New Delhi, Mar 23 (PTI) These are the top stories from the northern region at 6 pm

These are the top stories from the northern region at 6 pm LUCKNOW ELX14 UP-POLL-LD-CONG CANDIDATES Lucknow: The Congress has changed the seat allotted to its Uttar Pradesh unit chief Raj Babbar from Moradabad to Fatehpur Sikri, in an apparent bid to make the Lok Sabha contest easier for the actor-turned-politician. DEHRADUN ELX11 UKD-POLL-CONG Dehradun: With Monday being the last date for filing nominations in Uttarakhand, all eyes are fixed on the Congress which is yet to announce its candidates for the five seats in the state going to polls on April 11.

LUCKNOW ELX19 UP-POLL-BJP-TICKETS Lucknow: The BJP Saturday declared names of three more Lok Sabha candidates for Uttar Pradesh, including from Kairana where the party lost face in a crucial bypoll last year. JAIPUR ELX17 RJ-POLL-AHLAWAT Jaipur: Santosh Ahlawat, the only woman MP from Rajasthan in the 16th Lok Sabha, Saturday expressed disappointment over being dropped from the first list of BJP candidates from the state, saying she has been axed despite the work done by her.

LUCKNOW DEL20 UP-LD-AKHILESH Lucknow: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav Saturday termed the BJP "schizophrenic" and alleged that the party tries to co-opt icons like Mahatma Gandhi, B R Ambedkar and Ram Manohar Lohia but follows people who these leaders disagreed with. CHANDIGARH DES4 PB-HR-MARTYRS DAY Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and his Haryana counterpart Manohar Lal Khattar Saturday paid tributes to Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev on the three freedom fighters' death anniversary observed as 'Shaheed Diwas' (Martyr's Day).

SRINAGAR ELN18 POLLS-JK-FAISAL Srinagar: Former IAS officer Shah Faesal on Saturday said his recently formed party, Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Movement (JKPM), will not contest the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, but asked the people to vote in large numbers for electing the "right candidates". SRINAGAR DES1 JK-PAK-OMAR-MEHBOOBA Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief ministers Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti have said the Centre's decision to boycott the Pakistan Day function at its High Commission in Delhi was due to the Lok Sabha polls.

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