New Delhi, Apr 4 (PTI) These are the top stories from the northern region at 10 pm.

These are the top stories from the northern region at 10 pm. LUCKNOW ELN71 UP-LD NAQVI Lucknow/Ghaziabad: Union Minister V K Singh Thursday said the armed forces do not belong to an individual but to the nation, even as his colleague Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi was caught on camera referring to the Army as 'Modiji ki sena'.

KASHIPUR ELX70 UKD-2NDLD-YOGI Kashipur (Uttarakhand): Hours after Congress president Rahul Gandhi filed his nomination from Wayanad, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Thursday accused him of having a “secret agenda” in Kerala with the Muslim League, the “same organisation” which caused the country’s division. LUCKNOW ELN36 UP-2NDLD SMRITI Amethi/Lucknow: On her first visit to Rahul Gandhi's parliamentary constituency after the Lok Sabha elections were announced, Smriti Irani Thursday attacked the Congress president, saying his decision to contest from Wayanad in Kerala was an 'insult' to Amethi.

LUCKNOW ELX57 LDALL-UP-NISHAD New Delhi/Lucknow: In a boost for the BJP in Uttar Pradesh, the Nishad Party Thursday announced an alliance with it and Praveen Nishad, who won the Gorakphur Lok Sabha bypoll last year on an SP ticket, joined the saffron party. JAIPUR ELX18 RJ-OLYMPIANS-CONTEST Jaipur: An interesting electoral combat is on the cards in Rajasthan's Jaipur Rural constituency where two Olympians -- BJP's Col Rajyavardhan Rathore and Congress's Krishna Poonia -- will face each other in the Lok Sabha polls.

NOIDA ELN29 NCR-VILLAGE-BOAT-VOTE Noida: The Gautam Buddh Nagar administration has hired a motor boat to ferry voters from the Dalelpur village in Noida across the Yamuna river to help them reach polling station, according to an official communication Thursday. JAIPUR ELX8 RJ-BJP ALLIANCE Jaipur: The BJP on Thursday announced an alliance with the Rashtriya Loktantrik Party headed by MLA and former BJP leader Hanuman Beniwal on one seat in Rajasthan.

LUCKNOW ELX45 UP-POLLS-LEFT-PARTIES Lucknow: The Communist Party of India has fielded nine candidates for the Lok Sabha polls in Uttar Pradesh and has plans to nominate candidates in a couple of more seats in the state, a party leader said Thursday. SRINAGAR DEL77 JK-MEHBOOBA Srinagar: PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti Thursday said that the country's constitutional relation with Jammu and Kashmir would turn into that of "occupation and colonisation" if the state's special status is scrapped. JAMMU ELN16 JK-AFSPA-AZAD Jammu: Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad Thursday defended his party's promise to review the AFSPA, saying while the security forces should enjoy full powers to eliminate militancy, it is also necessary to ensure that no human rights violation takes place. MATHURA DES12 UP-ACID ATTACK-POLICE Mathura: A woman police constable was attacked with acid allegedly by four men here Thursday after she refused to marry one of the accused persons, police said.

NEW DELHI DES7 DL-POLICE LD SUICIDE New Delhi: A 46-year-old Delhi Police ASI allegedly committed suicide by jumping before a metro train on Thursday, police said. CHANDIGARH DES14 PB-CEO-REPORT Chandigarh: Punjab's chief electoral officer Thursday sought an "exhaustive" report from the Rupnagar district election officer after the family of woman drug officer, who was shot dead, claimed violation of the model code of conduct in issuing an arms license to the accused. JAIPUR DES20 RJ-ACB Jaipur: The Rajasthan Anti-Corruption Bureau Thursday arrested five persons including a superintendent of the state's narcotics bureau for graft in Chittorgarh district, officials said.

LUCKNOW DES2 UP-IPS-SUSPEND Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government Thursday suspended 2013-batch IPS office Satish Kumar, posted as Superintendent of Police of Barabanki, for his alleged involvement in a Rs 65 lakh bribery case. SRINAGAR DEL31 JK-HIGHWAY-FAROOQ ABDULLAH Srinagar: The Jammu-Kashmir highway was not closed even during the Kargil war when intelligence reports suggested suicide attackers were at large, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah said on Thursday, a day after the government decided to block the road lifeline for two days a week.

NEW DELHI DES27 DL-CBSE-SUBJECTS New Delhi: Physical Education had the highest number of candidates in class 12 boards this time, whereas some subjects like Theatre Studies and Human Rights had only one student appearing for the examination, the CBSE said Thursday. NEW DELHI DES25 DL-LD WALL COLLAPSE New Delhi: Two labourers died and three sustained injuries after a wall of an aluminium factory collapsed in east Delhi's Shahdara here on Thursday, police said.

NEW DELHI ELX55 DL-ALLIANCE-LD SEATS New Delhi: The Congress and the ruling Aam Aadmi Party have resumed talks to discuss the seat-sharing formula for the seven Lok Sabha seats in the national capital, sources said Thursday. PTI ASH ASH.