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Morning Digest | Overthrowing Ukraine government is not our goal, says Russia; Moods swing as the BJP and SP await U.P. poll results; and more

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Varanasi official suspended over EVM protocol

EC deputes senior officers to oversee counting in Uttar Pradesh

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Moods swing as the BJP and SP await U.P. poll results

On the eve of counting, the headquarters of the two main contenders present a contrasting picture

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BJP’s ace in the poll: The unpredictable results of exit poll predictions

Exit polls are like a spicy curry that everyone likes but only a handful can digest. Journalists tend to have contempt for them and politicians only like those that go in their favour. But both these groups keep an eye out for the numbers.

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Surveys don't matter, we'll get over 300 seats: Akhilesh Yadav

"After the seventh and final phase of polling, the BJP will be wiped off from the State. The SP alliance is forming a majority government after March 10 with over 300 seats," Mr. Yadav said

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UP Assembly polls last phase: Voting underway for 54 constituencies across 9 districts , know all updates

With polling in Uttar Pradesh underway for the last and seventh phase of Assembly polls on Monday, the direct fight is between Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Samajwadi Party (SP) for dominance in Varanasi and Azamgarh. Full report

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U.P. Assembly Elections | In Azamgarh, voters frown at the ‘unnecessary’ labels

Voters deny communal sentiments in SP chief Akhilesh Yadav’s constituency

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All eyes on Purvanchal as U.P. Assembly election reaches its finale

The 54 seats going to the polls today were once considered a stronghold of the SP, but the BJP turned the tide in 2017, winning 29 of them

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls | Old pension creates a new narrative for SP

‘Consolidation is across party lines and beyond the pale of caste and religion’

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UP polls: BJP leader Rita Bahuguna Joshi's son joins SP

Ahead of the last phase of the Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Mayank Joshi, son of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Rita Bahuguna Joshi on Saturday joined the Samajwadi Party.

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Big names, bigger influence: Why so much hinges on the last two phases of the UP poll

The seven-phase assembly election in Uttar Pradesh has reached its last leg. So far, the fate of candidates in 349 seats has been sealed, with the final 54 seats going to the poll on Monday.

Newslaundry

EC bars Abbas Ansari from campaigning for 24 hours

In a recent speech, the Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party candidate from Mau had allegedly threatened officers

The Hindu

MBCs the X factor in U.P. polls

Rajbhars, Nishads, Nonia Chauhans and Sonkars set to play decisive role in final outcome

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The grand old man of SP bats for Hindu-Muslim unity in Nizamabad

‘The Hindu of India has not changed his secular character’, says 86-year-old Azmi, seeking a fifth term

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Big names battle in penultimate phase of U.P. Assembly polls on March 3

Fate of five Ministers, including CM, to be decided as 57 constituencies in ten Purvanchal districts are set to vote

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The big influence of small parties in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls

Every eighth contestant from the two major contending alliances taken together belongs to one of these small parties

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Will Om Prakash Rajbhar get the numbers right in Ghazipur?

In Ghazipur's Zahoorabad, voters from the Rajbhar community are convinced that a victory of their incumbent MLA and SBSP chief, Om Prakash Rajbhar, will ensure a caste census and a better future for them.

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‘Brahmin self-respect’ vs ‘vikas’: Why UP’s Chillupar and Sadar may vote differently

“Voting this time will be on the basis of Brahmin swabhiman, self-respect,” said Kunal Chaturvedi, 27. “Vikas, development, is a separate issue.”

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U.P. Assembly elections | Mamata Banerjee to address rally in Varanasi on March 3 during PM Modi’s visit to city

West Bengal CM’s visit is at invitation of SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, says TMC

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Morning Digest: Indian officials wait for pause in fighting to commence evacuation from Kharkiv; GST revenues up by 26% in February, and more

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls | BJP MP Sanghamitra campaigns for her father, now SP’s Swami Prasad Maurya

Last day of canvassing for the sixth phase of the U.P. Assembly polls throws up surprise

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U.P. Assembly polls | BSP, SP trade barbs, call each other BJP’s B team

SP making way for BJP to keep BSP out, alleges Dalit leader

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls | People have decided to send 'babaji' back to his 'math': Akhilesh Yadav

Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on February 27 claimed that the people of Uttar Pradesh have decided to send ‘Babaji’ back to his ‘math’, apparently referring to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls | Samajwadi Party is doing appeasement politics: Amit Shah

Accusing the Samajwadi Party (SP) of doing appeasement politics, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on February 27 said its Government earlier did not provide electricity to people on Ram Navami and Sri Krishna Janmotsav, but power used to be supplied during Muharram.

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Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls | SP candidate’s car attacked

It was an attempt to terrorise us, says Gulshan Yadav

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