Part of madrasa in Gujarat’s Bhavnagar demolished for road encroachment
Bhavnagar: The Bhavnagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Sunday demolished part of the Madrasa-e-Islami Sarvajanik Trust building in the city for encroaching upon a road constructed under a town planning (TP) scheme.
Authorities said that the demolition took place smoothly, with senior officials and district police overseeing the action.
Bhavnagar Municipal Commissioner Narender Kumar Meena stated that the madrasa’s structure was obstructing a 24-metre-wide TP road. “A final order of removal of the portion of the building was passed two years ago after hearing the madrasa authorities and the matter has gone to High Court, but there was no stay order against demolition from the HC,” The Indian Express quoted Meena as saying.
Only the boundary wall and some residential parts of the madrasa have been demolished, Meena added.
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FM Sitharaman launches 'VijAIpatha' labs in govt schools in Karnataka
Hampi (PTI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday launched Cyient AI Labs (CyAILS) -- 'VijAIpatha', aimed at democratising access to Artificial Intelligence, STEM and Robotics education in government schools here.
In a series of posts on 'X', the minister's office shared pictures of the initiative launched at a girl's government school in Hosapete taluk and said that under the pilot phase, five world-class AI, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) and Robotics laboratories are being established in government schools.
Each lab will be equipped with high-performance computers, AI-ready software, robotics kits, IoT devices, sensors and secure broadband connectivity.
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"Aligned with NEP 2020, Digital India and Hon'ble Prime Minister @narendramodi's mission of Viksit Bharat 2047, the programme integrates CBSE's AI curriculum and strengthens technology-enabled learning in public education," it said.
Focusing on rural and semi-urban India, the initiative introduces future technologies at the school level, helping build early digital fluency, computational thinking and innovation capacity among students, the minister's office said.
"Benefiting over 2,000 students and training more than 200 teachers, 'VijAIpatha' is a scalable CSR model fostering innovation, career readiness and grassroots digital empowerment," it added.
According to the office, the initiative has been designed as a scalable, replicable and sustainable model that can be adopted across districts and states in collaboration with government education departments, positioning it as a benchmark CSR model for a national AI education rollout.
