Politics

Exit polls had predicted the BJP emerging first in Uttar Pradesh with the Samajwadi Party- Congress alliance emerging second and Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party emerging a distant third.

Masood Akhtar of Congress is leading in Saharanpur.

Gulab Devi of BJP has defeated Laxmi Gautam of SP and won the Chandausi seat.

Counting is on for the Bareilly seat, constituency No. 124 of Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly.

Garima Singh of BJP is leading in Amethi, constituency No 186 of Uttar Pradesh legislative Assembly.

Bhupesh Chaubey of BJP has won from Robertsganj, constituency No. 401 of Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly, by securing over 89932 votes.

Sadhana Singh of BJP has won from Mughalsarai, constituency No. 380 of Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly, by securing 87401 votes.

BJP's Shrikant Sharma has won the Mathura seat defeating INC's Pradeep Mathur, who won in 2012.

Counting is on for Hardwar seat, constituency No. 25 of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly.

Counting is on for the Maharajpur seat, constituency No. 217 of Uttar Pradesh legislative Assembly.

Votes polled in the February 4 Punjab Assembly Elections will be counted at 53 centres across the state today.

Votes polled over the last month-and-a-half in Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Manipur and Goa will be counted at 157 centres across these five states today.

In the first phase on Februrary 11, 9.17 percent women contested the polls.

Tamil Nadu's former Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam and his followers began their one day fast on Wednesday demanding a judicial inquiry into the death of former Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa.

Three Naxal-affected districts of Sonbhadra, Mirzapur and Chandauli, along with the five Assembly segments under Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency, will be in prime focus.

A BJP MP has moved a private member's bill in the Lok Sabha, seeking reservation of five seats in the lower House as well as one in the Rajya Sabha for residents of Gilgit and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) regions.