New Delhi, Apr 6 (PTI) These are the top stories from the northern region at 9.40 pm

These are the top stories from the northern region at 9.40 pm NEW DELHI ELN51 DL-AAP-ALLIANCE New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party will stitch an alliance with the Congress in Delhi only if Rahul Gandhi's party agrees to fight the Lok Sabha polls jointly in Haryana and Chandigarh too, sources said Saturday. SAHARANPUR ELX12 UP-SAHARANPUR-MUSLIM VOTES Saharanpur: Rameez rises early. By 7 am, he is near the popular Clock Tower in central Saharanpur, waiting for people to hire his rickshaw. The Tower area is a busy place with a diverse group of visitors, who have just enough time to amuse themselves with a discussion on politics.

LUCKNOW ELX3 UP-ALLIANCE RALLY Lucknow: The SP-BSP-RLD alliance in Uttar Pradesh will kick off its joint campaign for the coming Lok Sabha elections on Sunday, holding its first rally in Saharanpur's Deoband. SRINAGAR ELN66 UKD-RAHUL-RALLY Srinagar (U'khand): Congress president Rahul Gandhi Saturday said the BJP should not question the feasibility of the minimum income scheme promised by his party when, he alleged, the Narendra Modi government had no qualms in "giving money" to businessmen like Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi.

FATEHPUR ELN63 UP-PRIYANKA Fatehpur, Apr 6 (PTI) Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra slammed the BJP on Saturday for turning patriotism into an election issue and ignoring the poor and farmers, saying had the ruling party leaders been patriots they would not have been "selective" in respecting martyrs. SRINAGAR DEL22 JK-SHOT Srinagar: An army jawan was Saturday shot dead inside his home in the Sopore area of Baramulla district in Jammu and Kashmir by terrorists, police said.

NEW DELHI DES19 DL-DCW-GIRL New Delhi, Apr 6 (PTI) The Delhi Commission For Women has rescued a three-year-old girl, who was allegedly neglected by her alcoholic father and was found lying in her excreta. SHAHJAHANPUR ELX5 UP-GODS-CHOWKIDAR Shahjahanpur: A BJP leader has termed gods 'chowkidars' during a public meeting in Uttar Pradesh's Shahjahanpur district, according to a video that has surfaced on social media.

SRINAGAR ELN25 JK-ABDULLAH Srinagar: National Conference president Farooq Abdullah has accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government of "lying" to the nation on the Balakot air strike and shooting down of a Pakistani F-16 in the aerial dogfight between the IAF and the PAF. NEWDELHI DEL12 NIA-JK-ARREST New Delhi: The NIA on Saturday arrested an operative of Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed in connection with the 2017 terror attack on a CRPF camp in South Kashmir, officials here said.

LUCKNOW ELX34 UP-BJP LIST Lucknow: The BJP announced four Lok Sabha candidates for Uttar Pradeah on Saturday, fielding new faces in Banda and Jhansi seats. KANNAUJ ELX17 UP-DIMPLE-NOMINATION Kannauj (UP): Samajwadi Party candidate and sitting MP Dimple Yadav Saturday filed her nomination papers for the Kannauj Lok Sabha seat in the presence of her husband and former chief minister Akhilesh Yadav and BSP general secretary Satish Misra here.

AMETHI ELN42 UP-SMRITI-RAHUL Amethi: Union Textile Minister Smriti Irani attacked the Congress on Saturday, saying the party had cheated the people of Amethi for 55 years. DHARAMSHALA ELX33 HP-SHANTA-SHATRUGHAN Dharamshala (HP): Former Himachal Pradesh chief minister Shanta Kumar Saturday criticised Shatrughan Sinha's decision to join the Congress and called switching parties "politics of dishonesty".

JAIPUR ELX21 RJ-BSP-LIST Jaipur: A dismissed Indian Police Service officer and his wife are among the six Lok Sabha candidates announced by the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) on Saturday for Rajasthan. CHANDIGARH ELN67 POLL-HR-LD BJP Chandigarh: The BJP has retained five sitting MPs, fielded a state minister in the first list of Lok Sabha candidates for Haryana announced Saturday.

JAIPUR ELX18 RJ-BJP-LIST Jaipur: The BJP on Saturday announced names of four more Lok Sabha poll candidates for Rajasthan, which included Diya Kumari, a member of the erstwhile royal family of Jaipur. CHANDIGARH ELX27 PB-POLL-HARSIMRAT Chandigarh: Amid speculation that the Akali Dal may shift her to the Ferozepur parliamentary seat for the Lok Sabha polls, Union Minister and party leader Harsimrat Kaur Badal Saturday said Bathinda will always be in her heart.

BANIHAL/JAMMU DES14 JK-HIGHWAY-LANDSLIDE Banihal/Jammu: Traffic on the strategic Jammu-Srinagar national highway was suspended Saturday after a massive landslide blocked the arterial road in Ramban district, officials said. DES2 RJ-CIVIL SERVICES Jaipur: Kanishak Kataria and three others from Rajasthan are among the top 10 candidates clearing the civil services examination 2018.

JAMMU DES10 JK-UPSC-CANDIDATES Jammu: Babar Ali Chagatta became the first person from his remote Mahore tehsil in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir to crack the civil services examination, an achievement which he feel would inspire more youngsters in the coming years. PTI ASH ASH.

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