Jammu and Kashmir: Demands for a discussion over the recent execution of Muhammad Afzal, who was convicted in a deadly attack on India’s Parliament, rocked the state legislature on Friday, according to an IANS report on the NDTV Web site. The call for debate was initiated by the opposition People’s Democratic Party, and it found support from the governing National Conference party in the state.
Northeast: State Assembly election results for the northeastern states of Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland were announced Thursday evening, Press Trust of India reported. The Communist Party of India (Marxist) was voted back to power in Tripura, while the regional Naga People’s Front (NPF) won a majority in Nagaland. The Congress party, which fared poorly in the two states, emerged as the single largest party in Meghalaya but fell short of an absolute majority by two seats.
Arunachal Pradesh: The state will get its first-ever rail link that will connect it to the rest of the country, The Times of India reported. During the railways budget speech on Tuesday, Railways Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal said that this year the government would commission a project linking Harmuti region in the northeastern state of Assam to Naharlagun in Arunachal Pradesh.
Uttar Pradesh: A police officer’s son has been charged with raping a woman in the state’s Ghaziabad district, on the outskirts of Delhi, according to an IANS report on the IBNLive Web site.
Gujarat: Ahead of the 11th anniversary of the 2002 Gujarat riots, a group of citizens led by the social activist Teesta Setalvad launched a year-long protest on Thursday in Ahmedabad, demanding the “dignified rehabilitation for displaced riot victims,” according to a Press Trust of India report in The Indian Express. A memorandum on the demands of those affected by the riots will be submitted to the Gujarat government, the report said.
Karnataka: The percentage of severely malnourished children in the state has increased, The New Indian Express reported. According to the latest Economic Survey their numbers increased to 1.86 percent of the population in September 2012 from 1.6 percent in March 2012, despite measures to treat such cases.
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