Politics
BJP set to win 8 of 11 Rajya Sabha seats from Uttar Pradesh

With the Election Commission announcing the notification for the 57 seats of Rajya Sabha (RS) biennial elections slated to be held on June 10, the spotlight has turned to Uttar Pradesh which will be sending 11 members to the Upper House.
However, unlike previous Rajya Sabha elections, this time the contest is restricted to the ruling BJP and the opposition SP, while the Congress and Bahujan Samaj Party have been relegated to non-players because of their miniscule presence in the state Assembly.
Of the total 403 MLAs in the state Assembly, BJP and its alliance partners, including Apna Dal (S) and Nishad Party, have 273 in Vidhan Sabha.
The SP, along with alliance partners like Rashtriya Lok Dal and Om Prakash Rajbhar-led Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party (SBSP), has 125 seats.
Besides, the Congress has two seats, Raja Bhaiyya-led Jansatta Dal (Loktantrik) two and the Bahujan Samaj Party has one seat.
As per the numbers, the BJP is in a position to win at least eight RS seats, while the SP would stake claim to at least three seats.
For both BJP and SP camp, there are five floating votes of BSP, Jansatta Dal and Congress.
Of these, the BSP and Jansatta Dal are likely to go with BJP.
A candidate will need 37.63 votes for one seat. This means the BJP will require 298.64 votes to win eight seats, around 26 additional votes as it has 273 votes.
So, the second preference vote will also come into play.
Similarly, the SP will require 111. 99 votes for three seats which means that the party can get three seats without much support from alliance partners.
However, this will depend much on how disgruntled SP MLAs like Shivpal Yadav, Azam Khan and his son Abdullah Azam Khan will vote.
Sources said that Azam Khan might ask for his wife Tanzeem Fatima’s seat in Rajya Sabha to put pressure on Akhilesh Yadav.
According to political observers, as these MLAs have strained ties with SP chief Akhilesh Yadav.
Meanwhile, cross-voting in RS cannot be ruled out because the voting in RS poll is a closed one, while for council seats, it is open. The voters need to show their vote before casting it in the council elections.
Sources said that the SP alliance partners, especially RLD’s Jayant Chaudhary, might also put pressure on Akhilesh and demand at least one RS seat.
Similarly, Om Prakash Rajbhar’s move would also be closely watched especially after reports of his hobnobbing with BJP leaders post assembly elections results.
Some of the big names in politics who are retiring form Rajya Sabha include BJP’s Shiv Pratap Shukla, Hari Om Yadav, Surendra Singh Nagar, Sanjay Seth, Jai Prakash Nishad and Zafar Islam.
SP’s Vishambhar Prasad Nishad, Sukhram Singh Yadav and Reoti Raman Singh are also retiring from RS.
BSP’s Satish Mishra is among those who are retiring and all eyes are on how he manages to re-enter the upper house.
Maharashtra
Attention Mumbaikars! Central Railway To Operate Mega Block Between Thane And Kalyan On Sunday, Sept 14 For Essential Maintenance

Central Railway, Mumbai Division will operate Mega Block on its Main line suburban sections, on 5th and 6th line between Thane and Kalyan stations for carrying out various engineering and maintenance works on Sunday, 14.09.2025.
Block on 5th & 6th lines between Thane and Kalyan stations from 09.00 hrs to 13.00 hrs.
Following UP Mail/Express trains will be diverted on UP Fast line between Kalyan and Thane stations and will arrive destination 10 to 15 minutes late..
11010 Pune-CSMT Sinhagad Express
17611 Hazur Sahib Nanded-CSMT Rajyarani Express
12124 Pune-CSMT Deccan Queen
12134 Mangaluru Jn-CSMT Express
13201 Patna-LTT Express
17221 Kakinada-LTT Express
12126 Pune-CSMT Pragati Express
12140 Nagpur-CSMT Sevagram Express
22160 Chennai-CSMT Express
22226 Solapur-CSMT Vande Bharat Express
12168 Banaras-LTT Express
12321 Howrah-CSMT Express
12812 Hatia-LTT Express
11014 Coimbatore-LTT Express
Following DOWN Mail/Express trains will be diverted on DOWN fast line between Thane and Kalyan and will be handed over 10 to 15 mins late.
11029 CSMT-Kolhapur Koyna Express
11055 LTT-Gorakhpur Godan Express
11061 LTT-Jaynagar Express
16345 LTT-Thiruvanathapuram Netravati Express
61003 Vasai Road-Diva MEMU departing Vasai Road at 09.50 hrs will be short terminated at Kopar
61004 Diva – Vasai Road MEMU will short originate from Kopar and will depart Kopar at at 11.45 hrs.
There will be no Mega Block on Harbour & Trans-Harbour line (except Traffic block on Kurla-Tilaknagar section)
These maintenance mega blocks are essential for infrastructure upkeep and safety. Passengers are requested to bear with the Railway Administration for the inconvenience caused.
Maharashtra
Demand to cancel Bhiwandi Road footpath expansion project will only benefit builder lobby: Azmi alleges

Mumbai Maharashtra Samajwadi Party leader and MLA Abu Asim Azmi has demanded from Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to stop the demolition of religious places, houses and projects in the name of road and footpath expansion in Bhiwandi and protect religious places, temples, mosques and houses. Earlier, the government and MMRDA had spent an additional Rs 1700 crore on projects to protect the victims of the metro project. Abu Asim Azmi demanded from Devendra Fadnavis and Eknath Shinde that in the new development project of Bhiwandi Nizampur Municipal Corporation, a proposal has been made to widen the road by 6-6 meters from Rajiv Gandhi Chowk to Tim Ghar Marg, which is expected to make thousands of people homeless and unemployed, and temples and mosques will also be affected by this project, so this project should be canceled immediately. Azmi alleged that this project is causing a lot of hardship to the people and also endangering the existence of many religious places, so this project and plan should be stopped and a new plan should be prepared. Azmi said that this project and the expansion of roads and footpaths will only benefit the builder lobby, so the government should consider it so that the citizens of Bhiwandi get justice.
Maharashtra
Thane: 22-Year-Old Woman Assaults Employer At His Store Over Harassment; Probe Underway

Thane: A 22-year-old woman allegedly harassed by her employer thrashed him at his store in Maharashtra’s Thane district, prompting the police to intervene in the matter, police said on Saturday.
The police are probing the incident that occurred in the Kalyan East area on Thursday evening, but no case has been registered, an official said.
In a video that surfaced on social media, the woman can be seen thrashing the 55-year-old shopkeeper with a slipper at his clothing store.
The woman has alleged that her employer harassed her by sending obscene text messages on her mobile phone.
According to eyewitnesses, the woman, accompanied by her mother, reached the shop on Thursday afternoon and confronted her employer about the obscene messages and continued harassment and demanded an apology.
A crowd gathered around the shop, and the woman assaulted him.
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