Newswallah:Bharat Edition

Jammu and Kashmir: Amid a shortage of cooking gas cylinders in the Kashmir Valley, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah says he has given up two of his gas connections, according to IBNLive, which reported Friday that Mr. Abdullah had three. The shortage has led to protests in recent months, and residents say that gas dealers and agents are colluding to charge customers unfair fees. The federal government, in September, had imposed a restriction of one gas connection per household.

Assam:  The police said a 10-year-old boy was killed and five people were wounded this week in a grenade attack by suspected militants in a crowded market in the town of Udalguri, 71 kilometers, or 44 miles, north of the state capital of Guwahati, according to an AFP report carried by The Hindustan Times.

Meghalaya: The small town of Sohra, also known as Cherrapunji, is known for being one of the rainiest places in the world, and that reputation appears to be l uring some international companies, according to a PTI report in The Economic Times. A blurb for Geox waterproof shoes says they were tested there “in the wettest place on earth,” and sources say Yamaha has had gearless scooters test-driven in the town, according to the report.

Uttar Pradesh: The principal of a government school in the Barabanki district has been sentenced to life in prison for stealing scholarship funds meant for scheduled-caste  students, India Today reported. The principal and a school manager, who received a 10-year sentence, had maintained “a register of ghost students” in the name of a school that had ceased to exist in 1977, according to the report.

Rajasthan: A village council in Dausa on Wednesday said that girls should not carry mobile phones or wear scarves, Daily Bhaskar reported. The diktat, which the council said was for girls' safety, followed the disappearance of a girl from the village last week.

Tamil Nadu: The bo dies of five sailors who went missing this week after Cyclone Nilam drove an oil tanker aground have been recovered, according to a PTI report in The New Indian Express.