Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers and supporters have started with the celebrations in Lucknow as trends favour the party. If the early leads sustain, the BJP may be on the way to retaining power in the state.(HT Photo/Deepak Gupta)
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Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was leading on 250 out of 403 seats at 10.30 pm and top party leaders were expected to hold a press conference later in the day.(HT Photo/Deepak Gupta)
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Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers dance and celebrate with saffron-coloured gulal.(HT Photo/Deepak Gupta)
The Samajwadi Party on Thursday said initial trends in Uttar Pradesh were "not authentic" and asked its workers to stay put at local assembly election offices till the counting of votes ends.(HT Photo/Deepak Gupta)
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"These trends are not authentic, a perception is being made that BJP is winning so that the morale of the workers can be broken and results manipulated dishonestly after 3 PM. It is an appeal to the workers to stay put at the spot till the last results!” the Samajwadi Party's media cell tweeted in Hindi.(HT Photo/Deepak Gupta)
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People watch from a bridge as flames from an Israeli attack rise from Sharan Oil depot, following Israeli strikes on Iran, in Tehran, Iran, June 15, 2025.
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The Gatwick-bound flight was carrying 242 people, including passengers and crew. Of them, only one person survived. The remaining 241 people lost their lives to the devastating tragedy.
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People protest against US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) outside a detention center in Houston, Texas, on June 13, 2025. Activists call for the release of Margarita Avila, a migrant from Belize who was detained during a street altercation while working as a gardener. According to her relatives, the charges against her are dismissed, but US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) still keeps her in custody. (Photo by Mois�s �VILA / AFP)
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Israeli security forces inspect destroyed residential buildings that were hit by a missile fired from Iran, in Ramat Gan, near Tel Aviv, Israel, on Saturday, June 14, 2025.
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US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump during the Congressional picnic on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, June 12, 2025. Senate Republicans seeking to put their mark on the House-passed tax-and-immigration package are considering raising the state and local tax deduction cap to $30,000, lower than the House's $40,000 plan. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg
