New Delhi, May 25 (PTI) Following are the top stories from the northern region at 8.30 pm

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Srinagar: The Army today ordered a Court of Inquiry against Major Nitin Leetul Gogoi for alleged violation of rules and regulations after he was detained by the Jammu and Kashmir Police earlier this week following an altercation when he had attempted to enter a hotel with an 18-year-old woman.

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Lucknow: A BSP delegation met Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today claiming that the sprawling bungalow party chief Mayawati has been asked to vacate was converted into a Kanshi Ram memorial in 2011.

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Dehradun: A video purportedly showing a Sikh policeman saving a Muslim youth from a mob after the latter was allegedly found in a compromising position with a Hindu girl at a temple near Ramnagar in Nainital district has gone viral.

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Kairana: Delayed payments by sugarcane mills, simmering communal tension and consolidation of the opposition vote may be the bigger themes in the Kairana Lok Sabha bye-election, but a bunch of traders have a more pressing concern.

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Jaipur: Citing the Supreme Court order against life-long possession of government bungalows by former chief ministers, rebel Rajasthan BJP MLA Ghanshyam Tiwari today demanded that Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje vacate the accommodation that she has allegedly occupied in addition to the official residence of the CM.

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Chandigarh: The Punjab government today suspended an executive engineer and a sub divisional officer over the recent molasses spill into Beas river, which caused massive damage to aquatic life.

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Jaipur: Rajasthan Congress chief Sachin Pilot today hit out at the Raje government, claiming its loan waiver scheme was “burdening” the state despite rising fiscal deficit.

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Lucknow: In a novel protest against spiralling petrol and diesel prices, a Congress legislator wrote to the principal secretary of the Legislative Council today to issue him a vehicle pass for a bullock cart, which, he said, would also be used to ferry other members of the party.

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Shahjahanpur (UP): Faced with charges of land grabbing and his son being accused of rape, Uttar Pradesh's ruling BJP legislator Roshanlal Verma today accused the Samajwadi Party of conspiring to tarnish his image and said he felt like committing suicide.

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Gopeshwar: Over 5,000 Sikh pilgrims undertook a trek to Hemkund Sahib today to pay obeisance at the Himalayan shrine as its sacred portals were thrown open to devotees after winters.

EXPECTED STORY:

Lucknow: Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav would not campaign in Kairana bypolls.

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