New Delhi, May 7 (PTI) 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 AMBALA ELN32 HR-LD-PRIYANKA Ambala/Hisar (Har), May 7 (PTI) In a veiled attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Tuesday said the Mahabharata character Duryodhana too had “such arrogance”. ELX33 UP-LD ALLIANCE RALLY Jaunpur/Bhadohi (UP): BSP supremo Mayawati and SP chief Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday said that their alliance will "shake the very roots" of the BJP and dislodge the "chowkidar of capitalists" from the prime minister's chair.

AZAMGARH ELX7 UP-MUSLIMS-CONSPIRACY Azamgarh (UP): Rashtriya Ulema Council president Maulana Aamir Rashadi, who is fighting against the 'atankgarh' tag to the city, Tuesday claimed that there is no saffron or Islamic terrorism, but "government terrorism" in the country. CHANDIGARH ELX8 PB-BURGER-SELLER Chandigarh: One of them flips burgers, the other rustles up noodles at a roadside joint. The two are among the 278 candidates who are trying their luck in the May 19 Lok Sabha elections in Punjab.

BATHINDA ELX11 PB-HARSIMRAT Bathinda: In the pocket borough of the Badal family here, their 'bahu' and Union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal is facing an electoral challenge from two sitting MLAs and an AAP rebel as she seeks to retain the Bathinda parliamentary constituency for the third time. NEW DELHI DES21 DL-CJI-LD PROTEST New Delhi: Fifty-five protesters, mostly women lawyers and activists, were detained outside the Supreme Court here while they were agitating against the procedure adopted to deal with a sexual harassment case against Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi. GURDASPUR ELX4 PB-DEOL Gurdaspur (Pb): Bollywood actor and BJP's Lok Sabha candidate, Sunny Deol says he is focused on the task ahead and is not affected by his opponents dubbing him an "outsider".

AMBEDKAR NAGAR/BASTI (UP) ELX14 UP-YOGI RALLY Ambedkar Nagar/Basti (UP): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Tuesday attacked the Opposition on the issue of triple talaq alleging that they were against the banning of the practice which extends dignity to Muslim women. SRINAGAR NRG6 JK-BJP-SURRENDERS SECURITY Srinagar: A senior functionary of the Jammu and Kashmir unit of BJP Tuesday surrendered his security here as a mark of protest against the withdrawal of security to the party activists by the government and the killing of party' leader by terrorists on Saturday.

NEW DELHI ELN18 DL-CHANDNI CHOWK CONSTITUENCY New Delhi: Chandni Chowk, the famed Delhi-6 glamorised in Bollywood films, is not all about sheen. A lack of infrastructure and stalled redevelopment projects are among the issues residents and business community grapple with in this Lok Sabha seat. NEW DELHI ELX2 DL-NIRBHAYA-RAVIDASCAMP New Delhi: Pushed into global notoriety seven years ago, the residents of Ravidas Camp, known to many as the home of four men convicted in the December 16 gangrape case, want nothing more than to move out of the shadows of that dark past.

NEW TEHRI DES11 UKD-MARINA-SUBMERGE New Tehri (Uttarakhand), May 7 (PTI) A floating restaurant which had come to symbolise the BJP government's efforts to boost tourism in Uttarakhand sank partially in Tehri Lake on Tuesday. HISAR ELX13 HR-HISAR-PROFILE Hisar (Har): In an interesting dynastic contest, the legacies of Haryana's three political families are set to be tested against each other in Hisar Lok Sabha constituency on May 12.

Hisar ELX25 HR-KEJRIWAL-RALLY Hisar: Delhi Chief Minister and AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal Tuesday launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, alleging that his nationalism was fake. JAIPUR DES16 RJ-LD GANGRAPE Jaipur: A woman was allegedly raped by five men in front of her husband in Rajasthan's Alwar district, following which one of the accused was arrested on Tuesday, police said.

NEW DELHI DES24 DL-COP-SUICIDE New Delhi: A Delhi Police sub-inspector allegedly committed suicide on Tuesday by shooting himself with a service pistol in South West Delhi, police said. NEWDELHI ELX23 DL-VOTERS-AWARENESS New Delhi: A heritage walk through the bylanes of Old Delhi, tree plantation by local residents and a qawwali evening are among the innovative ways through which the poll body in the city is raising awareness on voting ahead of the May 12 election here. NEW DELHI ELX20 DL-LD YOGI-CONG New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Tuesday took a jibe at his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal, asking whether the AAP supremo was the head of the city administration or leader of dharnas and demonstrations.

NEW DELHI DES7 DL-SEPTIC TANK-DEATH New Delhi: Two labourers died and three others are undergoing treatment after they entered a septic tank at a house in northwest Delhi on Tuesday, police said. PTI ASH ASH.