Overview

• Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains announced the extension on X, citing directions from Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann.
• The order covers government, aided, recognised and private schools, colleges, universities and polytechnics across the state.
• Officials report about 30 deaths and more than 350,000 people affected, with all 23 districts declared flood-hit.
• Flooding is being driven by swollen Sutlej, Beas and Ravi rivers after intense rainfall in Himachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir, with IMD red alerts issued for several districts.
• Rescue and relief operations by the Army, NDRF, BSF and SDRF continue, and the ICAI has postponed this week's CA exams in Punjab and Jammu.