Kolkata, Mar 26 (PTI) Following are PTI's top stories

Following are PTI's top stories from the eastern region at 9 pm. CAL1 BH-TERRORIST ARREST Terrorists arrested in Patna with ISIS posters, docus of troop deployment in J-K: Police Patna: Two Bangladeshi nationals with alleged links to terror outfits have been arrested near Patna Junction railway station and documents related to deputation of central forces in Jammu and Kashmir have been found from them, officials said Tuesday.

ELN47 WB-MAMATA-NAIDU Mamata to campaign for TDP in Andhra Pradesh Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee will visit Andhra Pradesh on March 31 to campaign for the ruling Telugu Desam Party in the state as a mark of opposition unity. ELN54 BH-PASWAN GIRIRAJ We never laid claim on any sitting seat of allies : Paswan Patna: Lok Janshakti Party chief Ram Vilas Paswan Tuesday sought to come clean in the face of the controversy over Union minister Giriraj Singh's Nawada seat being alloted to his party asserting that the LJP had never laid any claim on its own on a sitting seat of its allies, the BJP and the JD(U).

ELX28 OD-BJP-CHOUHAN BJP leader Subhas Chouhan quits saffron party Bhubaneswar: Senior BJP leader Subhas Chouhan on Tuesday resigned from the saffron party to register protest against denial of party ticket to him to contest the Lok Sabha polls from Bargarh seat in Odisha. ELX32 MZ-SCRUTINY Six in fray for lone Mizoram LS seat after scrutiny Aizawl: The nomination of all the six candidates for Mizoram's lone Lok Sabha seat and of three contestants for the by-election to Aizawl West -1 assembly seat were found to be in order after scrutiny on Tuesday, the Joint Chief Electoral Office H Lianzela said.

ELX36 AR-CONG-CANDIDATE Aspiring Cong candidate accuses state leader of dropping her name from list Itanagar: An aspiring Congress candidate Tuesday alleged that her name figured in the AICC approved list of nominees for assembly election in Arunachal Pradesh, but she failed to submit nomination as the state leadership did not provide her required documents. ELX38 OD-CPIM-BJD BJD to form alliance with BJP after polls, says CPI(M)leader Bhubaneswar: Senior CPI(M) leader Janardan Pati on Tuesday claimed that the BJD would have to form an alliance with the BJP after elections, as the ruling party was unlikely to win adequate number of seats to return to power in Odisha.

ELX41 WB-BJP-CANDIDATE BJP fields candidate with 11 criminal cases, TMC seeks arrest Kolkata: In a state where political parties have traditionally refrained from fielding bahubalis, 33-year-old BJP candidate from West Bengal's Coochbehar Lok Sabha seat, Nisith Pramanik, stands out with the dubious distinction of as many as 11 criminal cases against him. ELX43 BH-SHATRUGHAN CONG Shatrughan Sinha to join Congress in New Delhi on March 28 Patna: Bollywood actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha, who has been associated with BJP for about three decades, will join Congress at New Delhi on March 28, a senior party leader said here on Tuesday.

ELX56 OD-POLL JAGANNATH Sambit Patra accused of using Lord Jagannath during campaign Bhubaneswar: BJP spokesman and party nominee for Puri Lok Sabha seat Sambit Patra carried an idol of Lord Jagannath in a vehicle during a rally and it has not gone down well with a section of the temple servitors and the Congress..