New Delhi, May 11 (PTI) These are the top stories from the northern region at 4.30 pm

These are the top stories from the northern region at 4.30 pm LUCKNOW ELX11 UP-PREPOLL Lucknow: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav and Union minister Maneka Gandhi are among key contestants in the second-last phase of polling in 14 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday. LUCKNOW DES3 UP-MAYAWATI WOMEN Lucknow: Expressing concern over gangrape of a Dalit woman in Alwar and derogatory remarks being used against women by leaders of various political parties in campaigning, BSP president Mayawati Saturday urged the Supreme Court to take suo moto cognizance of both the cases.

LUCKNOW ELX7 UP-GORAKHPUR-SEATS Lucknow: Gorakhpur and Phulpur seats, which will vote in the last two phases of Lok Sabha polls, are again in the limelight as electoral battle intensifies in the politically crucial state of Uttar Pradesh. LUCKNOW ELX8 UP-AKHILESH Lucknow: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav Saturday accused the Congress of spreading rumours about the SP-BSP alliance and said he has faith in workers of both the parties that they will not pay heed to them.

LUCKNOW ELX12 UP-ADITYANATH-AKHILESH Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Saturday tore into the SP-BSP alliance by likening SP chief Akhilesh Yadav to Aurangzeb, who had imprisoned his father emperor Shahjahan. SONEBHADRA ELN8 UP-PM Sonebhadra (UP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday came down heavily on the opposition alliance and appealed to the people not to back the 'mahamilawati' alliance.

LUCKNOW ELX11 UP-PREPOLL Lucknow: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav and Union minister Maneka Gandhi are among key contestants in the second-last phase of polling in 14 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday. NEW DELHI DES4 DL-POLL-SECURITY New Delhi: More than 60,000 security personnel, including the Home Guards and paramilitary forces, have been deployed across the city a day before the Lok Sabha elections here.

NEW DELHI ELN4 DL-CEO-NAMO TV New Delhi: The chief electoral officer of Delhi has sent a notice to the BJP for "airing election-related content" on the NaMo TV even after the silence period began, a senior official said Saturday. NEW DELHI ELX5 DL-POLLS New Delhi: The stage is set as the national capital goes to Lok Sabha polls on Sunday where the incumbent BJP, Delhi's ruling AAP and the Congress are locked in a fight on all seven seats. SRINAGAR DES1 JK-BEAR-VIDEO Srinagar: A shocking video has gone viral on social media showing a brown bear tumbling into a stream from a steep mountain ridge after being stoned by people in Kargil district of Jammu and Kashmir, prompting authorities to launch an operation to trace the animal.

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