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Srinagar, 10 March 2022: Two Kashmiris were killed on Thursday by Indian security forces in Naina Batpora village of Pulwama district of the Indian Administered Kashmir, Indian officials said.

They were identified as Shahid Ahmed Khan, resident of Batpora, Pulwama, and Fayaz Sheikh, resident of Shahpora, Ganderbal.

Lucknow, Mar 10 (PTI) Asim Arun, who had quit the Indian Police Service (IPS) and joined the BJP, won from Uttar Pradesh's Kannauj assembly constituency on Thursday, according to official results.

Making his electoral debut, the former Kanpur police commissioner has dented Kannauj, which was known as a Samajwadi Party bastion.

Arun got over 1.20 lakh votes (or 44.53 per cent) defeating nearest rival Samajwadi Party's Anil Kumar Doharey by a margin of 6,090 votes, the Election Commission website showed.

Kanpur: Quite popular City Mayor and BJP leader Pramila Pandey climbed on a bulldozer to celebrate BJP's grand success in Uttar Pradesh assembly polls.

Several reacted that it remained a novel way of celebrating the party's victory in the election.

She was so overwhelmed with the BJP's win that she ascended on the vacant space of the bulldozer.

Many wanted to know whether the bulldozer came to be known as a political machine or vehicle from now onwards.

New Delhi, Mar 10 (PTI) The RSS-linked Muslim Rashtriya Manch hailed the BJP's victory in Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, saying people of the state rejected the "negative politics" of the opposition parties and reposed their faith in "Modi-Yogi style of governance".

It also claimed that more than eight per cent of the Muslim votes went to the kitty of the BJP.

Lucknow, Mar 11 (PTI) As many as 11 ministers in the Yogi Adityanath government failed to win in the 2022 assembly elections, despite the BJP registering an impressive victory.

According to the Election Commission website, of the 402 seats the result of which were declared, BJP won 255. Its alliance partners Apna Dal (Sonelal) bagged 12 and NISHAD Party six.

Lucknow, Mar 11 (PTI) Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Friday thanked the people of Uttar Pradesh for increasing its tally by two-and-half times and said his party has shown that the BJP's seats could be reduced.

Congratulating all the MLAs of the SP-led alliance, Yadav asked them to discharge their responsibilities sincerely.

New Delhi, Mar 11 (PTI) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to let MCD elections take place in the national capital, saying postponing polls weakens the democratic system.

His remarks came after the Delhi State Election Commission sought the advice of legal experts on if it can still hold polls for the three municipal corporations here following a communication from the Centre for their unification.

Chandigarh, Mar 11 (PTI) Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Friday submitted his resignation to Governor Banwarilal Purohit following his party's drubbing in the assembly polls.

The Channi-led cabinet, which met for the last time, recommended dissolution of the assembly, paving the way for the constitution of a new Aam Aadmi Party-led legislature.

I have tendered my resignation to the governor, Channi, who went to the Raj Bhawan to hand over his resignation letter to the governor, told reporters a day after the results.

Kanpur: A dead body of a leopard was found in the field near Sachendi Highway here lately. It caused a stir amongst the villagers.

Police suspect that someone must have killed the leopard and thrown his body in the field.

The police reached the spot as soon as they received the information.

The local people have also informed the forest department and the investigation goes on.

In another similar incident, the body of a dead leopard was found lying in a field in the Moradabad district.

NEW DELHI, March 10 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party won India's most populous state with a big majority, according to the count on Thursday of a state assembly vote that could offer clues to the national mood before a 2024 general election.

The Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had won or was leading in 255 of the 403 seats in Uttar Pradesh, which it currently rules, according to the Election Commission of India.