Kolkata, Mar 23 (PTI) Following are PTI's top stories

Following are PTI's top stories from the eastern region at 4.30 pm. STORIES ON THE WIRE: ELN13 BH-NDA-LD CANDIDATES NDA announces candidates for 39 of 40 seats in Bihar, three women in fray Patna: The NDA in Bihar, comprising the BJP, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's JD(U) and Ram Vilas Paswan's LJP, on Saturday announced its candidates for all but one of the 40 Lok Sabha seats in the state.

ELN1 WB-POLL-TURNCOATS Turncoats preferred by TMC, BJP in Bengal poll battle Kolkata: The ruling Trinamool Congress and the opposition BJP, who are ready to battle it out in the Lok Sabha polls in West Bengal, are preferring turncoats over their tried and tested leaders. ELN12 RAHUL-BH-RALLY Rahul mocks PM Modi's 'chowkidar' campaign Purnea (Bihar): Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday took potshots at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "Main Bhi Chowkidar" campaign, calling him a gatekeeper who stood guard for the wealth of the rich.

ELN16 RAHULWB RALLY Modi lies all day, he is chowkidar of the corrupt : Rahul Malda(WB): Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of lying all day and said he is the "chowkidar" of the corrupt and fugitives like Nirav Modi, Mehul Choksi and Vijay Mallya. ELX2 OD-BJP-CANDIDATES BJP names candidates for 5 LS constituencies, 22 Assembly seats in Odisha Bhubaneswar: Ending speculations over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's candidature from Puri, the BJP has fielded its national spokesperson Sambit Patra from the Lok Sabha seat.

ELX7 WB-POLL RAHUL VENUE Unruly scenes at Rahul Gandhi's rally at Malda Malda (WB): Unruly scenes were witnessed at AICC president Rahul Gandhi's rally venue at Malda on Saturday when restive party supporters threw chairs and broke the barricade of the VIP enclousure. ELX13 OD-POLL PRATYUSHA BJD MP in BJP, may get Kandhamal ticket Bhubaneswar: BJD Kandhamal MP Pratyusha Rajeswari Singh joined BJP on Saturday after quitting the party, becoming the third parliamentarian of the regional party to do so ahead of the simultaneous general and assembly elections in Odisha..