The SP candidates in these seats include Mulayam Singh Yadav's daughter-in-law Aparna Yadav and three ministers, one of whom was recently sacked.
We look at 52 of them, spread over 52 Fridays, in a two-part special. Here's the first part.
A look at the top 10 tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Guess who ruled the box office in 2016?
'In today's time, everyone is distressed and we don't know with what mood a person will come to watch a movie.' 'So it is better to say whatever you want with humour.'
I have done seven films in the last five years, and that's a lot for me, Rana Daggubati tells Sonil Dedhia/ Rediff.com
Manoj Bajpayee confides in Rediff.com's Ronjita Kulkarni about his 'long journey filled with rejection, betrayal, misery, failures and disillusionment.'
UP police said that a three-foot portion of the track where the train derailed was missing.
'It is a very uncomfortable film to watch, and that is what makes it so good. A good film should be able to get into our skin, challenge us, shake us up and Talvar does all of that.' Aseem Chhabra reviews Meghna Gulzar's film on the Aarushi murder case, the first of our reviews on arguably the most controversial movie of the year.
Well done, Team Talvar. Savera R Someshwar applauds the film.
'After Chotta Rajan's arrest, Dawood is feeling the heat.'
'I have grown up in an environment where the dominant narrative of Indian sporting achievement was -- We can't.' 'These achievers have fought hard, built on each other's body of work and knowledge, and have today changed the script to -- We can,' notes Rahul Dravid,cricketing legend.
'It's been two and a half years since I debuted and I am happy with my journey at the moment. If you are passionate about something, with hard work and opportunity, you will continue as long as you are enjoying what you do.' Kiara Advani is very excited about her next Machine.
'Being a chocolate lover boy, I wouldn't last long. So I decided to get rid of the tag as soon as possible.' 'That's why I started doing films like Haasil and Munnabhai MBBS.' With films like Yahaan, A Wednesday and Tanu Weds Manu, I was trying to break an image.'
From Awaara to Deewar to Junoon to In Custody, Shashi Kapoor leaves us many movies to love and remember him by.
'No one institution can cleanse it: Not the courts, government or activists.' 'And least of all the Indian Police Service,' argues Shekhar Gupta.
It is a sign of evolution in filmmaking, writes Sukanya Verma.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Between 2011 and 2014, they indirectly determined the price of tyres in the market, says report
Looking at the most touching Hindi movies inspired by true-life events.
Justice Jagdeep Singh read out the verdict as soon as the special CBI Court began the hearing on the case on Friday.
Love, fear, sadness, and many more, seen through the filmi lens.
'I had seen Waqt, starring Balraj Sahniji, and I can never forget it. There is a happy family and an earthquake later, everything is gone. That movie got stuck in my head. How one man loses his entire family and becomes a pauper. The same thing happens in Airlift.' Akshay Kumar, and his lovely leading lady Nimrat Kaur discuss their latest film.
The real estate industry today hailed the RBI's decision to cut key interest rate, saying the move will boost housing demand and also improve sentiments in the sluggish property market.
The street leading to the Golden Temple gets a makeover that takes you back in time.
Review: Saif and Katrina make Phantom a joke
In Rajya Sabha, the Opposition and the government clashed over technicalities of the passage of an anti-graft amendment bill with the latter insisting that it should be adopted without debate.
Ajit Mishra, Vice President, Research, Religare Broking, answers readers's queries on stocks they own or want to buy.
Rediff.com looks at other sensational murder mysteries that left India shell-shocked.
Besides the five Indian films that are playing at the Toronto International Film Festival this year -- a rather large collection at an international film festival, says Aseem Chhabra -- there are more films with an Indian connect.
A look at the top 10 tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
Ajit Mishra, Vice President, Research, Religare Broking, answers readers' stock market queries. Ajit will offer his unbiased views on a weekly basis
Radhika Sharma/PTI catches up with the stars at the international film festival in Goa.
The element of curiosity and chill is doubled when it's inspired from real-life manslaughter.
In a year where we can find positives in wins for the great Gulabi Gang documentary and ace cinematographer Rajeev Ravi, the silver lining doesn't seem as wide if our priorities remain as skewed.
Talvar is a cleanly-crafted film, says Raja Sen.
'The director has tried to be neutral. But Talvar won't leave the audience confused, for sure.'
Mythological and historical shows are lapped up not just by the young, but equally by grown men and women.
Cooperative societies get more tax benefits as compared to individual house owners.
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