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Trump’s FBI director pick, Kash Patel, to face skeptical Democrats at Senate confirmation hearing

WASHINGTON 30, 2025 (AP) — Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the FBI, will encounter deeply skeptical questioning from Democratic senators Thursday about his loyalty to the president and stated desire to overhaul the bureau as he faces a high-stakes hearing that will help determine his path toward confirmation. Patel, a Trump loyalist who has railed against the FBI over its investigations into the president and claimed that Jan. 6 rioters were mistreated by the Justice Department, was picked in November to replace Christopher Wray, who led the nation’s premier federal law enforcement agency for more than seven

Nobody above law in country: Supreme Court in matrimonial case

New Delhi, Jan 30 (PTI) Nobody is above the law in this country, the Supreme Court on Thursday observed in a dispute between a man and his estranged wife, an IPS officer. Justices B R Gavai, Augustine George Masih and K Vinod Chandran made the remark after the man’s counsel raised an apprehension that he would be made to suffer all his life for the estranged wife was an IPS officer. The bench said the parties should settle their disputes in the interest of justice. “She is an IPS officer. You are a businessman. Rather than wasting your time in

Several people are feared dead in a stampede at the massive Maha Kumbh festival in India

PRAYAGRAJ, India, January 29, 2025 (AP) — Several people were feared dead and many more injured in a stampede early Wednesday as tens of thousands of Hindus rushed to take ritual baths in sacred rivers at the massive Maha Kumbh festival in northern India. Several pilgrims were injured, some seriously, in the stampede between 1 a.m. and 2 a.m. as they tried to jump barricades erected for the movement of religious saints, Uttar Pradesh state’s top elected official, Yogi Adityanath, said in a televised statement. He made no mention of any deaths even eight hours after the crush of pilgrims

Maha Kumbh stampede: Congress slams Centre, Yogi govt; Rahul says VIP culture

New Delhi, Jan 29 (PTI) The Congress on Wednesday hit out at the Centre and the Uttar Pradesh government over the stampede at the Sangam, with Rahul Gandhi saying that mismanagement and administration’s special focus on VIP movement instead of common devotees were responsible for this tragic incident. Gandhi also said “VIP culture” should be reined in and the government should make better arrangements to fulfil the needs of common devotees at the Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj. Multiple casualties were feared after a stampede broke out at the Sangam on Wednesday amid the ongoing Maha Kumbh, as millions of pilgrims

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