Overview

• India Meteorological Department data show Jammu logged 380 mm of rain in 24 hours, breaking a 115-year mark, as a Vaishno Devi landslide left 34 dead and hill states reported extensive damage.
• NDRF and armed forces continue helicopter and boat evacuations across flooded districts, with the Attari–Wagah border under water and Pakistan’s Punjab seeing more than 210,000 people displaced, according to AP.
• In Bihar, villagers attacked Rural Development Minister Shrawan Kumar in Nalanda, and protesters struck Health Minister Mangal Pandey’s convoy in Patna, where police reported 40 arrests linked to the highway incident.
• Uttar Pradesh probes advanced as police in Greater Noida said a flammable substance was recovered in the Nikki Bhati case and an FIR with murder-related sections was filed, while Shahjahanpur officers cited a 33-page suicide note guiding their investigation.
• A three-member panel led by retired judge Devendra Arora submitted a roughly 450-page report on last year’s Sambhal violence to CM Yogi Adityanath, as economist Raghuram Rajan warned new US tariffs are a geopolitical ‘warning’ and a large survey found 55% rated Operation Sindoor a very strong response.