New Delhi, Mar 27 (PTI) These are the top stories from the northern region at 8.30 pm

These are the top stories from the northern region at 8.30 pm AMETHI ELN25 UP-PRIYANKA-CAMPAIGN Amethi (UP): Campaigning in her brother Rahul Gandhi's parliamentary constituency, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Wednesday asked party workers to reach out to the villages and expose what she called was the BJP's "jumlebazi" or empty rhetoric. LUCKNOW ELX12 UP-SP-LD JOIN Lucknow: BJP MP Anshul Verma joined the Samajwadi Party on Wednesday after he was denied ticket by the Bharatiya Janata Party for the Lok Sabha polls.

JAIPUR ELX25 RJ-MODI-RALLIES Jaipur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address at least a dozen public meetings in Rajasthan ahead of the national polls, and BJP's state unit has been asked to identify the regions where these rallies can be held. LUCKNOW ELN22 UP-BJP-CASTE Lucknow: The BJP appears to have kept the caste factor in mind while picking candidates which will help it reach its "target" of 74 seats from Uttar Pradesh in the Lok Sabha elections.

LUCKNOW DEL53 UP-SATELLITE-REACTION Lucknow: It turned out to be an agonising wait for many as they counted the minutes to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address to the nation to convey an “important message”. JAMMU ELX30 JK-DRDO-MADHAV Jammu: With the Opposition accusing Prime Minister Modi of trying to get electoral mileage by announcing amid the poll process the successful testing of India's anti-satellite missile ability, the BJP Wednesday cautioned political parties against playing "politics on the issue".

RUDRAPUR DES13 UKD-MINING-ARREST Rudrapur (Uttarakhand): Four persons were arrested and nearly 150 people, including Uttarakhand minister Arvind Pandey, booked for allegedly attacking and abusing a police officer on duty in Udham Singh Nagar district in the state, police said Wednesday. PTI ASH ASH.