States roundup: Kulgam CRPF attack, Telangana 10+2 shift, Kanpur derailment and more from across India

Here are the key developments from states and Union Territories across India over the past 24 hours, from a deadly bus crash in Punjab and an attack on a CRPF checkpoint in Kashmir to Telangana's plan to fold Intermediate education into schools and a row over unopposed wins in Tripura's civic polls.

North

Punjab: Three passengers were killed and at least 18 injured early on Wednesday when a PRTC bus headed for Chandigarh hit a flyover wall in Sangrur, near Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann's residence. Fifteen of the injured were referred to Rajindra Hospital in Patiala, and an inquiry has been started.

Haryana: Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Wednesday ordered faster setting up of special courts for SC/ST atrocity cases in Hisar, Faridabad, Palwal, Rohtak and Bhiwani, and told police to file chargesheets in all such cases within 60 days. At the state vigilance and monitoring committee meeting in Chandigarh, DGP Ajay Singhal said these cases had fallen by nearly 28 per cent and that action had been taken against 10 police personnel for negligence.

Himachal Pradesh: An earthquake of magnitude 3.9 struck Shimla district at about 9:50 pm on Wednesday, according to the National Centre for Seismology, at a depth of 10 km. People in Jubbal and Rohru felt tremors lasting a few seconds, and the State Disaster Management Authority said no damage or casualties had been reported.

Uttarakhand: Rudrapur was named the cleanest Himalayan city in the Swachh Survekshan 2025-26 awards, which President Droupadi Murmu presented in New Delhi on Wednesday. Jammu came second in the category and Shopian third.

Uttar Pradesh: Four AC coaches of the Gorakhpur-bound Chauri Chaura Express derailed on Wednesday evening as the train was pulling out of Platform 7 at Kanpur Central. Railway officials said no one was hurt.

South

Kerala: Police late on Wednesday night cleared the protest tent that Lower Primary School Teacher (LPST) rank holders had kept up outside the Secretariat in Thiruvananthapuram, after the group ignored a notice to leave. A protester on an indefinite hunger strike was moved to hospital.

Tamil Nadu: Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay sanctioned Rs 5.25 crore in further relief for those hit by the 2018 police firing on anti-Sterlite protesters in Thoothukudi, in which 13 people died and 40 were seriously injured. According to an official release issued on Wednesday, the payment follows the recommendations of the Justice Aruna Jagadeesan Commission and comes on top of the compensation the families had already received.

Karnataka: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is due to open the 7.5 km Kalena Agrahara-Tavarekere stretch of Bengaluru Metro's Pink Line on November 13. According to ANI, the stretch cost about Rs 3,470 crore.

Andhra Pradesh: Former Rajya Sabha MP V Vijayasai Reddy, once a senior YSRCP leader, launched a new political party in Vijayawada on Wednesday and unveiled its flag. He said it would oppose dynastic politics and build leadership among young people.

Telangana: At an Education Department review in Hyderabad on Wednesday, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy told officials to end the separate two-year Intermediate system and bring Classes 11 and 12 into schools from the next academic year, on a 10+2 pattern. He linked the move to high dropout rates after Class 10 and said junior college lecturers and staff would keep their jobs and retirement benefits.

East

Bihar: The state cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary, raised dearness allowance for employees and pensioners under the Seventh Pay Commission from 60 per cent to 63 per cent, effective July 1, 2026. It also cleared the Bihar Ki Beti Startup Challenge for up to 2,100 women students, at Rs 88.20 crore, and set up a state AI mission.

Jharkhand: Chief Minister Hemant Soren ordered a CBI investigation into the death of a tribal woman activist on November 6. The officer in charge of Pithoria police station was moved to police lines, and police registered an FIR on her father's complaint and formed a special investigation team.

Odisha: The state government extended additional relief to every block of the flood-hit Ganjam, Gajapati and Kandhamal districts. Each affected family will get 50 kg of rice and Rs 2,500, paid directly into bank accounts.

West Bengal: Kolkata will host the 19th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas convention from January 7 to 9, 2027, and Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari said the state would use it to showcase its industry, tourism and culture. He also said Union minister Nitin Gadkari would visit the state on November 26 in connection with national highway projects worth Rs 20,000 crore.

West

Gujarat: Surat came second in the Super Swachh League of the Swachh Survekshan 2025-26 awards on Wednesday, after Navi Mumbai and ahead of Vijayawada. Ahmedabad and Sanand came first in the new Swachh Shehar Jodi category, in which a large city mentors a smaller town.

Maharashtra: Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has written to the Union Civil Aviation Ministry opposing the Mumbai airport operator's plan to move some international flights to Navi Mumbai International Airport from summer 2027. The plan was meant to allow Terminal 1 to be rebuilt.

North-East

Assam: The cabinet led by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma approved Rs 200 crore to keep the Ayushman Asom health cover running for more than 40 lakh families. It also cleared Rs 108.81 crore to pay colleges back for free first-year undergraduate admission for over 1.5 lakh students.

Arunachal Pradesh: Chief Minister Pema Khandu handed appointment orders to about 529 candidates at a function in Itanagar on Wednesday. They were recruited through the 2026 trained graduate teacher and combined graduate level examinations and the 2025 junior engineer examination.

Meghalaya: A stakeholders' meeting on the proposed Shillong ropeway project, called by Cabinet Minister Sanbor Shullai on Wednesday, broke up without agreement. Shullai alleged the protest was politically driven and said opponents rejected his plan to ask for an independent expert review of the project's environmental impact. A women-led Joint Action Committee is staging an indefinite sit-in and wants the project scrapped or moved.

Mizoram: Aizawl was named the State First Swachh City of Mizoram in the Swachh Survekshan 2025-26 cleanliness survey. Mayor H Lalremtluanga and urban development officials received the award at a ceremony at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi attended by President Droupadi Murmu.

Nagaland: A suspected low-intensity IED went off at about 7.30 am on Wednesday along National Highway 2 near Khuzama village in Kohima district. It damaged a retaining wall, and no one was hurt.

Tripura: The BJP won 77 civic body seats unopposed, so polling on November 27 will cover the remaining 268 of the 345 seats across the state's 21 urban bodies, including the Agartala Municipal Corporation. The CPI(M) and Congress alleged that opposition candidates had been intimidated. The State Election Commissioner said reports from district officials in Dhalai found no such case at Ambassa.

Central

Madhya Pradesh: Indore's eight-year run as India's cleanest city ended in the Swachh Survekshan 2025-26 results announced on Wednesday, and it was not among the top cities in the overall league. Other cities in the state did well: Ujjain came first among cities with 3-10 lakh people, Dewas topped the 50,000-3 lakh category, Rewa was named the cleanest riverfront town, and Jabalpur came second among cities of more than 10 lakh people.

Union Territories

Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved Rs 3,230 crore for the Yuge Yugeen Bharat National Museum, which will be built inside the North and South Block buildings. The work will be done in phases between 2026-27 and 2030-31, and the first gallery, themed 'Adornment', is expected to open in North Block in the second half of 2027.

Jammu and Kashmir: Three CRPF personnel were injured on Wednesday afternoon when gunmen fired on a checkpoint at Nowpora Akhran near Mir Bazar in Kulgam district and then escaped. Police said one of the injured was in critical condition and had been airlifted to a military hospital in Srinagar.

Chandigarh: Chandigarh came second among cities with 3-10 lakh people in the Swachh Survekshan 2025-26 awards, after Ujjain. This is the same position it held last year.

Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Ramnagar, Karmatang and Raman Bagicha beaches have received Blue Flag certification for the 2026-27 season, and Radhanagar beach kept its existing certification. The islands now have four beaches with the international eco-label, which tour operators said should boost tourism.