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DEL8 UP-RS POLLS-AKHILESH RS polls Those looking for profit will leave, says Akhilesh on fears of cross-voting by SP MLAs Lucknow Amid fears of cross-voting by Samajwadi Party MLAs in the Rajya Sabha polls on Tuesday, party chief Akhilesh Yadav said those who are looking for profit in the situation will leave.

Following are the top stories at 1.20 pm: NATION MDS17 KL-PM-GAGANYAAN-LD ASTRONAUTS **** PM Modi announces names of astronauts of Gaganyaan human space flight mission Thiruvananthapuram: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced the names of the four astronauts who are undergoing training for the country's maiden human space flight mission, Gaganyaan. **** DEL8 UP-RS POLLS-AKHILESH **** RS polls: Those looking for profit will leave, says Akhilesh on fears of cross-voting by SP MLAs Lucknow: Amid fears of cross-voting by Samajwadi Party MLAs in the Rajya Sabha polls on Tuesday, party chief Akhilesh Yadav said those who are looking for ''profit'' in the situation will leave. **** DEL16 UP-RS-2ND LD POLLS **** UP: Voting in Rajya Sabha polls underway, SP MLA resigns as chief whip Lucknow: Polling was underway in the elections for the 10 Rajya Sabha seats from Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday amid fears of cross-voting in the opposition Samajwadi Party camp, underscored by party MLA Manoj Kumar Pandey resigning as its chief whip in the Assembly. **** DEL18 HP-RAJYA SABHA-2NDLD POLLS **** Polling ends for lone Rajya Sabha seat from Himachal Pradesh Shimla: Polling for the lone Rajya Sabha seat from Himachal Pradesh, which began at 9 am on Tuesday, ended with Congress MLA from Chintpurni Sudershan Babloo casting the last vote. **** MDS5 KA-RS-2ND LD ELECTIONS **** Voting underway for four RS seats in Karnataka as Congress eyes rival camp support Bengaluru: Voting in the election for the four Rajya Sabha seats in Karnataka on Tuesday was on, with the ruling Congress claiming it could get support from the rival camp. **** BOM6 MP-RAHUL-YATRA **** 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra' to enter MP on March 2; Rahul Gandhi to hold roadshows, public meetings Bhopal: The 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra' led by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will enter Madhya Pradesh on March 2 and the mass outreach programme, being held ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, will continue in the state till March 6, a party leader said on Tuesday. **** CAL11 JH-BUDGET **** J’khand govt tables Rs 1.28 lakh cr budget for FY’25 in assembly Ranchi: The Jharkhand government on Tuesday tabled a Rs 1.28 lakh crore budget for the 2024-25 fiscal in the assembly. **** BUSINESS DEL14 BIZ-FM-INDIA INC **** Sitharaman asks India Inc to align itself with goal of 'Viksit Bharat' by 2047 New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday exhorted Indian Inc to align itself with the goal of 'Viksit Bharat' by 2047, when India will complete 100 years of independence. **** DEL10 BIZ-STOCKS-PAYTM **** Paytm shares hit fresh upper circuit limit; jump 5 pc New Delhi: Shares of One97 Communications Ltd, the owner of the Paytm brand, jumped another 5 per cent on Tuesday to hit the highest trading permissible limit for the day. **** FOREIGN FGN13 PAK-IMRAN-PUNJAB-ASSEMBLY **** Imran Khan's party to call ‘parallel’ Punjab Assembly session to elect CM, Speaker: Report Lahore: Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan's party plans to call a ''parallel'' Punjab Assembly session to elect the chief minister, speaker and deputy speaker, claiming that newly-elected chief minister Maryam Nawaz was in the House on “a stolen mandate”, a media report said on Tuesday. **** FGN8 UN-INDIA-UKRAINE **** Why is UN Security Council rendered 'completely ineffective' in resolving Russia-Ukraine conflict, asks India United Nations: India has questioned why the UN Security Council has been rendered ''completely ineffective'' in resolving the Russia-Ukraine conflict that has continued unabated for two years, as New Delhi asserted that outdated structures need reform for multilateralism to be effective.By Yoshita Singh ****