New Delhi, Apr 16 (PTI) These are the top stories from the northern region at 5 pm

These are the top stories from the northern region at 5 pm LUCKNOW ELN33 UP-RAJNATH-LD ROADSHOW Lucknow: Union Home minister Rajnath Singh Tuesday filed his nomination papers for the Lucknow Lok Sabha seat after holding a roadshow in the Uttar Pradesh capital, where BJP supporters turned up in large numbers and showered flower petals on him. AGRA (UP) ELX25 UP-MAYAWATI-NEPHEW Agra (UP): As the EC barred BSP chief Mayawati from campaigning for 48 hours, her 24-year-old nephew Akash Anand Tuesday addressed his first political rally here, urging the people to vote for the SP-BSP-RLD alliance in the Lok Sabha polls. LUCKNOW ELN43 UP-POLLS-LD POONAM SINHA Lucknow: Bollywood actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha's wife Poonam Sinha joined the Samajwadi Party here Tuesday.

LUCKNOW ELX16 UP-LD SBSP Lucknow: The Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP), an ally of the ruling BJP in Uttar Pradesh, Tuesday announced it will go alone in the ongoing Lok Sabha polls in the state and released a list of 39 candidates. LUCKNOW ELX26 UP-LD YOGI TEMPLE Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath visited the famous Hanuman Setu temple here and offered prayers Tuesday, a day after the Election Commission barred him from electioneering for 72 hours for likening the ongoing Lok Sabha polls to a contest between 'Ali' and 'Bajrang Bali'.

AMROHA ELX24 UP-AMROHA-PROFILE Amroha (UP): The electoral battle in Amroha is raging over the "outsider" tag with key contenders -- BJP's sitting MP Kanwar Singh Tanwar and BSP's Danish Ali -- accusing each other of being oblivious to local issues and concerns. LUCKNOW ELX20 UP-POLLS-CABINET-MINISTERS Lucknow: The BJP has so far given Lok Sabha tickets to four Uttar Pradesh cabinet ministers.

SRINAGAR ELX14 POLL-JK-CANDIDATES Srinagar: Peoples Conference leader and businessman-turned-politician Irfan Raza Ansari is the richest among the 12 candidates in fray from Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar Lok Sabha seat that will head for voting in the second phase on Thursday. NEW DELHI DES7 DL-METRO-LD WOMAN New Delhi: A 40-year-old woman suffered head injuries on Tuesday after her saree got stuck in a carriage door of a Delhi Metro train as it was about to leave a station, due to which she got dragged on the platform, her husband said.

ALIGARH ELX8 UP-ALIGARH-LOCK INDUSTRY Aligarh: Demonetisation locked their destiny into airless rooms where they do double the work for less than half the pay, say daily wage workers in this western Uttar Pradesh town's famous 'Tala Nagri'. NAGINA ELN17 UP-JYOTIRADITYASCINDIA-INTERVIEW Nagina (UP): Hitting out at the BJP for repeatedly bringing up Pakistan in its campaign, Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia says Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his party must stop looking outwards and gaze inwards as jobs and agrarian distress are the key issues facing the country.

ROORKEE DES8 UKD-IIT-CANCER Roorkee: Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee have found a new method to detect breast and ovarian cancer, responsible for one fifth of cancer-related deaths worldwide. NOIDA DES3 NCR-CHILD LD DRAIN Noida: The body of a six-year-old boy, who fell into a drain in Noida on Monday, was recovered Tuesday morning, an NDRF official said. PTI ASH ASH.