Jammu and Kashmir: Nearly 90 percent of the infant deaths that took place at Srinagar's G.B. Pant hospital were due to infections because of unsanitary conditions at the hospital, unnamed sources told the Kashmir Times. Ventilator tube and humidifiers were reused without being cleaned or disinfected, a "senior" source said, leading to cross-infections of pneumonia. West Bengal: An estimated 95 percent of the repair work scheduled on the embankments destroyed by the cyclone Aila in the Sundarbans three years is unfinished owing to land acquisition problems, The Telegraph reports. This will leave the residents of the district vulnerable to the approaching monsoon. "The government was supposed to build 263 kilometers of concrete embankments by March this year but managed only 14," the paper said. Despite 10 billion rupees, about $1.8 billion, released by the central government, the state government has been unable to acquire the 7,000 acres required to complete the repair works. North East: The president of Myanmar is reported to have asked the army to take action against militants using his country's territory to "launch a tirade against India," reports The Assam Tribune. This change in the government's stance came after Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visited Myanmar and promised "liberal financial assistance." Manipur: One person died and 43 people were hospitalized due to an outbreak of diarrhea in Imphal, the capital of Manipur. Consumption of contaminated water is suspected as the cause. Jharkhand: Ramgarh is the first district to distribute welfare benefits on the basis of a Unique Identification Number, Prabhat Khabar reports. Bihar: Large-scale corruption was found in the scheme to provide nutritional food to the kids of poor families, Prabhat Khabar reports. Gujarat: The state's "political stage has turned red-hot even though elections to the legislative assembly are six months away," the Khaleej Times reports. Political parties are holding rallies and meetings on a daily basis, the paper said. Additionally, posters "sniping" at controversial Chief Minister Narendra Modi have appeared in city centers and the Samajwadi Party is moving to contest some seats, even though it does not have a historical presence in the state. Karnataka: The state government claims that it has received investments of 3 trillion rupees, or $54 billion, before lunch itself on the first day of the Global Investors Meet 2012, the New Indian Express reports. Industries Minister Murugesh Nirani said that the Indian conglomerate Tata Group alone had committed to invest 260 billion rupees, or about $4.7 billion across nine sectors in the state. About 600 companies from at least 32 countries are attending the two-day meet. Andhra Pradesh: India's top investigative agency questioned Information Technology Minister Ponnala Lakshmaiah for almost nine hours on Thursday in relation to an illegal assets case involving Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy, who is a member of Parliament and the president of the regional political party, YSR Congress. The Central Bureau of Investigation asked Mr. Lakshmaiah about government orders allocating water from the Kagna and Krishna rivers to India Cements factories when Mr. Lakshmaiah was the irrigation minister, The Hindu reports.