The administration has started preparations on a large scale to make the journey smooth and safe. A round of coordination meetings is going on with various agencies regarding security arrangements. Additional surveillance is being planned in sensitive areas falling between the Yatra. Apart from this, health services, disaster management and emergency response mechanisms are also being strengthened.

Repair work on the Yatra route Pahalgam and Baltal has been expedited so that the devotees do not face any kind of problem. Special attention is being given to improving langar sites, drinking water, toilets and accommodation facilities. The number of medical camps and ambulance services is also being increased.

Focus on better management and ensuring safe travel
Every year lakhs of devotees from India and abroad join this holy journey to have the darshan of Baba Barfani. In such a situation, the focus of the administration this time too is on better management and ensuring safe travel. Officials say that all preparations will be completed on time so that the devotees can experience a smooth and safe journey.

Ted Danson admits he isn’t always the nice guy he portrays himself as.

During a recent episode of his podcast, “Where Everybody Knows Your Name,” the 78-year-old actor admitted to his guest, actor Don Cheadle, that he is a “dick.”

“My go-to is nice guy. My go-to is wanting to be nurturing and loving and kind and all that stuff. It really is,” he said. “But I’m a d–k. I can be a mean a–hole, but I’ve only discovered that later in life because I was trained to be very sensitive.”

Having always thought of himself as a nice guy, Danson was surprised when his wife of more than 30 years, actress Mary Steenburgen, challenged that self-image.

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“She said, ‘You are as mean as a junkyard dog,’ and it was the first time I’d heard that phrase and I thought it was so silly to be said about me,” he said. “I luckily have grown and developed with my relationship with Mary to realize, ‘Oh yeah, I do have that,’ which is a wonderful thing to know that you are both.”

The actor became a household name when he landed the role of Sam Malone on the hit sitcom, “Cheers,” which won him two Emmy Awards and multiple Golden Globe Awards.

After his run on the show, Danson starred in many successful films, later introducing himself to a younger audience in “The Good Place,” in which he played a demon who developed a conscience and turned good. He is currently starring as a spy in the Netflix series, “Man on the Inside.”

Steenburgen joined the season two cast of the Netflix show as Danson’s character’s love interest. Steenburgen told People in November 2025 that when she found out she had landed the role, “there was a lot of screaming and jumping up and down … because we were so excited to work together.”

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“We’re both actors,” Danson told the outlet. “We were trained the same way. We had some really good material to work with. We’d get up every morning giggling about what we get to do.”

The couple met in 1993 while on set of the movie “Pontiac Moon” and quickly became one of Hollywood’s most-loved couples. They went on to get married in October 1995 in a ceremony on Martha’s Vineyard.

When speaking about their relationship to People in February 2021, Danson explained he knew he had to propose to her because he “couldn’t imagine not being with her at all times.”

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“Not to sound corny, but I would sign up for 100 more lifetimes,” Steenburgen told the outlet. “He makes me a better person. He’s a truly beautiful human being. A great big soul. I love how he sees the world and how he cares about people, and he’s deeply hilarious, which is super, super sexy to me and he smells really nice.”

In addition to starring together in “Pontiac Moon” and “Man on the Inside,” the couple has appeared together on-screen in “Gulliver’s Travels,” “Ink,” “Curb Your Enthusiasm” and other projects.

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Sarah Michelle Gellar, Elijah Wood and more “Ready or Not 2” stars were forced to evacuate from a Paris hotel after a fire broke out on Wednesday. 

Members of the cast — who are currently in Paris promoting their upcoming film — were among 400 guests and service workers of Le Bristol Paris who were evacuated at 11:30 a.m. local time on Wednesday after a fire broke out in the kitchens of the hotel’s 114 Faubourg restaurant, according to TMZ. 

In a statement to Entertainment Weekly, Le Bristol communications director Fanny Crawford confirmed that the fire has been fully contained and extinguished, and that the hotel’s staff, along with its guests, have safely returned.

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“The hotel, along with all of its outlets, with the exception of 114 Faubourg, has now reopened,” the statement read.

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Additionally, Crawford thanked firefighters and law enforcement “for their prompt intervention and professionalism,” and the impacted guests “for their understanding, calm, and cooperation in response to this situation. The safety of our staff and guests remains our absolute priority. Our teams remain fully mobilized to ensure a return to normal operations under the best possible conditions.”

The “Ready or Not” cast was reportedly participating in a press junket when the fire broke out. 

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In a video circulating online, the film’s star Kathryn Newton and Gellar seem to joke about escaping a fire mid-junket. 

“The difference between how I escape a fire, and how Kathryn escapes a fire,” Gellar, who was wearing hotel slippers, said. Newton was in full glam, including a pair of high-heels.

 “I never take them off,” Newton joked. 

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Representatives for Gellar, Wood and the Le Bristol Paris did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment. 

An intoxicated Florida man is behind bars after allegedly smashing through an airport gate and driving onto the airfield before attempting to enter an occupied airplane, police said. 

Authorities responded to Daytona Beach International Airport around 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday regarding reports of a blue Ford Mustang that drove through a gate at the international terminal of the airport, according to the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office. 

Witnesses reported watching the driver of the Mustang nearly striking a taxiing airplane as it veered down the airfield, officials said. 

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The driver, later identified as 58-year-old Bryan Parker, then allegedly exited his vehicle on the airfield and approached an occupied, running plane before attempting to make entry.

When Parker realized the airplane was locked, authorities say he ran to two unoccupied planes and “briefly made entry to them” before being approached by airport staff and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University security. 

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An airport operations technician subsequently pulled Parker out of a plane and sat him on his truck’s tailgate, but he jumped off the vehicle and began running toward another plane before he was once again detained.

Body camera video shows the moment Parker reveals to deputies that he is under the influence of alcohol and drugs, causing him to not remember what led up to the incident. 

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“I don’t remember, I was at my house,” Parker can be heard telling officers. “I went to an AA meeting and next thing you know, I’m doing cocaine, drinking and smoking pot.”

“So you were doing a lot of drugs and ran through a gate?” the officer asks. 

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“Yeah, and I crashed my car,” Parker replies.

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Parker is then seen sitting on the ground near an active taxiway while in handcuffs, telling officers to, “take me away.” 

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Parker was subsequently taken into custody and charged with aircraft piracy, driving under the influence, two counts of indecent exposure, criminal mischief and burglary of an unoccupied conveyance, according to jail records.

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He is being held without bond in the Volusia County Jail. 

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The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment. 

Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., continued her relentless cross examinations of college administrators Thursday – this time pressing Michigan’s interim president Domenico Grasso on Chinese student spies at the university.

Stefanik wanted to know why Chinese nationals in Michigan were accused of spying on America and his university is not auditing potential national security vulnerabilities in research there.

“Last year, facing congressional pressure, Michigan ended its partnership with Shanghai Jiao Tong University after five Chinese students were caught spying at night and taking illegal photos of U.S. military drills and equipment on the remote Michigan installation Camp Grayling,” Stefanik said. “These students lied and misled U.S. law enforcement about their motives and later conspired on the CCP-controlled messaging app WeChat to clear their phones and cameras of photos and evidence.”

“Has the university conducted a full audit to determine what intellectual property or federally funded research was compromised?” the congresswoman asked.

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Without an audit, Grasso responded, “we are unaware of any research that was compromised by these individual students,” noting the alleged spying occurred “miles and miles away from campus.”

But Stefanik was nonplussed by the answer.

“I understand Camp Grayling is off campus, but was there an audit conducted?”

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Grasso admitted Michigan did not.

“Well, they were not researchers,” he said, doubting “they did something nefarious.” “They were undergraduate students. So, we did not do an audit.”

And, adding, “they did not have any access to any of our research.”

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But Stefanik noted they were found to be spying.

“Well, they did do something nefarious off campus,” she said. “I think it would be important for the university to ensure that there is a full audit conducted to make sure that no research, that they didn’t take any nefarious acts there.”

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Grasso admitted he does “not know what all of our researchers are involved in,” but doubted the Department of War would clear them for access to U.S. secrets on campus.

“Congresswoman, we have improved, and we’re continuing to improve our background checks for all of our researchers and students that come into the country, but we also have to partner more closely with our federal intelligence community to make sure that these students are vetted before they’re allowed to get visas to enter our country as well,” he concluded.

A large teen gathering in downtown Chicago descended into chaos Wednesday night—prompting a curfew enforcement order and intensifying the debate over how to stop repeat takeovers in the Loop.

The activity centered around State and Lake streets, where witnesses described crowds of young people running through the area, climbing on vehicles and engaging in fights.

Alderman Brian Hopkins said conditions escalated quickly before officials intervened.

In a post on X, Hopkins said the situation was “out of control” before a curfew enforcement order was issued around 10 p.m. He said the crowd began to thin out within about 40 minutes, calling the response effective.

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Chicago police confirmed multiple enforcement actions tied to the gathering, including eight juvenile arrests and 24 curfew violations.

According to police, seven juveniles, ranging in age from 13 to 16, were each charged with misdemeanor reckless conduct. One of those teens, a 15-year-old boy, also had an outstanding warrant.

Another 16-year-old boy faces more serious charges, including three felony counts of aggravated assault of a peace officer, along with a misdemeanor reckless conduct charge and a citation for riding a bicycle on the sidewalk.

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Details about the chaos were also captured by witnesses and groups monitoring activity downtown.

FOX 32 Chicago reported that a private security group, the Community Intelligence Unit, observed multiple fights and said one teen was beaten unconscious. The group also reported that bear mace was used at some point and that several minors were detained.

Social media posts and police scanner traffic added to the sense of disorder, with unverified reports of multiple assaults, fights inside a nearby subway station, and a convenience store being looted. One post also claimed a street vendor was threatened with her own knife. Authorities have not confirmed those accounts.

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The scene was also described by Justin Peters of ChiTown Crime Chasers, who told FOX 32 Chicago he saw hundreds of teens running through the area.

“We saw two to three hundred kids running back and forth, jumping on cars, fighting, and taunting police,” Peters told the outlet. He said he and his team also helped a boy who had been beaten unconscious and called for medical assistance.

Peters added that similar incidents have been happening more frequently in recent months, particularly downtown.

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City leaders are already debating changes to Chicago’s curfew ordinance in response to repeated large teen gatherings, some of which have turned violent.

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A proposed update would allow officers to issue a 30-minute warning for crowds to disperse before taking enforcement action. Police would also be required to ask individuals their age and reason for being out before issuing citations.

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Several aldermen have pushed for stronger measures following past incidents that have resulted in injuries and, in some cases, deadly violence.

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As of now, it remains unclear what prompted Wednesday night’s gathering—or whether new policies will be enough to prevent similar scenes in the future.

Fox News Digital reached out to Mayor Brandon Johnson’s office for comment. 

Stepheny Price covers crime, including missing persons, homicides and migrant crime. Send story tips to stepheny.price@fox.com.