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Member of Parliament E. Tukaram announced that a vehicle charging station and drinking water facilities will be set up soon near Hampi under the Corporate Social Responsibility fund. On Wednesday, Tukaram inspected the ongoing conservation and development work of monuments by the Archaeological Survey of India. He announced that a vehicle charging station and drinking water facilities will be set up soon under the Corporate Social Responsibility fund.

A recent archaeological discovery in a remote village deep within the Nallamala forests has revealed a remarkable connection to the Vijayanagara Empire, offering fresh evidence of how far the influence of Hampi once extended across South India. The findings, which include inscriptions and historical remains linked to the Vijayanagara period, were uncovered in a forested region located more than 300 kilometres from Hampi, the empire's capital.

A major controversy has erupted in Odisha after a review of newly introduced school textbooks revealed hundreds of errors, including the misidentification of one of India's most iconic heritage monuments. Among the mistakes found in the textbooks was the use of a photograph of the famous Stone Chariot at Hampi, Karnataka, which was incorrectly labeled as the Konark Sun Temple of Odisha.

At the inauguration of the new 33 spillway gates of the Tungabhadra Dam in Munirabad, Union Minister of State for Jal Shakti, C R Patil, stated that if the silt is removed from the reservoirs, the capacity will increase by 30% and the income of farmers will double. The event was organized in collaboration with the Water Resources Department and the Tungabhadra Board at the government high school grounds in Munirabad.

In Ballari, the education department has introduced a face-recognition-based 'Nirantara' (Continuous) app for recording daily student attendance in government schools, marking a shift towards AI-enabled tracking. The system, earlier used for teacher attendance, has now been extended to students.