A prominent American lawmaker has called out President Donald Trump for “destroying” decades of bipartisan work to build the India-US strategic partnership with his hefty and punitive tariffs on New Delhi.

In setback to prosecution in the Sheena Bora murder case, Vidhie Mukerjea on Tuesday denied in court recording any statement before probe agencies and said that documents annexed as her statement in the CBI’s chargesheet were “forged and fabricated.”

The India Meteorological Department issued red alerts for multiple districts across northern India due to continuing heavy rainfall, forecasting flash floods and landslides. Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, and other states experienced significant downpours, with Reasi recording extremely heavy rainfall. Consequently, schools in the Jammu Division will remain closed on September 3rd for safety reasons.