These are the top stories from the northern region at 9.45 pm

These are the top stories from the northern region at 9.45 pm LUCKNOW ELX32 UP-CAMPAIGN Lucknow: Feverish campaigning came to an end Saturday evening for the 13 fourth-phase Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh with top leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, making a last-minute pitch for votes. JAIPUR ELX38 RJ-CAMPAIGN Jaipur: Campaigning ended Saturday evening for the 13 Rajasthan seats which go to the polls in the fourth phase with chief minister's son Vaibhav Gehlot, former BJP MLA and now Congressman Manvendra Singh and two Union ministers in the fray.

SRINAGAR ELX33 JK-ANANTNAG-CAMPAIGN END Srinagar: The election campaign in Kulgam district, which is part of Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency going to polls in three phases, ended Saturday as nearly 3.45 lakh voters will register their choice of the representative on Monday. KANNAUJ ELN31 UP-2NDLD PM Kannauj/Hardoi/Sitapur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday slammed the SP-BSP-RLD alliance in Uttar Pradesh, saying the tie-up of "opportunists" wants a helpless government because its mantra is "jaat, paat japna; janata ka maal apna".

RAE BARELI ELN44 UP-2NDLD RAHUL Raebareli/Amethi (UP): Hitting back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for accusing the Congress of doing "nothing" while in power, party president Rahul Gandhi said Saturday nobody had committed the "foolishness" of demonetisation and the "Gabbar Singh Tax" in the last 70 years. UNNAO/BARABANKI ELN47 UP-PRIYANKA Unnao/Barabanki: Days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi filed his nomination seeking re-election from Varanasi, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Saturday accused him of not visiting a single village there.

JODHPUR ELN12 RJ-JODHPUR-GEHLOT Jodhpur: With the battle for supremacy for this Lok Sabha constituency becoming a prestige issue for Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, who has put all his might to ensure victory of his son, rival BJP is crying foul saying government machinery is being "misused". BALLIA ELX41 UP-MALEGAON BLAST-UPADHYAY Ballia, Apr 27 (PTI) Those accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case were tortured at the "behest" of senior Congress leaders, Maj (retired) Ramesh Chandra Upadhyay, who is also an accused in the case and contesting the Lok Sabha polls, has alleged.

ALLAHABAD DES13 UP-BOARD-LD RESULTS Allahabad: Tanu Tomar of Baghpat has notched the first position in the Intermediate examination (class 12) while Gautam Raghuvanshi of Kanpur has topped the class 10th board exams of Uttar Pradesh Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad (UPMSP), the results of which were declared on Saturday. KANPUR ELX26 UP-KANPUR Kanpur: Once globally famed for its high-quality woolen products, Kanpur's Raj-era 'Lal Imli' mill with its imposing clock tower in the Civil Lines area decays unceremoniously in the sun only to dissolve into darkness as the night falls.

SHIMLA DEL17 HP-BUS-ACCIDENT Shimla: A bus fell into a deep gorge near the Panchpula bridge in Himachal Pradesh's Chamba district, leaving at least eight passengers dead, officials said. SHIMLA ELX47 HP-CONG-COMPLAINT Shimla: The Himachal Pradesh Congress has written to the Election Commission of India demanding strict action against a former Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) officer who joined the BJP wearing his full uniform.

CHANDIGARH ELX48 PB-GURDASPUR Chandigarh: Bollywood actor Sunny Deol's candidature from Gurdaspur has triggered in a war of words in Punjab, with the Congress dubbing him a "pawn" and the BJP describing him as a "tsunami" that would sweep away the grand old party. JAMMU DES9 JK-PROTEST-EFFIGY Jammu: A mob ransacked a government building, damaged several official vehicles and set ablaze an effigy of Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik in Kishtwar district Saturday after hundreds of people took to streets to protest against the recent killings of four people, officials said.

NEW DELHI ELX31 DL-GAMBHIR-FIR LD ATISHI New Delhi: "When you don't know the rules, why play the game?" This was AAP's East Delhi candidate Atishi's question to her rival from BJP Gautam Gambhir after the constituency's returning officer Saturday asked police to take action against him for holding a public meeting without permission.