National news schedule for Wednesday, April 17:
NATIONAL
* Press conference by Rahul Gandhi and Akhilesh Yadav in Ghaziabad
Other Lok Sabha elections related stories and party briefings *
NCR
* Press conference by AAP leaders Sanjay Singh, Atishi, Saurabh Bharadwaj
BJP press conference *
NORTH
* Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, AAP's Sanjay Singh address joint poll meeting in Nagina
Campaigning ends for first phase, stories from Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand
Ram Navami story from Ayodhya *
SOUTH
* Lok Sabha poll campaign ends in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry
Karnataka
Rahul Gandhi to address public meetings in Mandya and Kolar
Kerala
Rajnath Singh to address NDA election meetings in north Kerala constituencies
Pinarayi Vijayan's election programmes in Palakkad *
EAST
* Assam
PM Modi to address election rally at Nalbari
WB CM Mamata Banerjee to address rally in Silchar for TMC candidate Radheshyam Biswas
Tripura
PM Modi to address rally
Mizoram
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to address election rally in Siaha, press conference
West Bengal
TMC manifesto release
Ram Navami rallies
Jharkhand
State to celebrate Ram Navami amid heavy security
Campaign ends for first phase of polls, election-related stories from states *
WEST
* First phase campaign ends copies from Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh
Chhattisgarh encounter updates
Chhattisgarh CM Yadav to campaign in Chhindwara, Balaghat and Jabalpur constituencies
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat to participate in shobha yatra procession at Shri Poddareshwar Ram Mandir in Nagpur *