\'Deepotsav\' in Ayodhya\, U.S. midterm polls\, and other news in pictures

'Deepotsav' in Ayodhya, U.S. midterm polls, and other news in pictures

Participants light earthen oil lamps on the banks of the Sarayu river on the eve of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh.

Participants light earthen oil lamps on the banks of the Sarayu river on the eve of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh.   | Photo Credit: REUTERS

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Ayodhya district in U.P.

Close on the heels of renaming Allahabad as Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday announced that Faizabad district would henceforth be known as Ayodhya.

“Ayodhya is a symbol of our ‘aan, baan aur shaan’ (honour, pride and prestige),” he said at a grand “Deepotsav” event organised in the pilgrim town, about 120 km from State capital Lucknow.

The event was also attended by the First Lady of South Korea, Kim Jung-sook, and Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik.

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U.S. mid-term polls

District 27 Democratic candidate Donna Shalala, centre, celebrates her victory over Republican television journalist Maria Elvira Salazar at the Coral Gables Woman's Club, Tuesday, Nov., 6, 2018, in Coral Gables, Florida.

District 27 Democratic candidate Donna Shalala, centre, celebrates her victory over Republican television journalist Maria Elvira Salazar at the Coral Gables Woman's Club, Tuesday, Nov., 6, 2018, in Coral Gables, Florida.   | Photo Credit: AP

 

Votes were being counted across half the United States as the energy and outrage of the Democratic resistance faced off against the brute strength of President Donald Trump’s GOP in a fight for control of Congress and statehouses across the nation.

Senators Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts easily won re-election as they consider bids for the Democratic presidential nomination.