As fertility rates in southern India continue to fall below the national average, chief ministers like Andhra Pradesh’s Chandrababu Naidu and Tamil Nadu’s M.K. Stalin are sounding the alarm about an impending demographic crisis by proposing larger families. In Jammu and Kashmir's Gulmarg, three soldiers and two civilians have been killed in the fourth militant attack in a week, posing a big challenge to the new Omar Abdullah government. Ahead of the upcoming assembly elections in Jharkhand and Maharashtra, seat sharing deals are being sealed.

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