Jammu and Kashmir: Approximately 152 senior police officers from the state have been transferred following a state cabinet decision. This announcement comes ahead of the bi-annual formality of shifting the government offices to the summer capital of Srinagar from the winter capital, Jammu. Kashmir Live Meghalaya: Social organizations in the state have been agitating against the expanding voter registration drive. They demand that the enrollment of voters be suspended, the special counters setup for registering prospective voters be closed and the old system be brought back "where a hearing took place at the village level before a prospective elector's enrollment to ascertain his/her antecedents," the Telegraph reported. The organizations contend that non-Indians and immigrants are being registered as voters, which may turn out to be harmful to the interests of the locals. Jharkhand: The state police conducted a drive on Thursday to check the increasing cases of harassment against women in the state capital, Ranchi, Prabhat Khabar reported. Some suspects were temporarily detained by the police but were later freed. A few others were made to hold their ears and squat and rise repeatedly with their backs upright, a form of punishment commonly exercised in Indian schools. Rajasthan: Despite child marriage being declared illegal, several child marriages took place in Rajasthan during the festival of Akshaya Tritiya on Tuesday, a day considered auspicious for mass marriages, India Today reported. Many children married at a young age attempt to later annul their marriages when they reach adulthood. This week, a 16-year-old girl from Dausa district joined the scores of teenagers who refused to accept the decision made by her parents years ago, IBN Live reported. Gujarat: On Tuesday, the chief minister of Gujarat formally launched a solar power project that places solar panels atop the canals of the Narmada dam (Daily News & Analysis). The solar panels, which started generating power a few months ago, have been set up over a 750-meter-stretch of the Narmada branch canal near Chandrasan village in the state. So far, the solar plant has generated about 200,000 units of electricity and in a year the power generation is expected to be 1.6 million units, the newspaper reported. Maharashtra: A campaign titled the "Right to Pee" has been launched by a group of activists and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in Mumbai (Daily Bhaskar). As the name suggests, the campaign seeks improved public toilet facilities for women, who currently have to pay to use public facilities in the state, while men can use these free of charge. Supported by 35 NGOs, the campaign seeks three major demands: free access to public restrooms, storing vending machines with sanitary towels placed in public restrooms and have changing rooms built in public toilets, the newspaper reported. Orissa: Jina Hikaka, a state legislator was released by the Maoists after keeping him in captivity for 34 days. A member of the Congress party, which sits in the opposition in Orissa state legislature, commented that while they were happy that the legislator had been released, "the episode has exposed the rapidly worsening law and order situation. It seems the government does not exist in Orissa," Orissadiary reported. Tamil Nadu: In an effort to improve sanitation in Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa has increased the state's contribution to each household that wants to build a toilet, by 1500 rupees or about $30. Seventy-three percent of rural households in the state defecate in the open. The Hindu Kerala: The state has decided to seek the intervention of National Biodiversity Authority to "conserve and preserve the traditional way of life" of Kerala's only tribal village, Idamalakkudi, ProKerala.com reported.