UP News: Top 15 news stories from throughout the day: Akhilesh will send billionaire businessman to Rajya Sabha; Blue Drum-like smile convicted, kept awake by 150 slaps.

Today's biggest news is about SP chief Akhilesh Yadav fielding Dhanraj Parimal Nathwani, a close associate of businessman Mukesh Ambani, as a candidate in the Rajya Sabha elections. Meanwhile, the second major piece of news concerns the farmers' protest in Varanasi and the death of a farmer who was injured after being hit by a vehicle during the lathi charge. Let's find out what else happened in UP throughout the day... First, the top 5 news stories... 1- Akhilesh fields Ambani's close associate