The much-awaited day has arrived for the counting of votes for Lokh Sabha election to commence.

Here are the live and important updates from the counting centres across the country.

11:06 PM: Congress's Rakibul Hussain defeats AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal by record 10.12 lakh votes in Assam's Dhubri: EC.

 

10:15 PM: Former Chhattisgarh CM and Congress candidate Bhupesh Baghel loses from Rajnandgaon Lok Sabha seat to sitting BJP MP Santosh Pandey.

9:39 PM: BJP's Navneet Rana loses to Congress' Wankhede in Amravati

9:31 PM: BJP's Manoj Tiwari wins North East Delhi seat, trounces Cong rival Kanhaiya Kumar by margin of over 1.38 lakh votes: EC.

9:14 PM: Shiv Sena's Ravindra Waikar wins Mumbai North West seat, defeating Shiv Sena (UBT) nominee Amol Kirtikar by 48 votes.

9:08 PM: Nitin Gadkari achieves hat-trick with victory from Nagpur

8:58 PM: Mahua Moitra returns to Parliament with resounding victory in Krishnanagar

8:51 PM: "This is a win for Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas; a win for world's largest democracy," PM Modi at NDA victory celebrations

8:50 PM: BJP leader Brij Bhushan's son Karan Wins from UP's Kaiserganj

8:24 PM: Prime Minister Narendra Modi reaches BJP Headquarters in Delhi, to address party workers, supporters

8:22 PM: Congress creates history by bagging Nagaland Lok Sabha seat after 20 years as Supongmeren Jamir wins by over 50,000 votes: EC.

8:21 PM: DMK leader Kanimozhi wins from TN's Thoothukudi constituency defeating AIADMK's Sivasamy Velumani by a margin of 3,92,738 votes: EC.

8:17 PM: BJP's Maneka Gandhi loses Sultanpur seat to SP's Rambhual Nishad by a margin of 43,174 votes: Election Commission.

8:15 PM: BJP's Bengal heavyweight Dilip Ghosh defeated by ex-cricketer Kirti Azad of TMC

8:07 PM: Rahul Gandhi wins Rae Bareli LS seat by over 3.9 lakh votes

8:04 PM: Rahul Gandhi wins Wayanad LS seat in Kerala with margin of over 3.5 lakh votes

7:34 PM: Ex-Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren's wife Kalpana wins Gandey bypoll by 27,000 votes against BJP's Dilip Kumar Verma: Official.

7:33 PM: Union minister Giriraj Singh wins Begusarai Lok Sabha seat in Bihar by 81,480 votes: EC.

7:31 PM: Independent candidate Mohmad Haneefa wrests Ladakh LS seat from BJP

7:12 PM: BJP wins 17 seats in Karnataka.

7:07 PM: TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee wins from Diamond Harbour seat by 7.10 lakh votes: EC.

6:53 PM: BJP MP Shankar Lalwani wins from Indore by record margin of 11.75 lakh votes, NOTA creates record

6:47 PM: We won Basirhat Lok Sabha seat, where Sandeshkhali is located, despite canards spread against our mothers and sisters: Mamata Banerjee.

6:43 PM: BJP's Vivek Bunty Sahu defeats Congress' Nakul Nath in Chhindwara Lok Sabha seat of Madhya Pradesh.

6:23 PM: Smriti Irani concedes defeat in Amethi, congratulate Kishori Lal

6:16 PM: Modi has lost credibility, should resign. We have broken back of BJP: Mamata Banerjee

6:13 PM: Won't answer about alliance with TDP and JDU without consulting INDIA partners: Rahul Gandhi

6:10 PM: Bhim Army founder Chandrashekhar wins UP's Nagina seat by over 1.5 lakh votes

6:05 PM: This was a fight to save Constitution: Rahul Gandhi

5:57 PM: This is people's mandate and we accept it. People understood and rejected lies PM Modi was spreading against Congress: Mallikarjun Kharge

5:50 PM: CPP chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and party leader Rahul Gandhi address a press conference in Delhi

5:26 PM: Radical preacher Amritpal, son of Indira Gandhi's assassin set to win Khadoor Sahib seat (Punjab)

5:18 PM: Ajay Mishra Theni loses Lakhimpur Kheri seat

5:14 PM: PM Modi wins Varanasi by a margin of 1,52,513 votes

5:10 PM: Congress's Hasmukh Patel wins Ahmedabad East Lok Sabha constituency by 461755 votes

5:00 PM: Pralhad Joshi wins with 7,16,231 votes in Dharwad; Congress candidate Vinod Asooti runner-up

4:45 PM: TMC's Yusuf Pathan wins against Congress's Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury in Baharampur seat.

4:40 PM: Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav leading from Kanauj seat

4:35 PM: TMC candidate Shatrughan Sinha wins against BJP's Surendrajeet Singh Ahluwalia at Asansol

4:30 PM: Congress-led alliance leads on 11 seats in Rajasthan

4:15 PM: Samajwadi Party candidate Awadhesh Prasad wins UP's Faizabad seat

4:10 PM: Uttar Pradesh: SP ahead in 36 seats

3:55 PM: Basavaraj Bommai wins Haveri seat.

3:50 PM: Shashi Tharoor wins in Thiruvananthapuram constituency by a margin of 15947 votes

3:40 PM: Rahul Gandhi wins Raebareli by a margin of 4 lakh votes.

3:30 PM: 'Exit poll were released only to influence the share market', says AAP MP Sanjay Singh.

3:21 PM: Rahul Gandhi ahead by more than 3L votes in Rae Baereli; overtakes mother Sonia Gandhi in victory margin.

3:08 PM: SKM leads in Sikkim.

3:05 PM: Congress's Sasikanth Senthil wins Tiruvallur

3:02 PM: BJP fails to open account in Tamil Nadu, DMK leads in 21 constituencies

2:52 PM: Shobha Karandlaje leads by crossing 2 lakh in Bengaluru North Lok Sabha Constituency

2:48 PM: Congress questions EC for slow result updates on ECI website

2:44 PM: Sharad Pawar in touch with Nitish Kumar and CBN: Sources

2:37 PM: BJP's Maneka Gandhi loses in Sultanpur constituency

2:27 PM: BJP's Smriti Irani loses to Congress's Kishori Lal Sharma in Amethi seat

2:20 PM: Shashi Tharoor leads In Thiruvananthapuram

2:13 PM: TMC's Yusuf Pathan leading in Baharampur

2:10 PM: PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti concedes defeat

1:40 PM: BJP candidate Kota Srinivas Poojari wins from Udupi-Chikmagalur constituency

1:36 PM: Bengaluru Rural: BJP's Dr CN Manjunath defeats Congress candidate DK Suresh in fierce contest

1:36 PM: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief ministers Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti are trailing from Baramulla and Anantnag-Rajouri seats by a big margin.

1:29 PM: NOTA gets over 1.7 lakh votes in Indore Lok Sabha seat, breaks previous record of Gopalganj

1:18 PM: BJP's B. Y. Raghavendra wins in Shimoga Lok Sabha constituency

1:17 PM: Eswarappa loses Shimoga seat as independent candidate

1:13 PM: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi leads in Hyderabad. K Madhavi Latha of the BJP poses a significant challenge to the long-standing dominance of AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi, a four-term sitting MP.

1:05 PM: BJP candidate Suresh Gopi wins from Thrissur seat in Kerala

1:05 PM: Congress candidate K. Hitnal wins from Koppala

12:59 PM: BJP's Annamalai loses to DMK's Ganapathy Rajkumar in Coimbatore seat with a margin of 17,000 votes

12:54 PM: DMK candidate Kanimozhi leads in Thoothukkudi; AIADMK second

12:50 PM: M. S. Raksha Ramaiah lose to K Sudhakar in Chikkaballapur

12:48 PM: Govind Karjol wins Chitradurga seat

12:47 PM: Congress candidate Sunil Bose wins Chamarajanagar seat

12:44 PM: BJP leading in all 7 seats in Delhi

12:38 PM: Former Karnataka Chief Minister and JD(S) state President HD Kumaraswamy wins from Mandya

12:36 PM: Tumkur: BJP's V Somanna wins by a margin of 1 Lakh votes

12:35 PM: BJP candidate Jagadish Shettar wins from Belagavi seat

12:34 PM: Maneka Gandhi trailing behind 50,000 votes from Sulthanpur seat

12:34 PM: Bengaluru Rural: BJP candidate Dr CN Manjunath gets comfortable lead, DK Suresh struggles

12:29 PM: Prajwal Revanna Lose to Shreyas Patel in Hassan Seat

12:26 PM: TMC heading toward big win in West Bengal

12:19 PM: Vishweshwar Kageri wins Uttara Kannada seat

12:18 PM: Mahua Moitra leads Krishnanagar constituency

12:10 PM: BJP's Rajeev Chandrasekhar Leads Shashi Tharoor In Thiruvananthapuram

12:08 PM: TMC leading on 24 seats in West Bengal

12:01 PM: INDI alliance approaches Chandra Babu Naidu seeking support: Sources

11:57 AM: Amit Shah wins Gandhinagar seat

11:55 AM: NDA leads in Bihar, JDU leads more seats than ally BJP in Bihar. JDU-14, BJP-11

11:46 AM: Congress candidate Sasikanth Senthil leads from Tiruvallur constituency

11:46 AM: If Congress reaches 100-mark Rahul Gandhi will become PM of India: Sanjay Raut

11:40 AM: NDA leads 18 seats, Congress leads 10 seats in Karnataka.

11:35 AM: INDIA alliance leads in 42 seats, BJP trails with 37 in Uttar Pradesh

11:30 AM: BJP hits majority mark in Odisha,BJP at 51, Cong at 13

11:22 AM: Mandya: Former Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy gains major lead in 8th round counting, Congress trailing

11:18 AM: Menaka Gandhi is trailing in Sultanpur constituency

11:07 AM: Congress candidate Shreyas Patel leads with 5,749 votes against JD(S) candidate Prajwal Revanna from Hassan

11:04 AM: Rahul Gandhi leads in Wayanad and Rae Bareli

11:02 AM: Mahua Moitra is trailing in Krishnanagar constituency

11:02 AM: Menaka Gandhi is trailing in Sultanpur

10: 59 AM: BJP's Brijesh Chowta maintains lead with 50453 votes, Congress trailing behind in Dakshina Kannada: ECI data

10:50 AM: BJP's Smriti Irani trailing behind Cong's Kishori Lal Sharma by 19,177 votes in Amethi LS seat in Uttar Pradesh: EC.

10:50 AM: BJP is leading in all 29 seats in Madhya Pradesh

10:50 AM: Congress-AAP ahead of BJP in Haryana

10:43 AM: Rajnath Singh leads in Lucknow

10:40 AM: Kishor Lal Sharma leads over Smriti Irani in Amethi.

10:36 AM: Former Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar is leading over Congress's Divyanshu Budhiraja in Karnal Lok Sabha seat

10:34 AM: AIMIM chief and candidate from Hyderabad (Telangana), Asaduddin Owaisi leading by a margin of 15,461 votes, as per the official ECI trends.

10:29 AM: BJP is trailing on 42 seats from Rural areas that it won in last election

10:24 AM: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi maintains lead in Rae Bareli

10:23 AM: BJP leading in all 29 seats in Madhya Pradesh

10:22 AM: NCP (SP) candidate Supriya Sule leading from Baramati

10:21 AM: INDIA, NDA share leads on 360 seats with less than 5000 votes, 190 seats with less than 1000 votes

10:20 AM: West Bengal Lok Sabha results: TMC leading in 21 seats, BJP trailing by 20 seats in a close contest

10:13 AM: Radhakrishna Dodmane leads Kalaburgi

10:10 AM: Congress leads 7 constituencies in Karnataka while NDA leads 21

10:09 AM: congress leads 6 constituencies in Haryana

10:08 AM: Modi back in lead in Varanasi LS seat

10:07 AM: INDI alliance leads 25 constituencies in Maharashtra

10:02 AM: Prajwal Revanna trails 

10:01 AM: Smrithi Irani continues to trail in Amethi

10:00 AM: RJD leads Bihar, BJP trails

9:50 AM: Suresh Gopi leads Thrissur constituency

9:49 AM: The BJP is leading in 14 Lok Sabha seat of Odisha, while Naveen Patnaik's Biju Janata Dal is leading in nine seats. Congress is leading in two Lok Sabha constituencies.

9:46 AM: YS Sharmila Reddy trailing from Kadapa

9:45 AM: Supriya Sule gains leads in Baramati

9:42 AM: BJP's Ravi Shankar Prasad trails Patna Sahib Lok Sabha constituency

9:38 AM: Kangana Ranaut leads Mandi constituency 

9:37 AM: BJP's Shobha Karandlaje leading from Bengaluru North: Early trends

9:35 AM: BJP candidate Prahlad Joshi leads by 17,242 votes in Dharwad LS seat

9:30 AM: Prime Minister Narendra Modi trailing behind Congress's Ajay Rai by 6,223 votes in Varanasi LS seat in Uttar Pradesh: EC.

9:30 AM: Congress candidate Rajmohan Unnithan leading from Kasaragod

9:28 AM: INDIA alliance leading in 6 seats in Haryana

9:27 AM: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi maintains lead in Wayanad and Rae Bareli seats

9:26 AM: Yusuf Pathan trailing in Baharampur

9:24 AM: NIFTY Crshes 350 points

9:23 AM: BJP leading 16, Congress trailing by 8 seats in Karnataka

9:22 AM: Shobha Karandlaje leads North Bengaluru

9:20 AM: Smrithi Irani trails Amethi

9:18 AM: Share market crashes as INDI alliance gains crosses 200 mark

9:15 AM: BJP's Suresh Gopi leading from Thrissur seat in Kerala

9:12 AM: Prajwal Revanna leads Hassan

9:10 AM: BJP candidate Jagdish Shettar leads Belgaum constituency

9:09 AM: CPIM's M.V. Balakrishnan leading from Kasaragod seat in early trends

9:09 AM: Shashi Tharoor leading from T'puram seat

9:09 AM: Samajwadi Party leading in 22 seats in early trends

9:09 AM: INDIA crosses 200 mark 

9:07 AM: Samajwadi Party candidate Dimple Yadav is leading Mainpuri against BJP's Jaiveer Singh.

9:05 AM: Uttar Pradesh:Congress leads in 6 constituencies

9:04 AM: Counting begins in Kasaragod, CPIM leading in early trends

9:00 AM: TMC candidate Mahua Moitra leads in Krishna Nagar

8:59 AM: AnnaMallai trails in Coimbatore 

8:57 AM: BJP's candidate Kangana Ranuat is leads in Mandi

8:55 AM: Manoj Tiwari gains lead over Kanhaiya Kumar in North East Delhi

8:54 AM: Former CM Basavaraj Bommai trails in Haveri constituency

8:53 AM: Smriti Irani leads on Amethi seat

8:52 AM: Prahald joshi leads in Dharwad

8:50 AM: TMC's Yusuf Pathan leads over Congress' Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury in WB's Baharampur

8:49 AM: INDIA bloc is inching towards the 150-seat mark while the NDA is close to leading in 250 seats

8:47 AM: DK Suresh leading from Bengaluru Rural constituency, Tejasvi Surya leading from Bengaluru Central

8:46 AM: Early trends show BJP leading in Dakshina Kannada 

8:45 AM: Asaduddin Owaisi maintains lead on Hyderabad constituency

8:45 AM: Rahul Gandhi maintains lead on both Wayanad and Rae Bareli constituencies.

8:40 AM: Prajwal Revanna trailing in Hassan constituency 

8:36 AM: Congress candidate Imran Masood has taken a lead in the Saharanpur constituency

8:35 AM: Maharashtra election results: Nitin Gadkari, Piyush Goyal, Supriya Sule leading, early trends show

8:33 AM: Early trends shows Congress’s Rahul Gandhi is leading in Wayanad.

8:32 AM: Congress candidate Imran Masood has taken a lead in the Saharanpur constituency in postal ballot counting

8:31 AM: Prajwal Revanna gains lead on Hassan constituency despite sexual harassment charges

8:30 AM: Former Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar is trailing from Karnal Lok Sabha seat

8:29 AM: BJP Tamil Nadu chief Annamalai is trailing from Coimbatore constituency.

8:28 AM: HD Kumaraswamy gains lead in Mandya constituency in early trends

8:27 AM: Asaduddin Owaisi leading in Hyderabad in early trends of postal ballots counting.

8:26 AM: Congress heavyweight Shashi Tharoor trailing in Thiruvananthapuram against BJP candidate Rajeev Chandrashekhar

8:25 AM: Early trends show Kanhaiya Kumar leading from North East Delhi and Rahul Gandhi leading on Rae Bareli

8:20 AM: The BJP-led NDA is leading in 106 Lok Sabha seats while the Congress-led INDIA bloc is leading in 62 seats

8:15 AM: BJP's Mukeshkumar Chandrakaant Dalal declared uncontested winner in Surat

8:10 AM: Early trends shows Smriti Iran leading in Amethi seat.

8:00 AM: Counting of votes begins in across country. Voting was held for 543 Lok Sabha seats over seven phases, which ended on Saturday, June 1. The majority mark is 272.

7:50 AM: Be alert, vigilant, cautious: Akhilesh Yadav’s message ahead of vote counting

7:40 AM: Pappu Yadav warns of 'Mahabharata' if ‘Democracy is murdered’ in Purnia

7:30 AM: BJP, INDIA alliance await election results: Lok Sabha polls vote counting begins at 8:00 AM

 

 

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Denver: A major accident was narrowly averted at Denver International Airport on Saturday afternoon when an American Airlines flight to Miami had to stop takeoff after its landing gear resulted in smoke and fire on the runway.

The Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft, operating as flight AA-3023, had 173 passengers on board, all of whom were safely evacuated. However, one person reportedly suffered a minor injury and was taken to the hospital for treatment.

A footage circulating online shows the moment panic-stricken passengers rushed down emergency slides while thick smoke rose from the aircraft’s left rear wheel.

🚨#BREAKING: Watch as People evacuate from a American Airlines jet after a left main wheels caught fire

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American Airlines, in a statement, said that the aircraft ‘experienced a maintenance issue’ with a tire on the landing gear just before taking off. “All customers and crew deplaned safely, and the aircraft was taken out of service to be inspected by our maintenance team,” the airlines added.

The US aviation watchdog, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), is investigating the incident which led to the fire after malfunction in the landing gear.