Bengaluru, November 25: Veteran politician and former union minister CK Jaffer Sharief (85) passed away after a brief illness here on Sunday afternoon.

He was admitted to a private hospital due to illness on Friday, but he breathed his last at the hospital as he did not respond to the treatment.

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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.