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Over 55% voting recorded in sixth phase of Uttar Pradesh assembly polls

The final phase of polling in the remaining 54 seats will be held on March 7

UP polls: Time to send Yogi Adityanath 'back to his mutt', says Mayawati

She also slammed a section of the media and accused it of bringing out exit polls in favour of the BJP and other rival parties of the BSP

UP Assembly polls sixth phase: Over 53% polling recorded till 5 pm

Over 53 per cent voting was recorded till 5 pm in the sixth phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls on Thursday

Oppn trying to divide society when India needs to be strong: PM Modi in UP

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday alleged the Opposition is trying to divide society for votes at a time when India needs to be strong to deal with "serious challenges" the world faces.

UP Assembly Elections: Mamata accuses BJP of attacking her in Varanasi

West Bengal CM and Trinamool Congress chief, Mamata Banerjee accused the BJP workers in Uttar Pradesh of attacking her car with sticks while she was going to take part in a Ganga aarti in Varanasi.

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

No party in world lies as much as BJP, its leaders: Akhilesh Yadav

SP president Akhilesh Yadav claimed that no other political party in the world lies as much as the BJP and its leaders, and hit out at it for keeping the youth waiting for jobs in the last five years

Last phase of UP Assembly elections: All roads lead to Varanasi

As the high-octane UP polls enter the last leg, all eyes are on the electoral battle in and around Varanasi which will see PM Modi and prominent leaders from opposition parties leading their campaigns

BJP is 'losing' in UP, says Mamata while campaigning for SP

Describing herself as a "fighter", West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee alleged that she was attacked by BJP workers after she arrived for campaigning in Uttar Pradesh in support of the Samajwadi Party.

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.

BJP will win over 80% seats in UP: CM Yogi after casting vote in Gorakhpur

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday cast his vote in Gorakhpur in 6th phase polling for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections and said that the BJP will win over 80% of seats in UP

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 .

Azamgarh had become home of criminals during SP govt: CM Adityanath

It was following the sustained efforts of the BJP government after 2017 that this place is witnessing remarkable transformation, he added

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

BJP govt worked for overall well-being of women in UP, says PM Modi

PM Narendra Modi said that the BJP-led government in Uttar Pradesh worked for the overall well-being of women, freeing them from kitchen smoke with Ujjwala scheme while toilets ensured dignity.

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

6th phase of UP polls tomorrow to decide fate of big-wigs, including CM

The sixth round of UP Assembly polls will see voting for 57 seats sealing the fate of political heavyweights such as CM Yogi Adityanath, Congress' Ajay Kumar Lallu and SP's Swami Prasad Maurya

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.