<h1>Vice-presidential election sees senior officials vote first amid heavy security, counter-terror clash, image-rights petition, cyber fraud</h1> A vice-presidential election proceeded with senior government officials among first voters; administrative and security responses included flood relief visits and heavy police deployments amid communal tensions and an ongoing counter-terror encounter causing casualties. Legally significant developments: a high-court petition seeks protection of personality and publicity rights and to restrain unauthorised use of images and AI-generated sexual content; a state government argued before the supreme court that presidents and governors are titular and bound by council of ministers' advice; the central and foreign responses addressed cross-border protests and a lifted social-media ban; authorities reported large-scale cyber 'mule account' fraud and major administrative transfers.