Bantwal, May.8: Foremost leader of Karnataka Sunni Madarasa movement, senior scholar Ismail Musliyar,popularly known as Nekkiladi Ustad passed away on Tuesday, May 8 at his residence in Arabanagudde in Ramalkatte. He was 68. 

He is survived by three sons, four daughters, relatives and friends. Recently, Nekkiladi was suffering from health ailments. 

A resident of Arabanagudde in Ramalkatte Nekkiladi Ustad has served as Chief inspector of Sunni education board. He had rendered his service to Nekkiladi Umarul farooq Jumma masjid for nine years. 

Nekkiladi was an excellent orator and had created Islamic education revolution in the society with his various movements including Madarasa movement. 

He was famous for preaching religious texts in beary language. He had also headed many organisations like Sunni Jam’iyatul Mu’allimin, SEDC and others. 

His mortal remaining was burried at Valavur Jumma masjid premise. Religious scholars have condoled the death of Nekkiladi Ustad. 

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New Delhi: Election Commission of India’s official results website ‘results.eci.gov.in’ has reportedly experienced a technical outage on Saturday morning, at a time when India closely watches the high-stakes Maharashtra and Jharkhand assembly poll battle.

Visitors visiting the site were met with non-functional links and a generic “counting in progress” message, leaving them without updated election data. The ECI has not issued an official explanation for the disruption.

Vote counting, which began at 8 a.m. with postal ballots, is underway for 288 assembly seats in Maharashtra and 81 in Jharkhand. Early trends suggest a lead for the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra, currently ahead in 141 seats, while the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) is leading in 96. In Jharkhand, the BJP-led NDA is ahead in 43 seats, while the ruling JMM-led alliance is trailing with leads in 33 constituencies.

Additionally, counting is underway for 48 assembly bypolls across 13 states and two parliamentary seats, Nanded in Maharashtra and Wayanad in Kerala.