Jammu and Kashmir: A mob set fire to a police vehicle and beat up three police officers in Srinagar after prayers on Monday during the Muslim celebration of Id al-Fitr, Kashmir Live reported.Â
West Bengal: An outbreak of a virulent form of dengue has affected 219 people in Kolkata and adjoining areas in West Bengal, The Jagran Post reported. The disease is spreading fast since its first incidence last month, the report said, leading the government to open special wards at all state-run hospitals.
India and Bangladesh are set to finalize an agreement on smooth movement of traffic and cargo across the border between the two countries, The Times of India reported. More than a dozen new road routes will connect West Bengal, Assam, Mizoram, Meghalaya and Tripura to Dhaka, to “push trade in the region.â€
Uttar Pradesh: In Allahabad, transportation officials were ordered to stop the use of cooking gas cylinders to fuel vehicles because of a shortage of the cylinders in the area, Amarujala reported.
Bihar: The state government is demanding more money from India's central government to repair the embankments of rivers in north Bihar, Prabhat Khabar reported. Bihar struggles annually to contain overflowing rivers downstream from Nepal.
Jharkhand: The Central Bureau of Investigation is raiding coal traders in the state, looking for evidence of wrongdoing, Prabhat Khabar reported.
Gujarat: While the Gujarat government has yet to officially announce a drought situation this year, 12 farmers have committed suicide due to crop failure in various parts of the state, Daily News & Analysis reported. Farmers in the interior regions of Gujarat are suffering doubly due to a lack of irrigation facilities, as Narmada canals have not been built in these areas, The Hindustan Times reported.
Maharashtra: Widely criticized for “police inact ion†during the Aug. 11 violence at Azad Maidan in Mumbai, the city's police commissioner, Arup Patnaik, has been replaced by Satyapal Singh. Mr. Singh, who was formerly additional director general of police, state law and order, said he will try to restore people's confidence in the police, Daily News & Analysis reported. Mr. Patnaik has been made director general of police and managing director of Maharashtra State Security.
Kerala: A pipe bomb was detected on a railroad track at Velloor near Kottayam on Thursday, The New Indian Express reported. Although the bomb was defused before it could go off, train traffic was delayed by more than two hours.
