Delay in closing booth in Charmady: Suspicious Congress activists stop officers
cops resort to lathi charge to disperse crowd
Belthangady: Delay in completion of the work of booth-level officers at a polling booth in Charmady late Wednesday night gave rise to tension in the area, resulting in the police lathi charging to disperse the crowd, some of whom suspected the reasons for the officers’ delay.
The polling process was delayed at the Charmady booth and continued till around 7.20 pm. The officers, however, did not close the work past 10.30 pm.
In addition to the delay at one booth, the EVMs were not cleared from any of the booths in Charmady Panchayat limits. There was also a power cut in the area.
Expressing their suspicion regarding the reason for the delay by the officials and for the power cut, Congress activists, who gathered outside the booth in hundreds, raised a hue. Alleging that illegal activities related to the election process were being carried out in the area, the activists blocked the officials’ vehicles, declaring that they would not let the officials leave the booths without giving a satisfactory explanation.
The BJP activists, on learning of the incident, arrived at the spot, which gave rise to further tension.
The Special Police Force team, which came there, dispersed the crowd by lathi charging the activists.
Congress candidate Rakshit Shivaram and other leaders of the party came to the booth area, after which, special travel facilities were provided to the booth officials and the police staff members to travel to Ujire.
The officials said that the delay in closure of the booth was cause by the problems they had in packing the EVMs.
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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.
