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UP Assembly polls 6th phase: Around 47% polling recorded till 3 pm

About 47 per cent voting was recorded till 3 pm in the sixth phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls

UP Assembly polls 6th phase: Over 36% polling recorded till 1 pm

Over 36 per cent voting was recorded till 1 pm in the sixth phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls on Thursday

21.79% voter turnout recorded till 11 am in 6th phase of UP Assembly polls

A voter turnout of 21.79 per cent was registered till 11 a.m. on Thursday in the ongoing sixth phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, the Election Commission of India (ECI) said.

Battle for UP: Akhilesh promises ghee, milk, sugar along with free ration

Akhilesh also ridiculed the BJP by saying that those who claim to make missiles were not able to make even matchsticks.

UP elections phase 6: PM Modi, Amit Shah urge people to cast vote

Polling is being held for 57 Assembly constituencies spread across 10 districts

Battle for Uttar Pradesh: Mamata shown black flags in Varanasi

Mamata Banerjee is in Varanasi to take part in an election rally of the Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday.

Time to decide between BJP, terror-supporting people: Yogi Adityanath

On the day of polling for 6th phase of UP Assembly polls, Adityanath said elections have reached decisive stage and each vote to BJP is a step towards making the state India's number 1 economy.

UP Assembly polls: Over 150,000 security personnel deployed for 6th phase

Gorakhpur City, from where Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is in the fray, is among the nine sensitive assembly constituencies in the state going to polls in the sixth phase on Thursday. Over 1.5 lakh security personnel will be deployed in this phase covering 57 assembly seats in 10 districts, where 2.1 crore people are eligible to vote, according to police. Voting will be held at 13,930 polling stations and 25,319 polling booths under 179 police station areas, the UP police said in a statement. Nine assembly constituencies - Gorakhpur City, Bansi, Etawah, Dumariaganj, Ballia Nagar, Phephna Bairia, Sikanderpur and Bansdih - have been kept in the sensitive category, the police said. The Samajwadi Party has pitted the wife of late Upendra Dutt Shukla, a former BJP leader, against Adityanath in Gorakhpur City. Azad Samaj Party founder Chandrashekhar Azad is also a contesting against the chief minister. The 10 districts where the elections will be held in this phase are .

73 more Uttar Pradesh residents return to India from Ukraine, says report

Through helpline numbers (0522) 1070 and 94544-41081, information is being obtained from the students and others from the state stranded in Ukraine and their parents and relatives for coordination

PM Modi expected to campaign for BJP candidates in Varanasi on March 4, 5

BJP's Varanasi city president Vidyasagar Rai on Wednesday said on day one Modi will hold a roadshow in the city area and the next day he will address a public meeting in Khajuri village in Rajatalab

Instead of illegal weapons, UP now makes missiles, says Amit Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said illegal weapons were made earlier in Uttar Pradesh to scare and kill people but now shells and missiles are being manufactured to protect the country

Allies of BJP, SP on test as Uttar Pradesh polls enter last two phases

These two phases include the regions linked to Modi, Lok Sabha MP from Varanasi, and Adityanath, who is contesting the assembly poll from Gorakhpur

UP polls: BJP is biggest liar party in world, says Akhilesh Yadav

At an election meeting in Jaunpur, he promised to relax the age limit for government jobs and announce vacancies in the police force if the alliance led by his party comes to power in Uttar Pradesh

Dynasts living in palaces can't understand problems of poor: PM Modi

Highlighting his government's public welfare initiatives, he said even during the worst pandemic in 100 years, the government did not let anybody sleep empty stomach by providing them free ration

Able to evacuate citizens from Ukraine because of India's rising power: PM

'We're making all efforts to evacuate people stuck in Ukraine under Operation Ganga,' says PM Modi at a poll rally in Uttar Pradesh's Robertsganj

Jayant to join Akhilesh, Mamata for joint poll rally in Varanasi on March 3

Varanasi, the parliamentary constituency of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, goes to polls on March 7 during the seventh and last phase of assembly polls in UP

Battle for UP: Leaders descend on Varanasi ahead of final phase of polls

Varanasi will now witness an unusually large congregation of leaders from various political hues as the district goes to polls in the final and seventh phase on March 7.

UP to ensure free travel of students arriving from Ukraine to their homes

The Indian government is continuously evacuating students who were stranded in Ukraine via neighbouring countries

Battle for UP: Why is BJP not talking about rising prices, says Akhilesh

Yadav also questioned the BJP's claims that Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath worked 24 hours a day for the welfare of the poor and the youth

SP, BSP have done nothing against wrong policies of BJP govt: Priyanka

Priyanka Gandhi claimed the SP and the BSP have an understanding with the BJP in Uttar Pradesh and have not raised their voices against it in the last five years, fearing probes by central agencies