Bengaluru: Karnataka Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order), has called on the people of the state to be careful and take measures when they lose their identification documents including the Aadhar card. He has asked the people to learn lessons from the Mangaluru Auto-Rickshaw Blast case.

The senior IPS Officer took to his Twitter account and asked the people to use the lock, and unlock facility that is available on the UIDAI site to prevent the use of an Aadhar card in case it is lost.

“Learnings from Mangalore blast case. Plz be careful if you lose your Aadhaar card. Use Lock & Unlock facility available on the UIDAI site to prevent its misuse. Plz verify the antecedents of tenants before renting it out. Effective neighbourhood watch system to be in place.”(sic) he wrote in the tweet.

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New Delhi: The countdown has begun for the counting of votes for the Assembly elections in five states that have captured the attention of people across the country.

The counting of votes for the Assembly constituencies of West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and the Union Territory of Puducherry will begin simultaneously at 8 am, and the fate of candidates in a total of 824 constituencies will be decided shortly.

The counting of postal ballots will take place first, followed by the counting of EVM votes in several rounds.

  • Five-state elections: Postal vote counting begins

  • TMC, BJP lead in one seat each in West Bengal

  • In Tamil Nadu, DMK leads in 3 constituencies, while TVK leads in 1

  • UDF leads in 5 seats in Kerala, BJP in 1, LDF in 1

  • BJP leads in 2 seats, AIUDF in 1 in Assam

  • AINRC leads in 1 constituency in Puducherry

  • TMC leads in 5 seats in West Bengal; Mamata Banerjee’s party maintains initial lead

  • Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin leads in Kolathur

  • BJP takes early lead in Assam

  • Congress-led UDF leads in Kerala

  • In Tamil Nadu, TVK chief Vijay leads in the Perambur constituency, lags in Tiruchirappalli South

  • BJP leads in 10 seats in Assam