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political battle in the country is set to end soon as voting for the sixth and penultimate phase of Lok Sabha polls will be held on May 25, Saturday. The phase will be polling across 58 constituencies in six states and two Union territories, including all the seven seats in Delhi and the Jangal Mahal region in Bengal. Besides the national capital, polling will be held Saturday in 14 seats in Uttar Pradesh, all 10 seats of Haryana, eight seats each in Bihar and West Bengal, six seats in Odisha, four seats in Jharkhand and one seat in Jammu and Kashmir. Simultaneously, polling will be held for 42 assembly constituencies in Odisha. Click here to participate in our Lok Sabha Elections Survey to gauge the mood of the nation

Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj Lok Sabha constituency is expected to witness an interesting electoral battle with some sections of voters here raising local issues such as cleanliness and healthcare facilities, while many seeing the poll as a fight to save the Constitution and the unique «Ilaahabadi» culture. From the confluence of Ganga, Yamuna and the invisible Saraswati, to the Allahabad University and the high court, Prayagraj has been a revered seat of education, spirituality and syncretic culture in Indian history. One of the largest and most populous districts of Uttar Pradesh, it also takes pride in giving India seven prime ministers. «The city has produced so many politicians, civil servants. It has three Bharat Ratna awardees within a radius of one km and has given seven prime ministers to the country. This city is a heritage. The Kumbh mela has been celebrated from ancient times, then it became a Mughal garrison town, then the British Empire came in,» Zafar Bakht, a cultural activist, told PTI. «Allahabad has always shown resistance. The people here have a 'hekdi' (arrogance) and don't cow down to anyone. It's intellectually a very vibrant city and if some mistake has been committed in the past, this city will rectify it, be assured of that,» said Bakht, who identified unemployment and youth distress as major issues here this election.

encounter which started on Thursday between the Naxals and the security personnel in a forest along the Narayanpur-Bijapur inter-district border in Chhattisgarh, said SP Dantewada Gaurav Rai as quoted by ANI. He stated that around eight weapons, including arms and ammunition, were recovered from them.

Violence in Bishkek: India, Pak issue advisory to students - crucial updatesParents of students from Madhya Pradesh studying in Kyrgyzstan have urged the Centre to ensure the safe return.Police in riot gear were deployed in part of Kyrgyzstan's capital overnight as large crowds gathered in anger over an alleged fight between local and foreign people, The Times of Central Asia reported.On May 18, India asked its students in Bishkek to stay indoors after fights were reported between some locals and foreigners.Earlier, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar had advised Indian students to stay in regular touch with the Indian embassy.Why India and Pakistani students are being attacked in Kyrgyzstan? ExplainedMeanwhile, the Indian Embassy in Kyrgyzstan said it is working actively with the universities and senior government functionaries to address the concerns of the Indian students. Two helplines 0555710041 and 0555005538 have been functional 24x7 where students can continue to reach out to the Embassy for all kinds of assistance.Jaishankar monitors welfare of Indian students in Kyrgyzstan amid mob violence"The situation in and around Bishkek is normal and stable today.

Allahabad at Uttar Pradesh's border with Madhya Pradesh. Scores of villagers, including women and children, have gathered outside Khoota village under a tent. Soon, a convoy of SUVs arrives with workers of the Samajwadi Party and the Congress led by INDIA bloc candidate Ujjwal Raman Singh. Singh alights from his Toyota Fortuner and exchanges pleasantries with villagers and local party workers before taking the microphone to address the crowd. «What do the farmers want? Electricity, tubewell, and lift canal so that they get water for their crops. The BJP keeps boasting of its double-engine government and does nothing on the ground,» Singh said, adding that the local MP, the state's CM and the country's PM are all from the BJP yet the party has failed to ensure the welfare of the people of the constituency. «Bhartiya Janata Party ke logan ki neeti aur niyat saaf naahi ba (The BJP people do not have a clear policy and intention),» Singh said in the local 'Ilahabadi' dialect.

Kharkiv with missiles on Thursday, killing seven people in a printing house, as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called out his western allies for not providing enough military support to rebuff Russian attacks. Moscow's forces have hammered the northeastern city for months and launched a ground assault into the north of the surrounding region on May 10, an offensive that Kyiv says has stalled on two lines of attack for now. Authorities said Russia fired about 15 missiles at the city and the nearby town of Liubotyn, targeting mostly transport infrastructure and a large printing house in Kharkiv where around 50 people were located at the time of the strike.

It’s typical if not expected in the broad financial advice industry for the firm, usually a broker-dealer, to fight with a financial advisor over his or her clients, known as the advisors’ book of business, when the advisor bolts to exit and work at another firm or set up shop independently.

game of Warner Bros. Games and Player First Games that ended its open beta last year is set to return with its first season of new content. After two full seasons of new content and characters gave the appearance that it has already moved into its full release, the announcement is coming as a surprise to many. The game features a diverse character set up with some added characters like Joker and Jason Voorhees, according to a ScreenRant report.

spinoff is still “a while away”. Executive Producers Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna are busy engaging writers to come up with a storyline. Why was it delayed?

book bans and worried that she couldn't make a difference remaining in her job. So, she and fellow librarian Tania Galiñanes thought of a way to fight back. “We just put our heads together and decided a bookstore would help make sure students could get to books that were being pulled from shelves," says Decker, whose White Rose Books & More opened last fall in Kissimmee.

Netflix has started the production of ‘The Abandons’ in Calgary, Canada. This action movie is the idea of Kurt Sutter who is also the creative mind behind the movie ‘Sons of Anarchy’. In information that has been revealed, Lena Headley, Gillian Anderson and Nick Robinson will be some of the leading characters in the movie. Filming in Canada

Congress did the partition of the country in such a way that for 70 years, we had to look at Kartarpur Sahib through binoculars", PM Modi said at Patiala. "When the Bangladesh war was fought, more than 90,000 Pakistani soldiers had surrendered.

Rupa Bayor and her being a path-breaking Taekwondo player is just one of the reasons. After all, the youngster from Arunachal Pradesh has spent a better part of her life punching back after being punched hard by life. The most recent demonstration of it was an unprecedented bronze medal in the 8th Asian Taekwondo Poomsae Championships in Danang, Vietnam earlier this month, less than a year after being forced to skip the Asian Games because of denial of visa by China. «I was always a very unyielding and combative person. I could get into a fight at the drop of a hat,» the 23-year-old told PTI in an interview as she talked about what drove her to Taekwondo given that Sippi village in Daporijo circle of Upper Subansiri district in Arunachal Pradesh isn't exactly the cradle of the sport.

Johansson wrote. Johansson got herself a lawyer, and OpenAI has since taken down the Sky voice. The company said it “was never intended to resemble" Johansson’s, but Altman had already shown his hand.

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 on May 25.The contest in the national capital has become interesting as it is a direct fight between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and INDIA bloc parties – the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).The Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP is contesting four seats while the Congress has fielded candidates in three seats as per the seat-sharing agreement. The BJP, which won all 7 seats of Delhi in 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha elections, has dropped all but one Members of Parliament (MP) for the 2024 elections.All seven seats witnessed high-octane campaigns, rallies and roadshows by leaders of all political parties.

Congress chief Sonia Gandhi Thursday said these are very important elections to save democracy and the Constitution, and urged the people here to play their part in this fight and make INDIA bloc candidates victorious on all seven seats. In a video statement, the Congress parliamentary party chief also asserted this Lok Sabha election is being fought on issues such as unemployment, inflation and attack on constitutional institutions. Click here to participate in our Lok Sabha Elections Survey to gauge the mood of the nation «This is a very important election. This election is an election to save the democracy and Constitution of the country. This election is being fought on issues like unemployment, inflation and attack on constitutional institutions. You have to play your part in this fight,» Gandhi told the people of Delhi in her message.

general elections enter their penultimate phase, the spotlight turns to Delhi's seven Lok Sabha seats. The BJP aims for another clean sweep, while Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Congress, allies in the INDIA bloc, seek to make significant inroads. AAP and Congress Form Alliance in Delhi AAP and Congress are contesting the elections as partners in the INDIA bloc, with AAP vying for four seats and Congress for three. The alliance also extends to one seat in Haryana and two in Gujarat, while opting for a friendly fight in Punjab.

Agniveer scheme in poll season.Chidambaram's remark come a day after the poll panel asked the Congress party to ensure that its leaders don't indulge in ‘political propaganda’ involving activities of the defence forces.“ECI is wrong in directing the Congress party not to 'politicise' the Agniveer scheme. What does 'politicize' mean? Does the ECI mean 'criticise'?" Chidambaram, the former Union Home Minister, said in a post on X on May 23.The poll panel had also asked the party president Malikarjun Kharge to ensure that the leaders do not make statements which give ‘false impression’ that the Constitution "may be abolished or sold".

Conor McGregor may take on UFC welterweight champion Leon Edwards as both fighters pondering over a blockbuster fight later in 2024, as per a report on CBS sports. Edwards will fight Belal Muhammad for welterweight title at UFC 304 which is scheduled to take place in Manchester on July 27. Meanwhile, McGregor will fight Michael Chandler at UFC 303 on June 29 in the International Fight Week. McGregor has been out of action since July 2021. Talking to "The MMA Hour", Edwards gave thumbs up for a potential fight with McGregor. UFC champion has also suggested that New York will be a perfect venue for the fight, if it happens.

Narendra Modi held a roadshow in Puri after offering prayers at the Lord Jagannath temple. Later in the day, BJP candidate Sambit Patra in a media interview said Lord Jagannath is a devotee of PM Modi. This was enough for Odisha's ruling Biju Janata Dal to pick it up and make it a poll issue. Patra later apologised for his «slip of tongue» and announced to hold a fast for three days as atonement for the sin he committed. On Wednesday, the party published a full-page ad in all leading newspapers of Bhubaneshwar and Puri with a written apology letter by Patra. Lord Jagannath is revered across the state and if it becomes an issue, then Patra will face the heat in Puri. However, an opponent like Arup Patnaik of the BJD is providing comfort to the BJP there. A former Mumbai police commissioner, Patnaik lost in 2019 from the Bhubaneswar Lok Sabha constituency and this time shifted to Puri.

Delhi is witnessing a battle between two prominent Biharis. The contest in the Northeast Delhi constituency is the most watched in Delhi for its two main contenders. The Congress has fielded former president of JNU Students' Union, Kanhaiya Kumar, who became known for the controversy over raising of anti-national slogans on the JNU campus in 2016. He is challenging a formidable incumbent, BJP's Manoj Tiwari, a famous Bhojpuri singer and actor who is known for his hugely popular song 'Rinkiya ke papa'. Tiwari won from the Northeast Delhi constituency in 2014 as well as 2019. His vote share in 2014 was 45% which grew in 2019 to 54%. Kumar and Tiwari are locking horns in a constituency with a sizable population from Poorvanchal. No laughing matter for 'Rinkiya ke papa'? Tiwari's political weight can be gauged from the fact that he is the only sitting MP who has been retained in Delhi. The BJP has replaced candidates in all other six constituencies in Delhi. His vote share grew in 2019 when he defeated former Delhi chief minister Sheila Dixit with a margin of more than 3.5 lakh votes.