These are the top stories from the northern region at 5.40 pm
AJMER DEL23 RJ-2NDLD-PM RALLY
Ajmer: In a scathing attack Saturday on the Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused the opposition party of practising vote bank politics and dividing people to get into power.
LUCKNOW DEL29 UP-LD-AKHILESH-MP POLLS
Lucknow: The Samajwadi Party said Saturday it will no longer wait for the Congress to decide on an alliance for Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections, suggesting it preferred Mayawati's BSP.
BANIHAL DEL24 JK-3RDLD ACCIDENT
Banihal/Jammu: An "overcrowded' minibus fell into a deep gorge on Saturday after the driver lost control over the vehicle on Jammu-Srinagar national highway in Ramban district, leaving 20 persons dead and 16 injured, a senior police official said.
SRINAGAR DES13 JK-LOCAL-BODY-POLLS
Srinagar: The local body elections in Jammu and Kashmir begin Monday but threats, violence and boycott by the state's two main parties the NC and the PDP have cast a shadow over the polls, making it seemingly the most low-profile electoral exercise in the history of the state.
NEWDELHI DEL28 DL-LD AIRQUALITY
New Delhi: Delhi's air quality remained poor for the second day due to change in direction of wind, which is now flowing from the stubble burning areas, authorities said Saturday.
BALLIA DES7 UP-VANDE MATARAM-PROBE
Ballia (UP): The Ballia district administration has taken a serious note of a complaint that students of an aided inter college here are being punished for singing "Vande Mataram" or chanting "Bharat Mata ki Jai" and ordered an inquiry into it.
IN THE PIPELINE
Kanpur: President Kovind lauds central government's awareness campaign on women's health and education.
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