Newswallah: Bharat Edition

Jammu and Kashmir: One man was killed and more than 50 people, mostly school children, were injured in Kashmir when an earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale rocked parts of northern India on Wednesday, Hindustan Times reported.

Meghalaya: A private university in the state that awarded 434 doctoral degrees in the academic year 2012-13 has come under scrutiny from the authorities, including the state’s governor, R. S. Mooshahary, who has asked the university to withdraw all the degrees it has awarded, The Indian Express reported.  The state police have registered a case against the university, the report noted.

Assam: At least one person was killed and 20 others were injured on Tuesday after clashes broke out between security personnel and a local mob in the Sonitpur district of Assam, according to a Press Trust of India report in Hindustan Times. The root of the violence lies in the longstanding dispute between the locals wih the management of a power company near the Tezpur area, over the company’s plans to block a road that passes through the power plant, the report said.

Chhattisgarh: Naxalites in the Katekalyan region of Dantewada, Chhattisgarh, allegedly killed a leader of the governing Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday, according to a Press Trust of India report on the Zee News Web site. Shivdayal Tomar, 50, was the vice president of the party’s local district unit, had been  inspecting a bridge that was under construction when the incident occurred, the police told the news agency.

Rajasthan: The Jaipur city police recently arrested more than 100 young men who were found “harassing” women in public places, The Times of India reported. This drive toward improved safety of women, dubbed “Operation Romeo,” involves plainclothes policemen patrolling colleges, schools, shopping malls, tea stalls and cinema halls to catch men who are found breaking rules.

Andhra Pradesh: An earthquake with a maximum magnitude 6.5 on the Richter scale may affect the southern region of the country in the next few years, predicted R.K. Chadha, the chief scientist of seismology at the National Geophysical Research Institute, the New Indian Express reported.