Elections 2020

UP Elections Live Updates: Electronic Voting Machines being sealed after conclusion of the first phase of UP Assembly elections

Campaigning for the first phase of the Uttar Pradesh assembly election ended. Polling scheduled for Thursday on 58 seats spread across 11 districts. The BJP had won 53 of these seats in 2017 polls, whereas the Samajwadi Party (SP) and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) had won two seats each and one seat was won by the RLD. In the first phase, Agra is the biggest district with nine assembly seats. In 2017, the BJP had won all nine seats here.

For the 58 seats including nine reserved seats, there are a total of 623 candidates. These include 58 each from the BJP, BSP, SP-RLD, Congress and other parties as well as independents. The key constituencies that are going to polls are Mathura, Thana Bhavan, Muzaffarnagar, Noida, Kairana, Baghpat and Atrauli.

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Actor Deep Sidhu Dies In Accident

Ashmita Chhabria

New Delhi: Actor Deep Sidhu who was out on bail amid the Republic Day violence case in January last year has died in a road accident. At the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) Expressway that bypasses Delhi, the incident took place. 

Visuals of the accident show the condition of the car after being rammed by a trailer truck. In the video it can be seen that a white Mahindra Scorpio smashed on the rear of a trailer truck; the SUVโ€™s driver side area is completely pushed in by the impact.

Sidhu was traveling from Delhi to Bhatinda in Punjab. On his way, the SUV in which he was traveling rammed a trailer truck at 9:30 pm, police said. 

Hospital authorities said that he was brought dead to the hospital.

Delhi Police had arrested Sidhu in February last year linking his connection with a tractor rally held by farmers on Republic Day that spiraled into violence after protesters came to the Red Fort and attacked policemen.

The farmers were protesting against three new farm laws, which were withdrawn by the Centre in November 2021.

He got bail in April but was arrested again just after he was released. He was released on bail a second time in late April, with a court in Delhi making it clear he has to appear for questioning whenever the police called him.

He was accused of being the plotter of the Republic Day violence.

Amid his death, Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi expressed his condolences. He tweeted, โ€œDeeply saddened to learn about the unfortunate demise of renowned actor and social activist, Deep Sidhu. My thoughts and prayers are with the bereaved family and fans.โ€

Punjab Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal and the Aam Aadmi Partyโ€™s chief ministerial candidate Bhagwant Mann also tweeted condolences.

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