States roundup: Kishtwar SPOs found dead, Owaisi-Azad front, Kia plant and more headlines from across India

Here are the main developments from states and Union Territories over the past day, from the killing of two special police officers in Kishtwar and a new opposition front in Uttar Pradesh to a $2-billion car plant plan for Andhra Pradesh and a deadly night fire in Arunachal Pradesh.

North

Punjab: The Aam Aadmi Party named 31 more candidates for the 2027 Assembly election on Thursday, taking its declared list to 71 of the state's 117 seats. Sitting MPs Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer and Raj Kumar Chabbewal will contest Barnala and Phagwara, while Agriculture Minister Gurmeet Singh Khudian was dropped from Lambi in favour of a relative. Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said winnability, judged through constituency surveys, was the only test.

Uttar Pradesh: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi and Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) president Chandrashekhar Azad launched a joint platform, the Samajik Parivartan Morcha, in Lucknow on Thursday for the 2027 polls, with Azad projected as its chief ministerial face. Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said it would give voters another option, while BJP MP Jagdambika Pal called it an alliance of convenience.

Uttarakhand: The National Centre for Seismology recorded an earthquake of magnitude 4.2 in Pithoragarh district at 12:27 am on Friday.

South

Kerala: Governor Om Prakash Mathur on Thursday allowed the prosecution of former sports minister V Abdurahiman under the Prevention of Corruption Act over the sponsorship deal for a planned visit by Lionel Messi and the Argentina team. A special investigation team led by ADGP P Vijayan alleged he used his office to favour sponsor Reporter Broadcasting Company; Onmanorama reported that Abdurahiman told investigators he had no role and that officials were responsible for the tender process.

Tamil Nadu: The draft electoral roll published on Thursday under the Special Summary Revision lists 5,77,46,618 electors, about 2.95 crore of them women and 2.82 crore men, along with 7,892 third-gender voters. Sholinganallur is the largest constituency with about 5.58 lakh voters, and claims and objections can be filed until December 11.

Karnataka: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in Bengaluru on Friday to open the 7.5 km elevated stretch of the Namma Metro Pink Line between Kalena Agrahara and Tavarekere. Minister Krishna Byre Gowda said passenger services would begin at 6 am on Saturday with trains every eight minutes at first; Modi is also due to open the golden jubilee of Prashanti Kutiram at S-VYASA.

Andhra Pradesh: Kia India chief Gwanggu Lee announced a $2-billion investment in a new plant in the state at the CII Partnership Summit in Visakhapatnam on Thursday, which would lift the carmaker's annual capacity to about 6.3 lakh vehicles from 4.3 lakh at Anantapur and create around 12,000 jobs. Separately, the State Election Commission notified polls to 23 urban local bodies, including the Srikakulam, Kakinada, Rajamahendravaram and Mangalagiri-Tadepalli corporations, with voting on November 26.

Telangana: In a reshuffle of senior IPS officers on Thursday, Mahesh Muralidhar Bhagwat was named Hyderabad Police Commissioner in place of V C Sajjanar, who moves to head Fire, Disaster Response, Emergency and Civil Defence. Charu Sinha will lead the Anti-Corruption Bureau and Swati Lakra becomes Director General of Prisons.

East

West Bengal: Kolkata civic workers overnight into Thursday cleared a temporary structure from the footpath outside TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee's Kalighat home, with officials saying it was obstructing pedestrians. Banerjee alleged that police were watching his house and that another attack on it was being planned; BJP leader Dilip Ghosh said he was trying to mislead people.

Odisha: The state government has revised maximum fares for stage carriage buses, leaving town buses out. Ordinary buses can now charge up to Rs 1.18 a km, express Rs 1.24, AC deluxe Rs 1.99 and fully sleeper AC coaches Rs 4.61 per berth per km, with the rates taking effect once published in the gazette.

Jharkhand: The Jharkhand Academic Council opened form submission for the 2027 Matric and Intermediate board examinations on November 12. Students can apply without a late fee until November 26 and with one until December 4.

West

Maharashtra: Mumbai's mayor's office was among several places that received emailed bomb threats on Thursday, prompting checks by police and bomb squads. ThePrint reported that the emails, signed in the name of a 'Khalistan National Army', also named the airport, a PNB branch at Zaveri Bazar and Amitabh Bachchan's Juhu home Jalsa, and that nothing suspicious was found.

Gujarat: The state transport corporation GSRTC recorded its highest single-day digital bookings on Bhai Beej on November 11, with 1,46,875 seats reserved online, 99,402 of them through its app, earning Rs 3.55 crore. Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi congratulated staff, as the day's total revenue crossed Rs 13 crore.

North-East

Assam: The National Centre for Seismology recorded a magnitude 3.8 earthquake in Nagaon district at 4:13 am on Friday.

Arunachal Pradesh: A woman and her three children were killed when a fire swept through Parsi-Parlo town in Kurung Kumey district at about 2:30 am on Thursday, destroying 19 houses and damaging five. Her husband is missing, and Deputy Commissioner Cheechung Chukhu said the toll could rise; the town has no fire station, and the nearest fire tender is about 38 km away in Koloriang.

Manipur: Police said a joint team of district police and the Army recovered an 80 kg rocket about 10 feet long, four Chinese-made 82 mm mortars, six IEDs and 30 mortar bombs from a forest near P Geljang village in Churachandpur district's Kangvai subdivision on Wednesday.

Meghalaya: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma was chief guest on Thursday at the golden jubilee edition of the Hundred Drums Wangala festival at the Garo Heritage Village in West Garo Hills, where artistes performed with a thousand drums. The Garo harvest festival runs until November 14, when organisers plan a Guinness World Records attempt.

Sikkim: An earthquake of magnitude 4.9 struck at 4:30 am on Thursday about 40 km northwest of Yuksom, according to the National Centre for Seismology. Mild tremors were felt in Gangtok and parts of West and East Sikkim, and officials reported no damage or injuries.

Tripura: The BJP's state disciplinary committee issued a show-cause notice to Boxanagar MLA Tofazzal Hossain over remarks on tribal communities' food habits and way of life that spread online, and over claims he made in the names of Chief Minister Manik Saha and former Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb. He has a week to reply; he had earlier apologised to the Tiprasa community.

Union Territories

Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah held a review of more than three hours at Delhi Police headquarters on Thursday with Lieutenant Governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu and senior officers. The meeting, a follow-up to an October 24 session, covered women's safety, organised crime and arms smuggling.

Jammu and Kashmir: The bodies of two Special Police Officers who went missing on Wednesday in the Dachhan area of Kishtwar district, were recovered on Thursday. Their service weapons were not found, and police, the Army and the CRPF are searching the area.

Ladakh: The Leh administration has barred climate activist Sonam Wangchuk for 60 days from organising or joining unauthorised rallies and gatherings, under Section 163 of the BNSS, citing the ongoing elections to the Leh hill council and local bodies. Wangchuk said he had been placed under house arrest, while police said they were enforcing prohibitory orders; he and Leh groups object to holding the hill council polls in winter.