The prominent faces among the 676 candidates for 57 seats spread across 10 districts in this phase included Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath from Gorakhpur Urban and state Congress president Ajay Kumar Lallu from Tamkuhi Raj.
Spread over 10 districts, polling in these constituencies will be held from 7 am till 6 pm on Thursday.
"Journalists are not terrorists," the Supreme Court said on Monday, as it deprecated the Jharkhand police knocking on the door of a scribe of a local Hindi news channel at midnight and dragging him out of his bedroom before placing him under arrest in an extortion case.
Heavy overnight rains in Uttar Pradesh on Friday led to the deaths of at least 22 people, including nine labourers who were buried alive under the debris when an under-construction wall in the state capital collapsed on their huts.
The sixth round of Uttar Pradesh assembly polls will see voting for 57 seats on Thursday sealing the fate of political heavyweights such as Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, the Congress' Ajay Kumar Lallu and Samajwadi Party's Swami Prasad Maurya.
The districts where polling is being held on Thursday are Ambedkar Nagar, Balrampur, Siddharth Nagar, Basti, Sant Kabir Nagar, Maharajganj, Gorakhpur, Kushinagar, Deoria and Ballia.
'The ladies, Maya Govind and Rani Malik, were criticised for writing sexist, crass or vulgar songs.'
Accusing Congress of 'abuse culture', Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday urged the people of Karnataka to punish those indulging in abuse, while casting their vote in polling booths on May 10.
A round-up of Ranji matches played on Thursday.
"It is not a crime to be a Hindu. It is not their (Islamic) State."
A round-up of the first day's play in the Ranji Trophy matches across the country, on Tuesday.
Air India Chairman Rajiv Bansal has been appointed as the new aviation secretary as part of a major top-level bureaucratic reshuffle effected by the Centre on Wednesday. K Rajaraman, additional secretary in the department of economic affairs, has been appointed as secretary, department of telecommunications, a personnel ministry order said.
The actress, who just recently posted, 'Google walo ab toh meri umar kam karke likh do,' has been looking trendier ever since she got herself that slick hairstyle.
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot will meet the Congress high command in New Delhi on Wednesday amid suspense over whether he will file nomination for the post of party president, sources in Jaipur said.
Varinder had to pull out of his 60kg category bout due to high fever but he tested negative for COVID-19.
Singer-composer Bappi Lahiri, who popularised disco music in India in the 1980s and 1990s, has died following multiple health issues. He was 69.
Sheela Bhatt reports from Firozabad, the country's centre for glass bangles, on what life is like for its workers in the wake of the national lockdown.
Talking about the donation received by VHP from President Kovind, Alok Kumar said, "He is the first citizen of the country. So we went to him to initiate this drive and he met us with his family and donated a sum of Rs 5,00,100 and gave his good wishes for the success of the mission."
Round-up of Ranji matches played on Tuesday.
The prayer service for Veeruji, who passed into the ages on May 27, was held at ISKCON, in Juhu, north west Mumbai.
Gehlot said even within the party, there is an opinion in favour of making Rahul the new president.
The CBI has arrested seven persons including two directors of a Noida-based private institution in connection with alleged manipulation of JEE Mains examination 2021, officials said Friday.
Smita has left behind a rich haul of films that showcase her enormous ability to offer us a glimpse into her soul each time she performed a role.
The meeting came a day after the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teertha Kshetra, set up recently to oversee the construction of a Ram temple in Ayodhya, met for the first time on Wednesday.
Adityanath has earned a new sobriquet "bulldozer baba" due to raging of properties of criminals and mafias built through illegal means.
The Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Teerth Kshetra trust is conducting a mass contact and contribution campaign for the construction of the grand temple in Ayodhya which began on January 15 and will go on till February 27.
Shashi Kapoor and Ramesh Sippy's grandson is all set to make his movie debut.
The hits and misses of the week.
Filmmaker Ashoke Pandit hosted a wedding reception for his daughter Shaarika and son-in-law Tapas in Mumbai over the weekend.
Devdutt Padikkal sent a strong message to the national selectors before England ODIs as he slammed his fourth consecutive List 'A' ton as Karnataka beat Kerala by 80 runs
As Jaya Bachchan turns 73 today, Subhash K Jha remembers her lesser known performances.
Officials said several witnesses were heard on the impact of the pandemic. They added that this was the longest meeting of the panel without a break so far.
The two leaders heaped praise upon each other for effectively implementing prohibition in their states, reports M I Khan from Patna.
While we wait for Batra's latest to drop on Amazon Prime Video on February 11, Sukanya Verma looks at how Bollywood has dealt with affairs of the heart over the years.
Largest in area among the 75 UP districts, Lakhimpur Kheri, known for sugarcane cultivation, with nine sugar mills in the district, is home to three or four lakh Sikhs.
The 10-member jury was headed by filmmaker Vipul Shah. The awards were announced by jury member Dharam Gulati.
The two -- Amit Raghavendra Baddi and Ganesh Miski -- both residents of Hubballi, were arrested on Sunday, special investigating officer M N Anucheth said.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi may advocate austerity in these tough times but not everyone shares her enthusiasm for tightening the belt, it seems.Certainly not Ashwini Kumar, director of the Central Bureau of Investigation, who was flown in a chartered flight to Surat for the November 29 wedding of Shreyansh Govind Dholakia.The Dholakias are well-known diamond brokers from Surat with offices all over the world.
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