Jammu and Kashmir: The Delhi High Court on Thursday set free two men on death row for their role in the 1996 bomb blast that rocked the busy marketplace of Lajpat Nagar in south Delhi, Hindustan Times reported. The capital punishment of a third convict was commuted to life imprisonment. Six people, believed to be terrorists from the Jammu Kashmir Islamic Front group, were convicted by a lower court in 2010. Northeast: The young population of northeastern states reads more books as compared to the youth in the rest of India, according to a National Book Trust report released by the Human Resources Development minister on Tuesday, Shillong Times wrote. The age group of 13-35 surveyed for the report revealed that in the states of Nagaland, Manipur and Mizoram nearly 67 percent of literate youth "read more than just their textbooks," and the same was true for only 25 percent of their counterparts across the country. West Bengal: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee inducted eight new ministers in her cabinet Wednesday, keeping in view the upcoming polls for panchayats, or village councils, in the state, according to wire reports in The Indian Express. Uttar Pradesh: A phone help line recently introduced in the state to report cases of sexual harassment helped the authorities catch a 64-year-old man in Kanpur town who is suspected of molesting a woman for several days, Deccan Herald reported. The man was arrested and jailed after the victim registered a complaint on the help line number, 1090. Rajasthan: In a massive collision of a bus and truck Thursday in the Churu district of Rajasthan, 14 people were killed while 38 were injured, according to a PTI report on the NDTV Web Site. Several passengers trapped in the bus were rescued with the help of local villagers. Six critical passengers are being treated at hospitals in the towns of Bikaner and Sikar. Gujarat: As Gujarat prepares for the upcoming state assembly elections, the Election Commission on Wednesday declared almost 30 percent of the total polling stations in the state as "critical or vulnerable," India Today reported. Anita Karwal, the chief electoral officer for the state, said that steps had been taken to ensure peaceful voting at these stations. Daily News & Analysis reported that the Election Commission received 685 complaints as of Nov.20. Kerala: The metro rail project in Kochi will be executed under the leadership of E. Sreedharan, the former chief of the Delhi Metro Rail, the state government said Thursday, The Economic Times reported. It is still not clear whether the 51.8 billion rupee (about $900 million) project will be completely taken over by Delhi Metro Rail.