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Uttar Pradesh, including high-profile Mainpuri, in the third phase of the Lok Sabha elections. Over 1.89 crore voters will seal the fate of 100 candidates in parliamentary constituencies of Sambhal, Hathras (SC), Agra (SC), Fatehpur Sikri, Firozabad, Mainpuri, Etah, Budaun, Aonla and Bareilly, where polling began at 7 am and will go on till 6 pm, according to the Election Commission. It is an important phase for Uttar Pradesh's Yadav family. The Samajwadi Party's (SP) Dimple Yadav is aiming to retain the Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat, which she won in the bypolls following the death of her father-in-law and party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav.

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 began on Tuesday morning in 93 constituencies across 11 states and Union Territories (UTs). In Maharashtra, Deputy Chief Minister and Nationalist Congress Party leader Ajit Pawar cast his vote at Gangubai Kate Zila Parishad Prathamik school, booth no. 224 Katewadi at Baramati constituency. Baramati is witnessing a star-studded fight in these elections. Deputy CM Ajit Pawar's wife Sunetra Pawar is the candidate of the BJP led Maha Yuti alliance while his sister Supriya Sule is the Maha Vikas Aghadi candidate. The constituency is considered to be the pocket borough of the Pawar family with Sharad Pawar having represented it multiple times after first being elected to the seat in 1984. However, with a fight within the Pawar family, this seat has become a symbol of the larger fight in Maharashtra. Speaking to reporters after casting his vote the Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar said that the elections are for the development of Baramati and other constituencies in Maharashtra.

Amethi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 7 (ANI): Union Minister and BJP candidate from Amethi Lok Sabha seat Smriti Irsaid that people in the constituency have understood that development is possible when the leader has good character and the government has clarity in its policies. «The people of Amethi have accepted me as their family. I am a voter in Amethi now. The people have understood that if the government is clear with its policy and the leader has good character, then a lot of development is possible in very little time,» Smriti Irani told ANI here on Monday. «The Congress leadership is preparing to conduct an analysis of their loss in Amethi after the declaration of the results,» she added.

polling started for 93 Lok Sabha seats across 12 states and union territories in the third phase of the general election on Tuesday at 7:00 am. The states and union territories where the elections are being held in this phase are Assam (4), Bihar (5), Chhattisgarh (7), Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (2), Goa (2), Gujarat (25), Karnataka (14), Maharashtra (11), Madhya Pradesh (8), Uttar Pradesh (10) and West Bengal (4). The BJP has bagged the Surat seat unopposed. In this phase, more than 1300 candidates, including around 120 women, are in the fray.

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said on Monday. She also attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his language on the campaign trail. Addressing party workers in the Rae Bareli constituency, the Congress general secretary said, "Mahatma Gandhi, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru undertook movements so that the people's rights could be strengthened.

Rabindranath Tagore's birth anniversary to Border Roads Organisation (BRO) raising day, several incidents are celebrated on May 7, every year. The day also marked a phenomenal development in geopolitics as Vladimir Putin became the President of Russia for the first time on May 7, 2000. Take a look at the key events that were held today in past.

Lok Sabha elections begins on Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged ‘active participation’ of voters to make the polls ‘more vibrant’ today, May 7. “Urging all those who are voting in today’s phase to vote in record numbers. Their active participation will certainly make the elections more vibrant," PM Modi wrote in a post on X (formerly Twitter).

Sensex gained 17.39 points, or 0.02%, to close at 73,895.54, while the Nifty 50 settled 33.15 points, or 0.15%, lower at 22,442.70. “The surge in India VIX by over 70% in the last eight trading sessions from around 10 to its 52-week high near 17 level, indicating increasing nervousness among investors due to the ongoing global uncertainties and Lok Sabha election outcome next month. Hence, markets are likely to remain in a broader range with stock-specific action in the near term," said Siddhartha Khemka, Head - Retail Research, Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd.

Lok Sabha seats. With this phase, voting will be completed in Gujarat, Goa and the union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu on Tuesday. Also, with polling underway in 14 seats today in this phase, elections for all 28 seats of Karnataka will also be over today.

Equity markets witnessed a gradual decline after opening higher on Monday amid high volatility. Analysts said the surge in India VIX by over 70% in the last eight trading sessions from around 10 to its 52-week high near 17 level indicates increasing nervousness among investors due to the ongoing global uncertainties and Lok Sabha election outcome next month. «Hence, markets are likely to remain in a broader range with stock-specific action in the near term,» said Siddhartha Khemka, Head — Retail Research, Motilal Oswal.

replace First Minister Humza Yousaf as the leader of the party. The SNP has been in turmoil since long-serving First Minister Nicola Sturgeon abruptly stepped down last year during a campaign finance investigation that eventually led to criminal charges against her husband. Swinney, 60, who joined the party at age 15, will try to bring stability to the SNP as it fights efforts by opponents to weaken it going into U.K.-wide parliamentary elections expected later this year.

Indian oil refiner Reliance Industries has resubmitted a request to the U.S. for an authorization to import crude oil from sanctioned Venezuela, three people close to the matter said, and resume oil trade between the OPEC producer and the once second-largest destination for its oil. French oil producer Maurel & Prom separately on Monday said the U.S. on Friday granted it a license to conduct oil and gas operations in Venezuela for the next two years. The U.S. in April did not renew a general license for Venezuela to export oil and fuel to its chosen markets, and gave 45 days to companies to wind down transactions. But the U.S. had said some individual authorizations to foreign firms seeking to do oil business with Venezuela would be issued.

Lok Sabha elections, Prime Minister Modi, in an exclusive interview with Times Now, explained the reasoning behind the substantial goal of 400-paar. PM Modi expressed assurance when asked about his confidence in the NDA's capability to achieve the 400-plus target following the completion of two phases of polling. He explained how the BJP and its allies have collectively achieved the target set by the party. «Just count the number of sitting MPs we have. When we emerged victorious in 2019, we had approximately 359 Members of Parliament. Political parties from Andhra Pradesh and Odisha consistently supported us. This amounts to approximately 35 Members of Parliament. Additionally, Members of Parliament from the Northeast are aligned with us. Therefore, in practical terms, the NDA+ already had a strength of around 400. Our strength in the Parliament was already 400,» PM Modi explained.

candidates remained in the fray for the first phase of assembly elections in Odisha have criminal cases pending against them, according to a report of the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR). In the first phase, voting for 28 assembly constituencies along with four Lok Sabha seats will be held on May 13. Out of 65 (27 per cent) candidates, who have declared criminal cases against themselves, 48 (20 per cent) are facing serious criminal charges, said the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) in its report released on Monday. Among the major parties,18 BJP candidates, 17 Congress, 9 BJD and 3 AAP have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

Myanmar to Mizoram, the number of those taking shelter has increased to 34,332. A Mizoram government official said people are entering Mizoram to evade being recruited in the Arakan Army (AA) militant group. Around 50 Myanmarese, including 10 women, fled Paletwa in the neighbouring country’s Chin region and entered Hruitezawl village in Mizoram’s Lawngtlai district during the past few days to evade recruitment in the Arakan Army (AA) militant group, the largest armed ethnic outfit in Myanmar, which is recruiting people from the Chin region to intensify their battle against the Army. People from Myanmar are taking shelter across the 11 districts in phases after the military junta seized power in the neighboring country on February 1, 2021. The Kuki-Zomi-Chin tribes in Myanmar, Bangladesh, and Manipur share ethnic ties, and cultural and linguistic similarities with the Mizo people.

Hundreds of Indians had dropped their plans to visit the Maldives after three Maldivian officials made derogatory comments on India and PM Modi after the latter posted photos of Lakshadweep Islands on his X handle. Since January, the number of tourists visiting the island nation declined by 42 per cent.

Arvind Kejriwal while the Karnataka sexual abuse scandal dominated political discourse in some places. Several companies including Godrej Consumer Products and Bombay Dyeing declared fourth quarter results while the Bombay High Court granted Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal interim medical bail for two months. Thousands of Palestinians fled the south Gaza on Monday as the Israeli military prepared for a possible ground invasion.

Indian stock market: The Indian stock market indices, Sensex and Nifty 50, concluded the trading session with a mixed performance, on May 6. Shares of specific heavyweight companies such as Titan, SBI, and Reliance Industries exerted notable downward pressure on these primary indices. The Sensex ended the day with a slight increase of 17 points, or 0.02 percent, closing at 73,895.54, whereas the Nifty 50 concluded with a decrease of 33 points, equivalent to 0.15 percent, closing at 22,442.70.

ANI, quoting the BJD leader VK Pandian. The Odisha assembly elections, along with voting in 21 Lok Sabha seats, will be held simultaneously in four phases: May 13, 20, 25, and June 1.

publishing and circulating deep fake audios/videos, disseminate any misinformation or information which is patently false, untrue or misleading in nature, to refrain from posting derogatory content…The parties have been directed to promptly remove any such content within three hours of bringing it to their notice, warn the person responsible in their party…" Recently, a political slugfest erupted over a doctored video of Home Minister Amit Shah and notices were served to 17 persons, including Telangana Chief Minister and Congress leader Revanth Reddy. Arun Reddy, who handled 'Spirit of Congress' X account, was arrested in connection with Amit Shah's doctored video case.

Bharatiya Janata Party, the Porabandar Lok Sabha constituency will see a heavyweight in Mansukh Mandaviya contest from there. In the past elections, the seat has switched hands a few times from the Congress and the BJP, but has remained in the saffron party's grip since 2013, when it won the seat in a by-poll. Currently the Health Minister in the Narendra Modi Cabinet, Mansukh Mandaviya will be contesting the 2024 Lok Sabha elections counting on his performance as the point person during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Going up against him is the Congress' Lalit Vasoya. The Congress last won this seat in 2009 and lost it almost instantly in 2012 when Vitthalbhai Radadiya quit the party and later contested the same seat on a BJP ticket.