Jammu and Kashmir: The state government Thursday tabled a bill that seeks to regulate the functioning of private security agencies in the state, the Business Standard reported. Under the new proposal all such agencies will have to seek a mandatory license before they are allowed to operate in the state.
Assam: The man believed to be one of the oldest persons in Assam died Wednesday at the age of 135 at his native Baribandha village in Morigaon district, according to a Press Trust of India report on the Zee News Web site. Puna Konwar was the oldest registered voter in the district during the state assembly elections in April 2011, the report said.
West Bengal: An estimated 25 percent increase in the rhinoceros population has been registered at Jaldapara National Park in West Bengal since 2011, The Hindu reported. After Assam’s Kaziranga National Park, Jaldapara park has the India’s second largest population of one-horned rhinoceros, an animal listed as vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
Madhya Pradesh: Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has promised to set up a special security force for the protection of foreign tourists visiting the state, Hindustan Times reported. His statement comes after the recent gang rape of a Swiss tourist in Madhya Pradesh.
Gujarat: While Gujarat’s chief minister, Narendra Modi, claims that the Narmada Project waters have reached every part of the state, 17 districts in Gujarat are currently affected by acute water crises, The Hindu reported. The regions affected include Saurashtra, Kutch and north Gujarat.
 Andhra Pradesh: The chief minister, Kiran Kumar Reddy, met his cabinet colleagues on Wednesday to chalk out a strategy to counter criticism from opposition parties about electricity cuts in the state. Mr. Reddy asked his colleagues to launch a campaign to publicize the government’s efforts to ease the power crisis, the New Indian Express reported.
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