LIVE: 5th phase of voting in UP today; 240 more Indians return from Ukraine

Uttar Pradesh Meeting Elections LIVE: The voting for the fifth section of state meeting elections will likely be held on February 27. The fifth section contains 61 meeting constituencies throughout 12 districts. There are a complete of 692 candidates are within the fray for the fifth section of polling and their destiny will likely be determined by 22.4 million voters.

The districts going to the polls on Sunday embrace Sultanpur, Chitrakoot, Pratapgarh, Kaushambi, Prayagraj, Barabaki, Bahraich, Shravasti and Gonda. Amethi and Raebareli, as soon as thought of as Congress bastions, Ayodhya, the epicentre of motion for the development of Lord Ram temple too go to the polls on Sunday.

Distinguished amongst these within the fray for the fifth section of meeting elections embrace Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya, who’s contesting from the Sirathu meeting seat within the Kaushambi district. He’s dealing with Apna Dal (Kamerawadi) candidate Pallavi Patel. Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya, who’s the MLA from Kunda since 1993, is as soon as once more within the fray from his occasion Jansatta Dal together with his outdated aide Gulshan Yadav pitted in opposition to him on a Samajwadi Celebration ticket.

Russia-Ukraine Warfare: The USA, European Union and United Kingdom agreed to place in place crippling sanctions on the Russian monetary sector, together with a block on its entry to the worldwide monetary system and, for the primary time, restrictions on its central financial institution in retaliation for its invasion of Ukraine. The USA and Albania have requested an emergency United Nations Safety Council (UNSC) assembly on Sunday.

In the meantime, the third flight to Delhi with 240 Indian nationals has taken off from Hungary’s Budapest beneath Operation Ganga, knowledgeable Exterior Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar on Sunday morning. Thus far, a complete of 469 Indian nationals have been evacuated from war-hit Ukraine, out of which 200 landed in Delhi on Sunday morning and 219 landed in Mumbai on Saturday night.