Weather Update: IMD predicts moderate rain in Delhi, Noida, Ghaziabad, and other regions on Independence Day; check forecast here
The IMD stated that heavy rainfall is expected in Jammu and Kashmir on August 15, 17 and 18.
Kishtwar cloudburst LIVE updates: Death toll rises to 46 in J-K cloudburst, rescue operation underway
Jammu and Kashmir Kishtwar Cloudburst: A large-scale rescue operation is underway by NDRF, SDRF, police, Army and local volunteers.
What is cloudburst? What triggered flash flood, killing 38 in Kishtwar? India’s five most devastating cloudbursts
The term “cloudburst” came from the notion that clouds were like water balloons and could burst, resulting in rapid precipitation. However, this idea has since been disproven. Sometimes a large amount of runoff from higher elevations is mistakenly taken as a cloudburst.
Independence Day 2025: President Murmu hails Operation Sindoor in I-Day eve address, calls it ‘historic example in…’
She described Operation Sindoor as a landmark event in the global fight against terrorism, noting that India’s armed forces “destroyed terrorist hubs across the border” with “steely resolve”.
Trump vowed to end “wasteful” federal spending. Beloved Texas school programs got caught in the middle.
Sweeping and sudden funding changes this year put two revered after-school programs for low-income Texans and a rural teacher training initiative at risk of closure.
History repeated itself when the Guadalupe River swept away Camp Mystic. Why few lessons were learned after the 1987 flood.
The Fourth of July flood bore a striking similarity to the Hill Country flood that killed 10 summer campers in 1987. In the following years, officials took little action to protect against the next storm.
Casar, Doggett would run for same Austin congressional seat under GOP map, setting up clash of generations
The contest would unearth brewing Democratic tensions over age and experience, forcing Austin politicos to choose between two well-liked progressives.
Justice Department presses Texas for list of registered voters and the officials who check it
For now, the state is holding off on fulfilling the request while it switches to a new voter registration management system.
Trump reveals his game plan for meeting with Putin in Alaska: ‘It’s like chess’
President Donald Trump revealed how he plans to approach his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday. Trump appeared for a radio interview on the “Brian Kilmeade Show” on Thursday, telling host Brian Kilmeade that his negotiations with Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy are “like chess.” Trump estimated that his meeting in Alaska with Putin has a “25% chance of failing outright, but he said the hope is to push for a second meeting between Putin and Zelenskyy. “This meeting sets up the second meeting,” Trump told Kilmeade. He argued the second meeting would be “extremely important,” and hinted that there would likely be negotiations over land swaps, a notion Zelenskyy has opposed. ZELENSKYY, AHEAD OF TRUMP-PUTIN MEETING, SAYS THERE IS ‘NO SIGN’ RUSSIA WANTS TO END THE WAR Trump added that he believes he will know very quickly on Friday whether Putin intends to cooperate. “I believe now he’s convinced that he’s going to make a deal. He’s going to make a deal. I think he’s going to. And we’re going to find out – I’m going to know very quickly,” Trump said. WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT TRUMP’S MEETING WITH VLADIMIR PUTIN IN ALASKA Trump went on to confirm that he will move forward with a suite of sanctions against Russia if Putin doesn’t move forward with peace talks. “There will be consequences,” Trump told reporters Wednesday. “I don’t have to say. There will be very severe consequences.” Putin said Thursday that the U.S. was “making, in my opinion, quite energetic and sincere efforts to stop the hostilities, stop the crisis and reach agreements that are of interest to all parties involved in this conflict”. VLADIMIR PUTIN TO RETURN TO US FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A DECADE Meanwhile, Zelenskyy downplayed hopes around the meeting on Wednesday, saying he sees “no sign” that Russia is preparing to end the war in Ukraine. “At present, there is no sign that the Russians are preparing to end the war. Our coordinated efforts and joint actions – of Ukraine, the United States, Europe, and all countries that seek peace – can definitely compel Russia to make peace,” Zelenskyy said on X. Reuters contributed to this report.
Ivanka Trump re-enters DC ring for upcoming knockout UFC White House fight
First daughter Ivanka Trump is helping facilitate the highly anticipated White House UFC fight as the Trump administration prepares to roll out patriotic events celebrating the nation’s 250th anniversary of independence in 2026. “Ivanka is a longtime fan of UFC and is honored to help Dana White create an exciting event celebrating a sport beloved by so many Americans, as part of our country’s 250th celebration,” a source close to Ivanka Trump told Fox News Digital this week. The first daughter, who is a student of jiu-jitsu, will not take any official job or role for the event but is instead facilitating its planning, Fox News Digital has learned. President Donald Trump first announced in July a UFC fight would be held at the White House, as the nation prepared to celebrate Independence Day. DANA WHITE REITERATES THAT UFC WHITE HOUSE FIGHTS ARE ‘ABSOLUTELY GOING TO HAPPEN’ “Every one of our national parks, battlefields and historic sites are going to have special events in honor of ‘America250,’ and I even think we’re going to have a UFC fight,” Trump said in a speech at the Iowa State Fairgrounds on the eve of the Fourth of July. “Does anybody watch UFC? The great Dana White?” he continued. “We’re going to have a UFC fight. We’re going to have a UFC fight — think of this — on the grounds of the White House. We have a lot of land there.” Trump ally and UFC CEO Dana White declared in August that the fight at the White House is “absolutely going to happen,” previewing that it would be held in honor of the 250th anniversary of America’s independence, July 4, 2026. UFC’S DANA WHITE HINTS THAT RECENTLY RETIRED JON JONES, CONOR MCGREGOR COULD RETURN FOR WHITE HOUSE FIGHTS “Think about that, the 250th birthday of the United States of America, the UFC will be on the White House South Lawn live on CBS,” White told the Associated Press Wednesday. “This is a one-of-one event,” he added. TRUMP SAYS UFC FIGHT WILL TAKE PLACE ON WHITE HOUSE GROUNDS White promised “the baddest card of all time” during a recent podcast appearance, confirming that Jon Jones, who retired in June and celebrated a recent victory by dancing like Trump, had gone back into the drug-testing pool ahead of the 2026 fight. “Everybody wants to fight on this card. Literally everybody,” White told the “Full Send Podcast” in July. TRUMP’S UFC 316 APPEARANCE DRAWS MASSIVE OVATION IN NEW JERSEY, FIGHTER CELEBRATES WITH HIM AFTER WIN White first previewed Ivanka Trump’s involvement with planning the White House UFC fight, telling CBS in August that the president wanted his daughter involved. “When (Trump) called me and asked me to do it, he said, ‘I want Ivanka in the middle of this,’” White told CBS Mornings Tuesday. “So, Ivanka reached out to me, and her and I started talking about the possibilities, where it would be and, you know, I put together all the renderings.” Ivanka Trump served as a senior advisor to President Trump during his first administration but has kept out of the political spotlight since then. Fox News Digital’s Ryan Morik and Jackson Thompson contributed to this report.