Kolkata, Mar 29 (PTI) Following are PTI's top stories

Following are PTI's top stories from the eastern region at 9 pm. STORIES ON THE WIRE: ELN 45 BH-LD MAHAGATHBANDHAN Mahagathbandhan comes out with final allocation of seats Patna: After a prolonged tug-of-war among its partners, the 'mahagathbandhan' (Grand Alliance) in Bihar finally allocated all of the 40 Lok Sabha seats Friday, announcing candidature of RJD leaders Misa Bharti and Abdul Bari Siddiqui from Pataliputra and Darbhanga respectively, besides Congress' Meira Kumar from Sasaram.

ELN 48 WB-SHAH-AIR STRIKES Shah hits out at Opposition parties for questioning air strikes on Pak terror camps Alipurduar: BJP president Amit Shah Friday lashed out at the Opposition parties for questioning the Narendra Modi government over air strikes on terror camps in Pakistan and advocating talks with Islamabad to resolve various issues. ELN 59 OD-PM-DOUBLE-ENGINE Vote for double-engine BJP govt to usher in devp: PM in Odisha Jeypore: Accusing the ruling BJD in Odisha of being "insensitive" to the plight of the poor, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday asserted that a "double-engine" government of the BJP at the Centre and the state will ensure speedy development in the state.

ELN 67 BH-SHAH-RJD By fielding Shahabuddins wife, RJD has shown its intentions: Amit Shah Aurangabad: BJP president Amit Shah on Friday lambasted Lalu Prasads RJD for giving a ticket to the wife of mafia don-turned-politician Mohd Shahabuddin, claiming that it showed the partys intention to bring back the era of jungle raj to Bihar. CAL 2 WB-LD SHAH Will bring NRC in West Bengal, throw out infiltrators: Shah Alipurduar: BJP president Amit Shah Friday said his party will replicate the National Register of Citizens (NRC) exercise in West Bengal on coming to power at the Centre to "throw out" infiltrators.

LGC 3 BH-COURT-DEATH Bihar court awards death penalty to man for killing wife Gopalganj: A court here on Friday awarded death sentence to a person for killing his wife in the year 2007. PTI RG RG.