MOVE

Srinagar: Civil Secretariat, the seat of Jammu and Kashmir government, closed here Friday and will reopen in winter capital Jammu on November 5 as part of the biannual 'Darbar Move', a practice started by the then Maharaja Gulab Singh in 1872.

IN THE PIPELINE

New Delhi: SC stays Uttarakhand High Court order which had directed hospital authorities to hand over the body of environmentalist GD Agarwal to a Haridwar ashram.