Kolkata, Apr 18 (PTI) Following are PTI's top stories

Following are PTI's top stories from the eastern region at 9.30 pm. ELN56 WB-MAMATA NRC Modi govt will be thrown out of power : Mamata Malda (WB): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday said the NRC, which the BJP proposes to implement in the country if it comes to power, will boomerang on the saffron party and become the "NBC - National Bidai (Farewell) Certificate".

ELN60 BH-MAYAWATI Mayawati terms EC anti-dalit; says NYAY jumla of Congress Gopalganj (Bihar): BSP supremo Mayawati Thursday alleged that the Election Commission has an anti-dalit mindset and that was why it had stopped her from campaigning in Agra, considered the 'Dalit capital' of northern India. ELN72 AS-3RD LD PERCENTAGE Over 73% votes cast in Assam in phase two Guwahati: Over 73 per cent of the 69,10,592 voters were cast in five Assam Lok Sabha constituencies Thursday during the second phase of polling, an election department communique said.

ELN76 Od-GADKARI-CONG Since Nehru, Cong making false promises on poverty eradication: Gadkari Bhubaneswar: Union minister Nitin Gadkari Thursday attacked the Congress on Thursday saying the party has been making false promises of eradicating poverty for four generations since the time of Jawaharlal Nehru. ELN82 OD-PATNAIK BJP BJP will lose its Delhi main engine after polls: Patnaik Bhubaneswar: BJD president and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Thursday ridiculed the BJP leaders' calls to bring to power a "double engine" in the state and said the saffron party's "main engine" (Narendra Modi) in Delhi will be derailed after the results of the 2019 polls are announced.

ELN86 BH-3RD LD PERCENTAGE Bihar: 62.52 pc turnout in 2nd phase amid police firing, poll boycotts Patna: A total of 62.52 per cent of 86.01 lakh voters exercised their franchise in five Lok Sabha seats in Bihar in the second phase on Thursday, amid incidents of police firing and poll boycotts. ELX90 MN-VIOLENCE Violence disrupts poll process in two Manipur booths Imphal: Voting was stalled in two polling booths of Inner Manipur Lok Sabha constituency on Thursday after violence broke out over alleged proxy voting and dispute among the election agents, an official said.

ELX81 TR-ATTACK Attack attempt on Cong candidate; ruling IPFT supporter held Agartala: Police arrested a supporter of the ruling IPFT on the charge of trying to attack the convoy of Congress' Lok Sabha candidate Pragya Dev Burman in Khowai district of Tripura on Thursday..