DES4 MINORITY-SCHOOLS-RESERVATION
New Delhi: The government decides to proffer 40 per cent reservation for girls at 100 Navodaya-type schools and five higher education institutes it plans to set up for minority community students: Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi.
The following are top stories of the northern region at 1730 hrs:
DES17 UP-FLOODS
Lucknow: With fresh flood-related deaths reported from across Uttar Pradesh, the death toll in the current wave of floods has rose to 69.
DES4 MINORITY-SCHOOLS-RESERVATION
New Delhi: The government decides to proffer 40 per cent reservation for girls at 100 Navodaya-type schools and five higher education institutes it plans to set up for minority community students: Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi.
DES1 EC-PIOS-CAMPAIGNING
New Delhi: If people of Indian origin (PIOs) campaign in Lok Sabha and assembly elections in the country, will they violate their visa conditions?
DES2 RSS-KERALA EXPANSION
New Delhi: The RSS has decided to go on an aggressive expansion exercise in Kerala to achieve a target of nine lakh cadres by 2019.
DES3 DL-HOUSE-MONKEY-MENACE
New Delhi: Facing monkey menace on its premises, the Delhi Assembly decides to seek the help of municipal corporation to keep them in check and allow MLAs work without fear of being bitten by simians.
DES5 MANEKA-BEGGARY-LAW
New Delhi: Union minister Maneka Gandhi says there was a need to enact a law on beggary with an emphasis on rehabilitation and reintegration of the vulnerable section of the society rather than criminalising the act.
DES8 RJ-AUSTRALIAN DEAD
Jaipur: A 59-year-old Australian has been found dead under mysterious circumstances in Udaipur: Police.
DES22 JK-JITENDRA
Jammu: Union minister Jitendra Singh says terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir was in its last phase as Prime Minister Narendra Modi had set a target to wipe it out from the country in the next five years.
DES20 JK-OPP-ARTICLE 35A
Srinagar: CPI(M) leader MY Tarigami and Independent MLA Hakim Yaseen demand a special session of Jammu and Kashmir Assembly to discuss repealing of Article 35A, asserting that any attempt to abrogate the constitutional provision would lead to serious consequences in the state.
DES23 UP-TRAIN-VICTIM
Muzaffarnagar: The Puri-Haridwar Utkal Express was always the preferred choice for Alok Sarkar. Yesterday, the 48-year- old had boarded the ill-fated train to Muzaffarnagar. By Kunal Dutt
DES13 IIT-TOPPER-LIMCA RECORD
New Delhi: The first-ever student to have scored 100 pc in the prestigious Joint Entrance Examination-Mains, Udaipur boy Kalpit Veerwal has made it to the Limca Book of Records for his feat. By Gunjan Sharma
DES9 BSF-DEPRESSION
New Delhi: In a first-of-its kind step, the country's largest border-guarding force BSF launches two ambitious projects to curb suicides and depression amongst its jawans and introduces a 'wellness quotient assessment' test in their annual medical checkup.
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