New Delhi, Apr 23 (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 ELN108 UP-2NDLD-POLLING Lucknow: Braving the scorching sun and EVM niggles, voters in Uttar Pradesh recorded a turnout of 60.52 per cent in the 10 constituencies where polling took place Tuesday in the third phase of the Lok Sabha elections. DUNGARPUR ELN45 RJ-LD RAHUL Dungarpur (Raj): Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said the BJP government had done injustice in the last five years but he wants to reverse the trend by doing justice in the next five. RAE BARELI ELN82 UP-LD PRIYANKA Rae Bareli (UP): Adding currency to the 'will she, won't she' speculation, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said Tuesday she would abide by her party's decision on contesting against Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Varanasi.

NEW DELHI ELN106 DL-POLL-LDALL NOMINATIONS New Delhi: Former Chief minister Sheila Dikshit, cricketer-turned politician Gautam Gambhir, Olympic bronze medallist boxer Vijender Singh and sufi singer Hans Raj Hans were among prominent names from the Congress and the BJP who filed their nominations on Tuesday, joining nearly 350 candidates in the fray for the May 12 Lok Sabha polls in the national capital. SRINAGAR ELN102 JK-TURNOUT Srinagar: A voter turnout of 13.61 per cent was recorded Tuesday in the Anantnag Parliamentary constituency where polls are being held in three phases due to security reasons.

BADAUN ELX52 UP-MINISTER-LD RAID Badaun (UP): District authorities Tuesday raided a house here after the Samajwadi Party complained that a state minister was violating poll rules and camping in the constituency from where his daughter is contesting. FARRUKHABAD ELX56 UP-SALMAN KHURSHID-BATLA HOUSE Farrukhabad (UP): Congress leader Salman Khurshid has borrowed a popular movie dialogue to call himself UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's "baap" and challenged him to a debate on the 2008 Batla House encounter, preferably at a cowshed.

CHANDIGARH ELX63 PB-CANDIDATE-CAR Chandigarh: When Ravneet Singh Bittu goes to file his nomination as the Congress candidate from Ludhiana, he will travel in an old Ambassador that belonged to his grandfather and former chief minister Beant Singh, following a family tradition. NEW DELHI ELN39 DL-VIJENDERSINGH-INTERVIEW New Delhi: A trailblazer inside the boxing ring, Olympic bronze-medallist Vijender Singh says he will draw inspiration from Filipino legend Manny Pacquiao in his political innings which start with the Congress in the ongoing general elections. JODHPUR ELX14 RJ-VAIBHAVGEHLOT-INTERVIEW Jodhpur: Anxious to move out of the rather large shadow of his father, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, Congress’ Jodhpur candidate Vaibhav Gehlot says he has come up the ranks and the party gave him a ticket after seeing his work for 15 years. DEHRADUN DES1 UKD-RAMDEV-PRAGYA Dehradun: Yoga guru Ramdev has come out in support of the BJP's Bhopal candidate and Malegaon blast case accused Pragya Singh Thakur, saying it was unfair to subject her to cruelty in jail for nine years on the basis of a suspicion.

CHANDIGARH ELX102 PB-BJP-CANDIDATE Chandigarh: Reacting angrily to the denial of re-nomination on the Hoshiarpur Lok Sabha seat, Union Minister of State Vijay Sampla Tuesday said the BJP has committed "cow slaughter". CHANDIGARH ELX92 POLL-LD PB-SAD-SUKHBIR Chandigarh: The Shiromani Akali Dal Tuesday fielded Sukhbir Singh Badal from the Ferozepur Lok Sabha seat while his wife and Union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal was renominated from Bathinda.

KOKERNAG DEL25 JK-POLICE-STONE PELTING Srinagar: The driver of a vehicle carrying ITBP troops back from their poll duty in Kokarnag area of south Kashmir was killed as it overturned after a mob hurled stones at it, officials said here. SRINAGAR ELN92 JK-POLL-ZERO VOTING Srinagar: Home turf of former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, the Bijbehara assembly segment under the Anantnag Lok Sabha seat, reported highest concentration of polling stations where zero votes were cast. NEW DELHI ELX99 DL-BJP-MPs New Delhi: The BJP dropped its two sitting MPs -- Udit Raj from North-West Delhi and Maheish Girri from East Delhi -- from the list of its Lok Sabha candidates from the national capital, but the two had contrasting reactions to the rejections. PTI ASH ASH.