Jammu and Kashmir: Militants on Friday attacked an army convoy near a hotel on the outskirts of Srinagar, according to a report in The Hindu crediting PTI. A hotel staff member was killed and two other people were hurt; security forces were unharmed, the police said.
Assam: The state government on Wednesday established a crisis response number, 108, that can be dialed for help with emergencies of all kinds, Firstpost reported. The call center is connected to 655 police and fire stations, and 4,355 personnel have been trained to respond, state officials said.
West Bengal: As Durga Puja festivities begin, the state government has pushed back the closing time for bars, pubs and nightclubs in the state capital of Kolkata from midnight to 1 a.m., The Indian Express reported. But any establishment that wants to stay open for the extra hour will have to pay a daily fee of 10,000 rupees, or $186.
Bihar: A 17-year-old-boy whose elope ment with a girl led inadvertently to violent unrest in his town was sent to a detention home by a local court on Friday, Outlook reported. The boy had been missing for weeks and presumed dead when protests broke out in his town, Madhubani,   after the police refused to hand over a beheaded body that the family believed was his.  The young couple was found in New Delhi.
Rajasthan: A system to ensure that cash directly reaches the beneficiaries of social security programs is to be launched in the state on Saturday, according to a report  in The Times of India credited to PTI. The so-called Aadhar program, under which each person is assigned an identification number, is meant to curb corruption in the welfare distribution system.
Gujarat: A Bharatiya Janata Party television channel, NaMo TV, apparently named after Chief Minister Narendra Modi, is back on the air after being cleared by the Election Commission, The Indian Express reported. The channel was s hut down the day after it was inaugurated on Oct. 4, soon after the announcement of the state assembly election schedule.
Tamil Nadu: Responding to a dengue outbreak in parts of the state, the administration in Tiruvannamalai  district has instructed village councils and municipalities to carry out mass cleaning campaigns to wipe out breeding sites for mosquitoes, The New Indian Express reports.
