NEWS SCHEDULE

    National news schedule for Thursday, April 18:
    
    NATIONAL
    * CDS Anil Chauhan and Navy Chief R Hari Kumar at Indian DefSpace Symposium
        Lok Sabha elections related stories and other political developments
    
     LEGAL
    
     SUPREME COURT
    
    * SC to hear a batch of pleas seeking complete cross-verification of the votes cast using         EVMs with     Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT).
        SC's nine-judge Constitution bench to hear a batch of appeals on whether states have the         legislative power to regulate the sale and manufacturing of industrial alcohol.
    
    
    NCR
    Aam Aadmi Party press conference
        BJP press conference
    
    
    NORTH
    UP CM Yogi Adityanath’ poll meetings in Meerut, Ghaziabad
        Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann’s press conference in Mohali
        Election curtain-raisers from Uttarakhand, UP, Rajasthan
    
    
    SOUTH
    Election related stories
        Kerala Rahul Gandhi to address election meetings in Kannur and Palakkad
        Rajnath Singh to address NDA election meetings in South Kerala constituencies
        CM Vijayan press conference at Malappuram *
    
    
    EAST
    * Jharkhand : Notification for first phase polling to be issued
        Meghalaya : Follow up of triple murder in Garo Hills
        Curtain raiser of Lok Sabha polls from several states
    
    
    WEST
     Union Home Minister Amit Shah to hold roadshows in Sanand, Kalol and Ahmedabad in             Gujarat.
        Amit Shah to address public rally in Ahmedabad
        RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat to release book on Sangh in Nagpur
        Supriya Sule and Sunetra Pawar to file nomination papers for Baramati Lok Sabha poll.
        Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai to address nomination rallies in Bilaspur and         Korba.
        Chhattisgarh Chief Electoral Officer Reena Babasaheb Kangale to address press conference         in Raipur
        Madhya Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer to address press conference in Bhopal **
    

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