NATIONAL SCHEDULE

    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 *
    

(This story has not been edited by THE WEEK and is auto-generated from PTI)