New Delhi, Apr 13 (PTI) These are the top stories from the northern region at 10.30 pm

These are the top stories from the northern region at 10.30 pm BADAUN ELN50 LDALL-UP-RALLY Badaun (UP): Slamming Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath over his recent remark, BSP chief Mayawati Saturday said her own party wanted both Ali and Bajrang Bali -- particularly Bajrang Bali as the deity is "linked with my own Dalit caste". AMRITSAR DEL20 LDALL JALLIANWALA Amritsar/New Delhi, Apr 13 (PTI) India Saturday remembered the Jallianwala Bagh massacre with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu and Congress chief Rahul Gandhi paying tribute to those killed in the Amritsar tragedy 100 years ago.

BADAUN ELN37 UP-LD AMIT SHAH Badaun/Shahjahanpur: BJP president Amit Shah Saturday accused the Opposition of treating illegal immigrants as a vote bank and doing 'Ilu Ilu' with terrorists, an apparent reference to a popular Bollywood love song from the nineties. AMETHI ELN43 UP-IRANI-RALLY Amethi: Union Minister Smriti Irani Saturday accused Congress chief Rahul Gandhi of "disgracing" his Lok Sabha constituency and "crushing the dreams" of its people over the past 15 years.

CHANDIGARH DES20 PB-RAHUL VISIT-LD OPPN Chandigarh: The Congress and opposition SAD on Saturday engaged in a bitter war of words over Rahul Gandhi's visit to the Golden Temple, with the latter demanding an apology from the ruling party's president for Operation Blue Star and the former accusing the Akalis of playing "shallow" politics. SHIMLA DES4 HP-DALITS-CREMATION Shimla: A Dalit family was reportedly compelled to cremate an elderly woman in a jungle after some upper caste people allegedly did not allow them to use the village crematorium in Fozal valley of Himachal Pradesh's Kullu district NOIDA ELX6 NCR-NOIDA-POLL SPENDING Noida (UP): Over 80 per cent of the poll spending by the candidates in Gautam Buddh Nagar constituency was by the nominees of the BJP, BSP and Congress with Union Minister Mahesh Sharma accounting for a third of the total Rs 1.24 crore, official data showed.

NEW DELHI ELN1 DL-CEO-NAMO TV (Recasting overnight story) New Delhi: The Delhi poll body has directed the BJP not to air any content on NaMo TV without its certification, a day after the Election Commission directed that all recorded programmes displayed on the platform be pre-certified, officials said. CHANDIGARH ELX48 HR-CONG-CANDIDATES Chandigarh: The Congress Saturday announced its first list of six candidates for the Lok Sabha polls in Haryana which includes sitting MP Deepender Hooda and Rajya Sabha member Kumari Selja. DEHRADUN ELX2 UKD-FINAL POLL PERCENTAGE Dehradun: A voter turnout of 61.50 per cent was recorded in Uttarakhand which went to polls in the first phase of Lok Sabha elections on Thursday.

LUCKNOW ELX20 UP-MODI LOOKALIKE-NOTICE Lucknow: A Narendra Modi lookalike who is contesting the Lok Sabha elections has been served notice for violating the poll code over what he calls is his slogan – "one vote, one note". BADAUN ELN20 UP-AMIT SHAH Badaun (UP): BJP president Amit Shah Saturday accused the Congress of doing 'Ilu Ilu' with terrorists, in an apparent reference to a popular Bollywood love song from the nineties.

BALLIA ELX17 UP-MODI TEMPLE Ballia (UP): At a time when devotees across the country are observing fast for goddess Durga, worshippers in an Uttar Pradesh temple are doing so for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's return to power. JAMMU DES8 JK-ARMY-CEASEFIRE VIOLATIONS Jammu; As many as 513 ceasefire violations by Pakistan have taken place along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir in the past one-and-a-half month and the Pakistan Army has suffered five to six times more casualties than the Indian Army in the retaliatory action, a senior officer said Saturday.

SRINAGAR DEL9 JK-2NDLD ENCOUNTER Srinagar: Two Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) militants involved in the killing of a number of civilians and police personnel were on Saturday gunned down by security forces in an encounter in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. VARANASI NRG4 UP-GANGSTER Varanasi: A wanted criminal, who was on the run after allegedly killing a BHU student, has been arrested following an exchange of fire with police.

JAIPUR ELX51 RJ-BJP-VAIBHAV Jaipur: A BJP leader Saturday said the people of Rajasthan are paying the price as the Congress government is focused on its own 'Vaibhav', using the Hindi word which means 'glory' and also is the name of the chief minster's son. PTI ASH ASH.