Maharashtra, Haryana Assembly Election Results Live Updates
Maharashtra
| Party | Lead | Won |
| BJP+Shiv Sena | 20 | 141 |
| Congress+NCP | 16 | 82 |
| BJP | 17 | 88 |
| Shiv Sena | 3 | 53 |
| Congress | 9 | 35 |
| NCP | 9 | 45 |
| AIMIM | 0 | 02 |
| Others | 6 | 23 |
Haryana
| Party | Lead | Won |
| BJP | 01 | 39 |
| Congress | 0 | 31 |
| INLD+ | 0 | 01 |
| JJP | 0 | 10 |
| Others | 0 | 08 |
Minute-to-minute Live updates
04:30 pm- AIMIM's Mohammed Ismail defeats Congress candidate Asif Shaikh to win Malegaon Central constituency
03:45 pm- BJP, ShivSena won 12 and 9 seats respectively in Maharashtra Assembly elections, whereas Congress and NCP registers win in 4 seats each.
02:18 pm-Veteran Congress leader Randeep Surjewala loses by election by 530 votes.
01:49 pm- UDF Candidate M C Kamaruddin wins Manjeshwar Assembly Constituency.
12:59 pm- Haryana BJP Chief Subhash Barala resigns: Reports.
12:38 pm- Seven Haryana ministers, State BJP chief, assembly speaker trailing.
12:32 pm- Two AIMIM candidates leading in Maharashtra Assembly election.
12:29 pm- Congress leader Kuldeep Bishnoi leading with 26,170 votes over BJP's Sonali Phogat, a Tik Tok star, from Adampur in Haryana.
12:04 pm- Alpesh Thakur of BJP trailing by 7629 votes against rival candidate Raghubhai Merajbhai of Congress of Radhanpur Constituency in Gujarat.
11:25 am- Six sitting Ministers trailing in Maharashtra Assembly Election.
11:09 am- Vattiyoorkavu: LDF candidate VK Prashanth is leading with a margin of 11800 votes.
10:30 am- UDF Candidate MC Kamaruddin leading with 6,601 votes after seventh round of counting.
10:29 am- SP Candidate Thazeem Fathima contesting from Rampura assembly seat in UttarPradesh leading by 6,364 votes.
10:07 am- UDF Candidate MC Kamaruddin contesting from Manjeshwar assembly seat leading with 7,286 votes after fifth round of counting.
09:35 am- Congress candidate Bhusara Sunil Chandrakant leading in Vikramgad Assembly segment in Maharashtra.
09:34 am- Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar contesting from Karnal assembly seat leading with 4,588 votes after first round of counting.
09:30 am- TJ Vinod of UDF candidate is leading by 2117 votes in Ernakulam Constituency.
09:06 am- UDF Candidate MC Kamaruddin is leading by 2714 votes after completion of second round of counting in Manjeshwar Constituency.
08:35 am- Recounting of votes in Manjeshwar Constituency after first round.
08:34 am- Kiran Chowdary of Congress is leading in Tosham Constituency.
08:31 am- Manjeshwar: UDF candidate MC Kamaruddin is leading by 870 votes.
08:31 am- Maharashtra: BJP is now ahead in 49 seats, whereas ShivSena in 16 seats.
08:30 am- UDF candidate P Mohanraj is leading in Konni Constituency.
08:26 am- Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala is leading in Kaithal Constituency.
08:25 am- Adithya Thakrey is leading in Worli Constituency
08:22 am- Haryana CM Manoharlal Khattar is leading in his Karnal Constituency.
08:18 am- Aroor: LDF candidate Manu C Pulikkal is leading.
08:17 am- Vattiyoorkavu: LDF candidate VK Prashanth is leading.
08:10 am- Counting of votes begins for Maharashtra & Haryana Assembly elections.
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Bengaluru (PTI): Two men were arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting two minor girls, recording the acts on mobile phones and uploading the videos online as child sexual abuse material, police said on Thursday.
The accused have been identified as Kiran Kumar (29), hailing from Chitradurga district, and Aditya M K (20), hailing from Shivamogga district, they said.
A probe was initiated after information was received from the NCRP portal regarding a suspected instance of creation of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) for online dissemination, police said.
Accordingly, a case was registered at Kaggalipura Police Station under relevant sections of the IT Act on May 10, they added.
Investigation revealed that two minor girl victims were exploited and videos were created and uploaded to the internet. The child victims have subsequently recorded their statements as per procedure and further necessary legal steps have been taken, Pronab Mohanty Director General of Police, Cyber Command, said in a statement.
Based on the statements of the victims, the accused persons, who allegedly assaulted the minors, recorded the acts on mobile phones and uploaded the videos online, were arrested, he said.
Following the probe, sections 65(2) (rape) and 70 (gangrape) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, along with relevant sections of the POCSO Act, have been added to the FIR, police said.
Officials collected relevant information and on May 12, arrested the accused persons and seized three mobile phones belonging to them, in which the videos had allegedly been recorded, he said.
The accused were later produced before the court and taken into police custody for further investigation, he added.
According to him, in CSAM cases, police usually apprehend offenders who have downloaded such content or have kept them in their possession after obtaining them from elsewhere, usually the internet.
"The present case is one of the very few instances where content creators and uploaders have been apprehended," Mohanty added.
