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The electorate in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur fell from about 18.71 crore to 16.43 crore after the Special Intensive Revision, a net loss of about 2.29 crore, or 12.2%. Uttar Pradesh lost about 2.04 crore (13.24%). Part of the draft-stage deletions were later restored.
Prateek Rawat2 min
Addressing the BJP's Uttar Pradesh working committee in Lucknow on 30 October, Amit Shah said the Uniform Civil Code will be implemented in the state if the party returns after the 2027 election. He told Akhilesh Yadav the SP would stay out of power for 30 years; Akhilesh made a musical jibe.
Prateek Rawat2 min
The Election Commission has ordered the suspension of registration officers Mayank Goswami and Hemant Chaudhary after 10,470 irregular entries were found in the Pilibhit roll. An operator had entered 13,779 Form 8 applications with no forms on file. Operator logins are being deactivated across UP.
Prateek Rawat3 min
The BJP won six and the Samajwadi Party five of 11 UP Legislative Council seats declared on 29 October, the SP up from three. The SP took three of five graduates' seats and two of six teachers' seats. Akhilesh Yadav alleged manipulation; BJP deputy CMs said it largely repeated its showing.
Amita Sahani4 min
Three men who went missing while returning from Bahraich, where one had gone to see his injured son, were found dead in a car that had plunged into a roadside pond near Panchpir village in Sitapur. The car was pulled out with a crane around 1.30 am on Tuesday. Police suspect the driver dozed off.
Amita Sahani4 min
A special MP/MLA court in Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh, dismissed the criminal defamation case against Rahul Gandhi on Monday. The complaint, filed by a BJP functionary, concerned a remark about Amit Shah at a Bengaluru press conference in May 2018. The court's reasons were not given in the reports.
Reyaansh Agarawal4 min
In Varanasi on Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Arvind Limited's garment unit at Mirzamurad, which aims to employ about 1,000 women, and watched the Indian Air Force's 'Wings over Ganges' aerial display at Namo Ghat for its 94th anniversary.
Amita Sahani4 min
Voting for 28 seats in the Legislative Councils of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra and Karnataka was held on 23 October, and counting is on 27 October. Complaints about roll errors in Uttar Pradesh and a cash-distribution arrest have marked the polls.
Amita Sahani4 min
The Uttar Pradesh Subordinate Services Selection Commission starts the three-day Preliminary Eligibility Test today. About 35.42 lakh candidates will sit it in 60 districts on 25 October, 30 October and 1 November, in two shifts a day.
Amita Sahani4 min
