Newswallah: Bharat Edition

Jammu and Kashmir: The occupants of Jagti township, a tenement built for Kashmiri migrants, have not received their monthly cash stipend from the state government for November, Kashmir Live reported. More than 4,000 residents have complained of financial difficulty amid rising inflation, the report said. They have also raised concerns about the living conditions and security arrangements in the township after reported attacks on their property.

Assam: The activist Akhil Gogoi said Thursday that he would challenge the recent verdict of a local court that acquitted five of the 16 men accused of molesting a teenage girl earlier this year in the state capital of Guwahati, Daily News & Analysis reported. Mr. Gogoi alleged that the decision was “politically influenced” to protect one of the accused, a journalist who works for a news channel owned by a minister in the Assam government, the report said.

West Bengal: The West Bengal government announced the release of 51 prisoners on the occasion of Human Rights Day on Dec. 10, according to a Press Trust of India report on the IBNLive Web site. The state's chief minister, Mamata Banerjee, said these prisoners had served long terms, ranging from 15 to 25 years, the report said.

Chhattisgarh: The Asian Development Bank has pledged a $300 million loan to the state government for improving more than 900 kilometers, or 559 miles, of roads across the state, The Economic Times reported. The project would widen existing roads and build new ones.

Rajasthan: For the first time in Rajasthan, voters in the Mangrol municipality exercised their right to recall a politician by voting on the removal of the municipal chairman, Ashok Kumar Jain, the Deccan Herald reported. The move follows criticism of Mr. Jain's performance.

Maharashtra: In Malwani district, 1,000 people held a protest over what they said was an anti-Islamic post on Facebook, The Hindu reported. The post used “vulgar language,” said a senior police official. After protesters demanded a police investigation, the police blocked the Facebook page and register ed a case against the unknown individual who put up the post through what is believed to be a fictitious account.

Tamil Nadu: A political leader, Vai Gopalsamy, kicked off a 14-day padayatra, or march, on Wednesday to demand total prohibition in Tamil Nadu, saying that the sale of alcohol was to blame for the heinous crimes in the state. Popularly known as Vaiko, Mr. Gopalsamy is the general secretary of the political party Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. On Wednesday, he was accompanied by 1,200 youths in uniform, The Hindu reported.