The counting of votes has started, with parties and citizens bracing up for the high-stakes battle in the national capital. All 70 seats of Delhi went to polls on February 5 and results will be declared today.

Follow all the updates here:

12:39 PM: Arvind Kejriwal loses New Delhi seat by 3182 votes

12:25 PM: APP's Manish Sisodia loses Jangpura seat 

12:04 PM: Ramesh Bidhuri continues to extend his lead against Atishi from the Kalkaji seat. He now leads the Delhi chief minister by over 3,000 votes.

11: 15 AM: AAP's Amanatullah Khan takes lead in Okhla

11: 10 AM: Arvind Kejriwal is trailing from the New Delhi seat again as Parvesh Verma extends his lead

11: 05 AM:  Celebrations start at BJP headquarters as trends show decisive lead in Delhi

10: 45 AM: Senior AAP leader Manish Sisodia gains lead by 2345 votes

10: 40 AM: BJP are slated for a comeback to Delhi after 27 years.; Saffron party leads in 42 seats, compared to 28 for AAP

10: 35 AM: Top AAP leader Manish Sisodia is currently trailing by over 1300 votes in Jangpura

10: 30 AM: BJP's Manish Choudhary lead from Okhla assembly seat; BJP has never won the assemby seat in history

10: 25 AM: Congess loses lead in lone seat in early trends

10: 20 AM: Atishi trails again

10: 15 AM: APP's Atishi takes lead from Kallkaji

10:15 AM: Congress loses lead in lone seat in early trends

10:05 AM: AAP touches 30 mark in trends, BJP leads in 39

9:50 AM: Manish Sisodia gains lead in Jangpura seat

9:35 AM: AAP’s Durgesh Pathak is leading with 4,553 votes from Rajinder Nagar

9:30 AM: BJP leads in 2020 riot hit Mustafabad

9:25 AM: AAP’s Gopal Rai is currently leading in Babarpur Assembly constituency

9:15 AM: The BJP continues to extend its lead, now pegged at 44 seats while AAP lags behind at 25.

9:05 AM: Former Delhi health minister Satyendar Jain trails from the Shakur Basti assembly seat against BJP's Karnail Singh

9:05 AM: AAP’s Adeel Ahmad Khan leading from Mustafabad

9:00 AM: AAP’s Saurabh Bharadwaj is leading in the Greater Kailash seat

8:55 AM: Congress continues to lead in 1 seat in Delhi

8:55 AM: BJP past halfway mark in early trends

8:50 AM: BJP's Satish Upadhyay is leading from Malaviya Nagar in early leads. However, AAP MLA Somnath Bharti expressed confidence that his party will retain the seat.

8:45 AM: BJP's Kapil Mishra, known for delivering hate speeches during 2020 North East Delhi riots leads

8:40 AM: BJP’s sitting MLA OP Sharma is leading in East Delhi’s Vishwas Nagar

8:40 AM: Parvesh Verma leading against Kejriwal in New Delhi

8:40 AM: Amanathullah Khan trailing from Okhla

8:35 AM: BJP leads on over 30 seats in early trends, AAP ahead on over 24

8:30 AM: Early trends showed that Delhi CM Atishi is trailing

8:25 AM: Arvind Kejriwal trails in New Delhi seat in early trends

8:10 AM: Early trends show lead for BJP

8:05 AM: Counting of votes for 70 seats begin

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Saharsa (PTI): More than 150 children were taken ill after allegedly consuming food that was part of the mid-day meal in a school in Bihar’s Saharsa district, a senior official said on Thursday.

The incident occurred at a middle school in Baluaha village of the district.

The official said that 115 children were undergoing treatment at the Sadar Hospital, while around 50 students were admitted to Mahishi Public Health Centre.

“We received information that several children fell ill after consuming the mid-day meal in Baluaha. The children were initially treated at the primary health centre, but later, many were referred to the Sadar Hospital,” Saharsa District Magistrate Deepesh Kumar told reporters.

“According to doctors, the health condition of the children has improved, but they will be kept under observation for some time. There is no need to panic. Some kids are having mild fever. They are being treated accordingly,” Kumar said.

Meanwhile, family members of some children claimed that a snake was found in the container in which cooked pulses was stored at the school.

Of the 545 students present in the school, 200 had already eaten their meals by the time the snake was spotted, and later complained of stomach ache and vomiting, they said.

Regarding the claims, the DM said food samples have been collected from the school.

“We will be able to comment on this only after the results of the tested samples arrive,” he said.