Last year's runners up Services outplayed Maharashtra 31-7 in another match in a group B match.
Local challengers Bengal won their second successive group match when it outplayed Andhra Pradesh by a huge margin of 28-13 goals in a pool E league encounter.
Earlier, Bengal had defeated Kerala on the opening day.
The results:
Group A: Chhattisgarh bt Railways 29-25; Delhi bt J&K 40-26. Group B: Services bt Maharashtra 31-7; Punjab bt Jharkhand 25-17. Group C: Uttarakhand bt Tamil Nadu 27-25; MP bt UP 23-20; UP bt Pondicherry 33-18; MP bt Uttarakhand 30-21. Group D: Haryana bt Goa 37-18; Nagaland bt Odisha 23-16; Haryana bt Odisha 12-2; Manipur bt Goa 38-20. Group E: Kerala bt Assam 32-23; Bengal bt AP 28-13; HP bt Rajasthan 31-27. Group F: National Handball Academy, Bhillai bt Chandigarh 25-22; Karnataka bt Bihar 35-24.