Mandya: Member of Legislative Assembly, farmers K.S. Puttannaiah, died of a massive cardiac arrest here late on Sunday night. He was 68.

Puttannaiah, who represented Melkote constituency in the Legislative Assembly, collapsed while watching a kabaddi match at Sir M. Visvesvaraya district stadium here after complaining of chest pain. He was taken to the MIMS hospital where doctors declared that he died.

Puttanaiah had contested the election in 2013-Assembly elections from the Karnataka Sarvodaya Party and won.

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New Delhi (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday had a meeting with Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and its parent company Alphabet Inc, and discussed the work India is doing in artificial intelligence and how the technology giant can work with Indian students and professionals in this field.

Pichai is here to attend the ongoing India AI Impact Summit, which is being held at Bharat Mandapam here alongside an expo.

"It was a delight to meet Mr. Sundar Pichai on the sidelines of the AI Impact Summit in Delhi. Talked about the work India is doing in AI and how Google can work with our talented students and professionals in this field," Modi wrote on X.

The prime minister on Monday visited the India AI Impact Expo here, featuring more than 600 high-potential startups and 13 country pavilions showcasing international collaboration in the AI ecosystem. Over 20 heads of state, 60 ministers and 500 global AI leaders are attending the summit.