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The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. Increases Quarterly Dividend to $0.90 Per Common ShareHigh-ranking members of the organised crime group received sentences earlier this year - the ECHO has looked back at the gang's plot The presence of two local men charged alongside leading Kinahan Cartel gang members was the latest indication that Merseyside's underworld has connections with Ireland's. Key figures of the Kinahan Cartel - a major Irish organised crime syndicate synonymous with the supply of global drug shipments - were sentenced this year after their elaborate plot was foiled by the National Crime Agency (NCA) . The plot saw Thomas "Bomber" Kavanagh and Liam Byrne - high-ranking members of the syndicate, originally forged in Dublin but now with links around the world - plot to create a fake arms cache to weaken a sentence the former was already serving . The men, who worked in partnership with Liverpool man Shaun Kent , looked to lead the NCA to the fake weapons caches across Northern Ireland. But the plot was rumbled and Kent was arrested in Liverpool, while Byrne, who is Kavanagh's brother-in-law, was extradited from Spain. The men all admitted the offences put before them on the eve of the trial in September this year. Another Liverpool man, Daniel McLoughlin, was accused of supplying firearms to the Kinahan members but had the charges dropped against him . Kavanagh's son Jack was also charged and appeared before the courts at a later date, but was released following his sentencing due to time served on remand. Merseyside and Dublin underworlds The plot was the latest that tied together Merseyside's and Dublin's underworlds. The Kinahan Cartel is led by Christy Kinahan and his sons Daniel and Christopher Jr. The men are currently at large and are believed to be in Dubai. In April 2022, the United States State Department announced $5m rewards under the Narcotics Rewards Programme for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of Kinahan family members. However, it's believed the crime syndicate for decades have been involved in significant drug trafficking, bringing huge consignments into Europe before distributing to their various partners. One of these partners is believed to have been the Huyton Firm - a leading Merseyside gang led by Vincent Coggins that was finally toppled in 2020. It's previously been reported that the Huyton Firm, based out of Stockbridge Village but who also controlled the surrounding territories of West Derby , Croxteth and Dovecot, forged links with their Irish counterparts to flood the streets of Merseyside with drugs. Much of the two organisations' work was conducted in secret, very rarely being dragged into the light. However, there have been other times when violent, bloody events involving Liverpool-born criminals have been carried out in the public's eye. Liverpool-born David Hunter was one of two men who stormed Dublin bar Sunset House and shot dead Michael Barr . Hunter, dressed in a boiler suit and wearing a Freddie Krueger-type mask, murdered Mr Barr inside the busy bar in April 2016. He was linked to the murder after police found his DNA on a mask in the back seat of the killers' getaway car. Irish media suggested that the cold-blooded murder was part of an ongoing feud between the Kinahan Cartel and their rivals the Hutch gang . The Dublin-based crime groups fell out several years ago and since then several people have been murdered in the turf war. The role played by Liverpool-born Hunter in the gangland shooting has highlighted the links between Liverpool and Irish crime gangs. In 2020 the ECHO revealed how Liverpool drug boss Liam Cornett was heavily linked to the Irish drug gang, who are also known simply as 'The Cartel'. In December 2019 Cornett was jailed for 26 years for heading up a wholesale drugs operation , flooding the UK with cocaine, heroin and amphetamines. The ECHO was told that the well-known north Liverpool criminal struck up a successful relationship with the Irish gang while in Spain, who agreed to supply him with Class A drugs. Sources previously told the ECHO 'The Cartel' supplies many of Liverpool's gangs with class A drugs due to the attractive business proposals. It was previously claimed the Irish offer a share of the profits but penalise Liverpool bosses if the drugs are seized by authorities. One of the more recent pieces of technology that would have connected criminals both in Merseyside and Ireland was the encrypted messaging platform EncroChat . However, the technology would also prove many to be their downfall after European law enforcement hacked the platform in the early months of 2020. The Huyton Firm's boss Coggins was one of dozens of Merseyside criminals entrapped by the investigations into the technology, which was used by thousands of criminals worldwide to traffic drugs and weapons. Some of those criminals included the Kavanaghs, Byrne and Kent - and like many of their counterparts, the encrypted messaging platform proved to be their downfall. Fake gun caches for a lesser sentence Kavanagh Sr is described by the NCA as a high-ranking member of the Irish network involved in drug supply, firearms and money laundering, and acted as the figurehead of the organisation in the UK. He lived with his family in a fortified mansion, complete with reinforced doors and bulletproof glass, in Tamworth in Staffordshire from where he ran his criminal empire. But in 2020 he was in custody facing a lengthy jail term for trafficking cocaine and cannabis into the UK . It was at this point he hatched a plot to fool the NCA and secure a reduced sentence so called in those loyal to him. The NCA said while on remand Kavanagh Sr "set in motion a series of events that he hoped would result in a significant discount to any sentence he was likely to get at the end of his trial". He sought the assistance of “trusted associates” Kent and Byrne , who used the EncroChat names "Gargler" and "ThaiLive", directing them via a fellow inmate in prison to purchase firearms and ammunition and bury them, so he could reveal their whereabouts to NCA investigators. Over 18 months, Kent and Byrne began contacting associates to acquire weapons and ammunition. The group amassed a haul of 11 firearms, including three Skorpion submachine guns, three Heckler and Koch, and a Uzi submachine gun and ammunition from the UK, the Netherlands and the Republic of Ireland . Messages recovered by the NCA revealed the nicknames they had for each other - such as "liquid Byrne" and "Gargle", while others showed the pair discussing at length how to get hold of the weapons and where to bury them. One message from Kent to Byrne showed the desperation of Kavanagh, with him saying "Try get as many of them as you can...only chance he's got on getting good result out of this case mate" . An “increasingly frustrated” Kavanagh was also pressuring associates to secure weapons by whatever method possible - and Kent had even warned Byrne that their boss would “start cracking heads” if they didn’t find them. Kavanagh had hoped the ruse would lead the NCA to commend him for helping them and look favourable to the court. Kavanagh had first approached the NCA in December 2020. He went on to claim in an interview in April 2021 that he had intelligence about an arms cache of between 10 and 20 weapons, said to have come from Holland . Through his solicitor, he provided a map with instructions and an X marking the spot in Newry, Northern Ireland. The Police Service of Northern Ireland, assisting the NCA operation, went to a farmer’s field where they found buried, just beneath the surface, two holdalls containing the guns and ammunition. At the time, the NCA said the guns were in good condition and ready for use. Having reviewed the EncroChat data in greater detail , the NCA concluded Kavanagh’s tip-off was a put-up job and withdrew its cooperation. The plot draws striking similarities to that of Liverpool gangster John Haase , who in 1995 was believed to be an informant of the highest quality to police and customs officials when he drip-fed information to his handlers about an "awesome array" of weapons while awaiting sentence for heroin charges. The weapons, which had in fact been planted by Haase and an associate, were used as a bargaining tool to have their sentences slashed for the heroin plot. The very judge who sent Haase down for 18 years for the heroin plot wrote a letter to the then-Tory Home Secretary recommending a royal pardon. However, Kavanagh and his associates weren't so lucky. The NCA swoop in Shaun Kent was the first man to be arrested in March 2021 - and officers at the time recovered £5,000 in cash . Kavanagh was then arrested at HMP Norwich in August 2021 and he and Kent were charged with firearms offences and perverting the course of justice in August 2023. In March 2022, Kavanagh was sentenced to 21 years in prison at Ipswich Crown Court. NCA investigators had linked Kavanagh and others to large-scale drug shipments worth around £30m at UK street value, as well as movements of cash and firearms. The NCA also pursued Byrne - but the mobster fled and a major effort was then launched to arrest him in the Alcudia area of Mallorca in June 2023 . He spent six months in prison there fighting his extradition - before being sent back to the UK and escorted by officers straight to court. After appearing before court for sentencing, Kavanagh Sr was sentenced to a further six years in prison, Byrne received five years in prison and Kent received six years in prison when they appeared in court in October. No evidence was offered against Liverpool man McLoughlin, who was arrested and charged with two counts of conspiracy to possess a prohibited weapon . He however is already serving an extensive sentence for other EncroChat offences. NCA branch commander Ty Surgeon said: "At the instruction of their leader Thomas Kavanagh, Shaun Kent and Liam Byrne orchestrated a cynical and dangerous plot to plant a cache of weapons so Kavanagh could direct the NCA to them and reduce his time in prison. "These weapons were viable and deadly weapons that were in the hands of a criminal gang, loaded and ready for use in criminality. What this group didn't know is their Encrochat messages had been unveiled for law enforcement to see, showing every detail of their plan. The NCA's mission is to protect the public from serious and organised crime, and as this case shows, we will pursue every avenue, including overseas, to ensure criminals are brought to justice." The ECHO also reported that Kavanagh's on Jack - a trainee accountant - was also involved in the plot to engineer a lighter sentence for his dad . Jack Kavanagh was arrested in May 2023 at Malaga Airport by officers from the Spanish National Police while he was travelling from Dubai to Turkey. He was extradited to the UK where he pleaded guilty to conspiring to possess firearms and ammunition. He was described by Judge Philip Katz KC, who presided over all of the sentencings, as more of an “enthusiastic messenger” than an “organiser” as he sentenced him to three years and one month in prison. He appeared in the dock alongside serving inmate Peter Keating, who was jailed for four years and eight months for the same offences as well as a count of plotting to pervert the course of justice . He is expected to be returned to Ireland where he is already serving 12 years for directing a criminal organisation. He was said to have been acting under direction and was put under pressure by those higher up the chain than him. Although the sentences handed down to the conspirators demonstrate some of the most definitive action taken against members of the Kinahan Cartel, they also represent some of the lowest given to criminals convicted of an EncroChat offence. Once the time spent on remand is factored in, as well as the fact only half of the sentence will be served in prison, Byrne will only be inside a matter of months. Perhaps more worryingly for the organisation, the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau confirmed earlier this year that the Kinahans are “no longer the primary organised crime group in this jurisdiction".
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ATLANTA — Already reeling from their November defeats, Democrats grappled Monday with President Joe Biden’s pardoning of his son for federal crimes, with some calling the move misguided and unwise after the party spent years slamming Donald Trump as a threat to democracy who disregarded the law. The president pardoned Hunter Biden late Sunday evening, reversing his previous pledges with a grant of clemency that covers more than a decade of any federal crimes his son might have committed. The 82-year-old president said in a statement that his son’s prosecution on charges of tax evasion and falsifying a federal weapons purchase form were politically motivated. “He believes in the justice system, but he also believes that politics infected the process and led to a miscarriage of justice,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Monday. She, along with Biden and other White House officials, insisted for months that Hunter Biden would not get a pardon. That explanation did not satisfy some Democrats, angry that Biden’s reversal could make it harder to take on Trump, who argues that indictments and a conviction against him were a matter of Biden and Democrats turning the justice system against him. “This is a bad precedent that could be abused by later Presidents and will sadly tarnish his reputation,” Colorado Gov. Jared Polis wrote on social media. Rep. Greg Stanton, D-Ariz., posted: “This wasn’t a politically motivated prosecution. Hunter committed felonies and was convicted by a jury of his peers.” Certainly, the president has Democratic defenders who note Trump’s use of presidential power to pardon a slew of his convicted aides, associates and friends, several for activities tied to Trump’s campaign and first administration. “Trump pardoned Roger Stone, Steve Bannon, Michael Flynn and Paul Manafort, as well as his son-in-law’s father, Charles Kushner — who he just appointed US ambassador to France,” prominent Democratic fundraiser Jon Cooper wrote on social media. Democratic National Committee Chairman Jaime Harrison said there “is no standard for Donald Trump, and the highest standard for Democrats and Joe Biden.” Harrison pointed to Trump’s apparent plans to oust FBI Director Christopher Wray and replace him with loyalist Kash Patel and suggested the GOP’s pursuit of Hunter Biden would not have ended without clemency. First lady Jill Biden said Monday from the White House: “Of course I support the pardon of my son.”
Mr Forro was one of two employees to have put food out and fed the fox and the other security guard was Irish. Fox. Photo: Stock A security guard who was sanctioned by his employer for feeding a fox while on duty at a pharma site has been awarded €6,000 in a race discrimination case. At the Labour Court, deputy chairwoman, Louise O’Donnell found that Apleona Ireland Ltd discriminated against Hungarian national, Istvan Forro on the grounds of race when suspending him for 14 weeks with pay over the ‘feeding fox’ incident in January 2021. Ms O’Donnell stated that Mr Forro was subjected to an investigation and disciplinary hearing and received a sanction of a verbal warning which he successfully appealed internally. Mr Forro was one of two employees to have put food out and fed the fox and the other security guard was Irish. Ms O’Donnell said that the comparator in the case, the Irish employee, Mr A was not spoken to by his employer over the ‘fox’ incident and was not penalised in any way for the same actions. Ms O’Donnell stated that the court is satisfied that these facts are sufficient to raise a presumption of discrimination and that Apleona Ireland failed to rebut the presumption of unlawful discrimination. The Labour Court ruling overturns an earlier decision by the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) which found that Mr Forro had not been discriminated against. The most recent accounts for Apleona Ireland Ltd show that it recorded pre-tax profits of €4.34m in 2022 as revenues increased by 19pc to €94.4m. Under cross examination at the Labour Court hearing held in Waterford, Mr Forro confirmed that he liked the fox and that he had admitted to feeding the fox. Mr Forro stated that he was the only Hungarian member of staff, and the only person suspended and investigated over feeding the fox. Mr Forro confirmed that he was never told to stop feeding the fox until January 2021. He confirmed that he had worked on the same site for a number of years prior to Apleona taking over and he stated that a group of workers had fed the fox, and he felt that the client company were aware of it. Mr Forro said that January 2021 was the first time it was raised with him that there was a problem with feeding the fox. He said that he stopped feeding the fox and made a point of telling other staff that they were not to feed the fox. Mr Forro said that as he was about to return to work in late January 2021 after a bout of Covid-19, he received a phone call from a senior work colleague to say he was suspended with pay and not to go on site or make contact with anyone on site. He asked why he was being suspended and he was told “it was something about a fox.” Mr Forro received a letter which stated that was suspended on full pay to allow an investigation into an alleged failure to follow management instruction on more than one occasion; an alleged failure to obey the sites Pest Control Standard Operating Procedures; a breach of trust with Management and putting the relationship with the client in jeopardy. The letter went on to say that “at this point that these allegations would be considered gross misconduct”. In May 2021, Mr Forro received a letter confirming a verbal warning when he was told that “based on the balance of probabilities I have come to the conclusion that you breached policies and attempted to deceive the company which amounts to serious/gross misconduct. This conduct is in excusable”. Mr Forro stated that the only difference between himself and his work colleague was that he was Hungarian and his colleague was Irish. He said that they were both accused of leaving food out and feeding the fox, but he was the only one suspended and put through an investigation procedure. Mr Forro contended that that the photo of food produced at the meeting was not the type of food that they would leave for the fox. An associate director with Apleona, Ms Krakowiak told the Labour Court that in January 2021 she received an email from the client firm about food being dumped on the site and was asked by the client to investigate. Ms Krakowiak reviewed the CCTV footage and saw Mr Forro and Mr A feeding the fox. Counsel for Mr Forro, Mr Joseph Bradley BL (instructed by Sean Ormonde Solicitors) put it to Ms Krakowiak that Apleona needed a scapegoat for the client, and they chose the Hungarian rather than the Irish national. Mr Bradley stated that the issue should have come to an end on April 9, 2021, when Mr Forro confirmed he had not received training about not feeding the fox. Ms Krakowiak submitted that the reason for the different treatment was that Mr Forro had received training in pest control and Mr A had not. However, in the court’s finding, Ms O’Donnell stated that the notes of meetings held with Mr Forro in April 2021 clearly show that he stated on each occasion that he had not received training and this position was upheld by the person who heard the appeal of his disciplinary sanction.Cboe Global Markets Inc. stock underperforms Monday when compared to competitors
A terrified young woman says her block of flats is “like a crack den” due to rowdy strangers taking drugs on the stairwell. Amie Leeb even found one person unresponsive in the hallway of the property in Northdown Road in Cliftonville, Margate. Police and paramedics were called out on that occasion - while council officials have also identified a number of health and safety issues in the communal areas. Pictures and videos show the “smelly” stairwell littered with cigarette butts and other rubbish. Miss Leeb says intimidating characters hanging out in the block have made her life a misery since she moved into the privately rented flat in July - leaving her scared to come and go alone. The 24-year-old has also had the contents of parcels delivered to her apartment go missing - and claims yobs have urinated on her door amid late-night hallway “parties”. She told KentOnline: “You couldn't even see the carpet at one point. It was just bottles and fagbutts. “It looks like a crack den, it smells of a crack den - it's like being in one.” Miss Leeb, who pays £500 a month plus utilities, says she is often forced to shoo individuals out of the building who do not live there. “I didn't even see the people at first - I just noticed when I was leaving my flat there would be cups and bottles and fag butts and empty little packets in front of my door,” she said. “I was confused but when it got to 10pm I took off my headphones, and I could hear people just having a little party in the hallway. “In the months after it started to get really boisterous, loud and really late at night past the 11 o'clock ‘quiet time’ for the block. “Sometimes I wait and call a friend and say, ‘Can you just come in the door with me and then leave?’ Because I'm just scared. “It's not fun. I don't know these people. They don't live there.” In one incident in November, an ambulance and police attended after she found a woman passed out in the hallway. She also reports seeing a man smoking what she believes to be crack cocaine from a pipe. Miss Leeb, who suffers from mobility issues, says one of the louts kicked down the front door of the block - making it very difficult to close. “We've got lots of kids and elderly people and I’m disabled,” she said. “I can't even shut the door sometimes. It's so hard. “Because no one will fix the door, people leave the flat and leave it open and then people come in again. “I've had so many packages go missing and they urinated all over my door.” She does not believe the people in question are homeless, adding: “They do not sleep there. “They have brand new clothes and branded shoes. “If they were, then it’s a completely separate issue. I’d be calling charities rather than the police.” Miss Leeb says “all she is asking for” is a new front door to the block which locks properly to prevent people coming in. She added: “I want to help everyone else in the flat. I want to create an environment that's not dangerous for kids and old people. “It is affecting my mental health so much and there's nothing I can do because my contract has not run out. “There is nothing else out there even close to being affordable. I'm at a loss now - I'm just stuck.” A Thanet District Council (TDC) spokesperson said officers from its private sector housing team inspected the property following reported concerns about the common areas of the building. They said: “The council identified a number of issues following an inspection under the Housing Health and Safety Rating System and subsequently consulted with Kent Fire & Rescue Service. “The case officer has since been liaising with the management company and remedial works have commenced.” A Kent Police spokesperson said they were called shortly before 11pm on Friday, November 1, following concerns of possible drug taking in the communal area of a building in Northdown Road, Cliftonville. They said: “Officers attended and spoke to a woman who was present. Her welfare was checked and she was moved on. No criminal offences were identified. “Thanet's community policing team is dedicated to tackling anti-social behaviour and encourages anyone with concerns to report them through the force’s website, or by calling 999 if a crime is taking place.” Miss Leeb’s flat is managed by Your Move in Margate. Director Patrick McDonnell said he fully sympathises with her situation but as his firm does no manage the building, he has no authority to get the block’s door fixed. “The door is the responsibility of the management company who we have previously notified of this problem and have requested that they arrange for it to be fixed or in the meantime made secure,” he said. “We will continue to help the tenant in trying to resolve this matter with the management company and have also offered her support if she wishes to move to another property." Fountayne Managing had been managing the Northdown Road block but an employee told KentOnline another company has now taken it on. He was unable to confirm the name of the new firm.A bungalow which was closed by police following months of drug dealing, prostitution and anti-social behaviour is set to undergo a half-a-million-pound refurbishment. The one-bedroom property in Vale Road, Northfleet , will be redeveloped into a four-to five-bedroom home after it fell into disrepair due to how the previous tenant was living. The council house was historically let to older people, however, as the occupants aged, they struggled to maintain the large back garden and access the concrete steps leading to the front door. It was then rented to a younger person but after engaging in a “significant amount of anti-social behaviour” the police issued a closure order on the property and the tenant was evicted in 2021. Investigating officers applied for the order after they were called to numerous incidents at the property including drug dealing, prostitution and general disturbances between May 2020 and November 2021. This anti-social behaviour also included the tenant, and their associates, verbally abusing and intimidating various members of the community. "Despite multiple warnings and ongoing visits to the property, the occupant refused to change his behaviour and failed to show the most basic level of respect to those around him. "Often is the case that the actions of one person can affect so many and this is why it was important that we took these steps to ensure that this unacceptable behaviour was unable to continue. "It is therefore entirely proportionate for the person to be removed from this address, and I hope the community notices an improvement to their daily lives.” The bungalow, which is the only council-owned home in Vale Road, has been vacant ever since and due to how the tenant was living has fallen into disrepair. According to a report discussed at a Gravesham council cabinet meeting last week (December 16), it would cost around £40,000 to refurbish the home and a further £20,000 to bring it up to the required energy standards. Due to the amount of work needed, council officers decided it would be a “good opportunity to maximise the use of the land” and build a much larger family home. The leader of Gravesham council, Cllr John Burden, did question whether there was a need for such a home during the meeting and was told there was. There are currently 97 households on the local authority’s housing register in need of a four-or five-bedroom home and within its existing stock there are 192 four-bedroom and 26 five-bedroom properties. However, the report stated over the last three years there have been no five-bedroom and 24 four-bedroom homes that have become available to re-let. Council officers added: “This is an opportunity to add another larger property to the council housing portfolio which would be delivered in 2025 and reduce waiting times for larger households in need.” Cabinet members unanimously agreed to go ahead with the scheme meaning a planning application can be drawn up and a contractor appointed to build the house. It will see the derelict bungalow turned into a three-storey home with four bedrooms, a living room, open plan living and drining area, bathrooms on each floor and the potential for a fifth bedroom. The construction cost is estimated to cost £509,000 and will be funded through loan finance. The report said: “This is a cautious estimate and there is a good chance a tendering exercise will result in a lower price, but from a viability point of view, it was important to consider worst case scenario. “As the overall cost for this development may appear to be excessive, consideration has been given to purchasing something similar on the open market instead of developing the Vale Road property. “Recent Rightmove listings for a four-bedroom detached property of a similar size are currently marketed at around £650,000.” Council officers added that buying from the open market would come with risks and additional costs on future maintenance whereas building a new property will ensure it is compliant with the local auhtority’s standrads. The planning application is expected to be submitted early next year.
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Hail Flutie: BC celebrates 40th anniversary of Miracle in MiamiChandigarh, Dec 30 (IANS): Farmers have announced a 'Punjab Bandh' on Monday leading to the expected closure of all shops across the state and disruptions in road and rail services. However, emergency services will continue to operate. There will also be no supply of milk, fruits, and vegetables until the protest ends on Monday evening as several trade organisations lent their support to the bandh. "Farmer union leaders will enforce a chakka jam on roads and rail lines from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Government and private institutions are requested to stay closed. Only emergency vehicles, such as ambulances, marriage vehicles, or anyone in a dire emergency, will be allowed to pass," reports quoted a senior farm leader as saying. The decision to give a call for a 'Punjab bandh' was taken last week by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (KMM). Sarwan Singh Pandher -- who happens to be the coordinator of both forums -- said traders, transporters, employees unions, toll plaza workers, labour, ex-servicemen, Sarpanches and teachers' unions, social and other bodies, and some other sections have lent their support to the bandh. Farmers under the banner of SKM (Non-Political) and KMM have been camping at Shambhu and Khanauri border points between Punjab and Haryana since February 13 after their march to Delhi was stopped by security forces. With Jagjit Singh Dallewal's indefinite hunger strike entering its 34th day on Sunday, farmer leaders at Khanauri said they have been following the Gandhian way to continue their protest and it is up to the government to decide whether it wants to use force to evict their senior leader. He further said the farmers wanted to make it clear that whatever situation arises the responsibility will lie with the Centre and the constitutional bodies. Rail movement and road traffic will remain closed on Monday. In support of the farmers' Bandh call, bus services in Punjab will remain suspended on Monday. While the PRTC bus services will be shut for four hours, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the private bus operators have announced their full support, thus declaring the suspension of services across the state from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Monday. Besides a legal guarantee on the MSP for crops, the farmers are demanding a debt waiver, pension for farmers and farm labourers, no hike in the electricity tariff, withdrawal of police cases and "justice" for the victims of the 2021 Lakhimpur Kheri violence. Reinstatement of the Land Acquisition Act, 2013 and compensation to the families of the farmers who died during a previous agitation in 2020-21 are also part of their demands. This bandh, the farmer leader said, will force the Centre to accept the demands of farmers. He slammed the Union government for failing to accept the demands of farmers. Farmers under the banner of SKM (Non-Political) and KMM have been camping at Shambhu and Khanauri border points between Punjab and Haryana since February 13 after security forces stopped their march to Delhi. A "jatha" (group) of 101 farmers made three attempts to enter Delhi on foot on December 6, December 8, and again on December 14. Security personnel in Haryana prevented them from proceeding. There will be a complete bandh on December 30, farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher said. However, emergency services will remain operational. Punjab farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher said the call for a 'Punjab bandh' on December 30 is getting good support from various sections. The decision to give a call for a 'Punjab bandh' was taken last week by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha. To ensure the success of the bandh, SKM (Non-political) and KMM convened a meeting of transporters, employees, traders and others at the Khanauri protest site last Thursday.
BOSTON — Tyrese Haliburton scored 31 points, and the Indiana Pacers bounced back from a 37-point loss to Boston two nights earlier by beating the Celtics 123-114 on Sunday night in the rematch. Andrew Nembhard, who returned after missing Friday’s game with tendinitis in his left knee, added 17 points, eight rebounds and eight assists for the Pacers. Pascal Siakam chipped in with 17 points and Bennedict Mathurin had 14. Jaylen Brown led Boston with 31 points and six assists. Jayson Tatum had 22 points, nine boards and six assists. Payton Pritchard added 21 points and Derrick White scored 17. The Celtics lost their sixth game at home already this season. Last season, they went 37-4 at TD Garden during the regular season and 9-2 in the playoffs en route to the NBA championship. HAWKS 136, RAPTORS 107: Trae Young had 34 points and 10 assists, De’Andre Hunter scored 22 points, and visiting Atlanta beat Toronto for its fourth straight win. Clint Capela had 11 points and 13 rebounds as the Hawks opened a six-game trip by handing the reeling Raptors their 10th consecutive loss. MAGIC 102, NETS 101: Cole Anthony drove for a layup with 0.2 seconds left to complete Orlando’s comeback from a 17-point fourth-quarter deficit to stun visiting Brooklyn. Anthony scored 10, and Tristan da Silva scored 13 of his 21 points in the fourth quarter for Orlando, which trailed 71-51 midway through the third quarter. Goga Bitadze added 19 points, 11 rebounds and five assists. THUNDER 130, GRIZZLIES 106: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 35 points, and host Oklahoma City won its 11th straight game, routing short-handed Memphis in a matchup of Western Conference leaders that turned lopsided before halftime. Rookie Ajay Mitchell scored 17 points for the Thunder, who opened a five-game lead over second-place Memphis. The Grizzlies played without star Ja Morant. HEAT 104, ROCKETS 100: Tyler Herro scored 27 points before being one of six people ejected after a fight in the final minute of Miami’s victory in Houston. Herro was thrown to the ground by the Rockets’ Amen Thompson with 35 seconds left and the Heat leading 99-94. Players and coaches from both benches then came onto the court. Get local news delivered to your inbox!Kobe Sanders, Nevada beat Oklahoma St. for fifth place in Charleston
On Monday, farmers in Punjab staged a statewide bandh, effectively obstructing major roads and disrupting commuter traffic in protest of unmet government demands. This demonstration was organized by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha. The bandh, scheduled from 7 am to 4 pm, witnessed farmers holding sit-ins at several key locations, including the Dhareri Jattan Toll Plaza on the Patiala-Chandigarh National Highway. Entry points like Amritsar's Golden Gate and Bathinda's Rampura Phul bore the brunt of the protest as roads were blocked. Even as the bandh halted normal operations, essential services were allowed to continue with exemptions for emergency cases, such as medical emergencies, airport journeys, and weddings. Meanwhile, farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal's hunger strike reached its 35th day, as farmers persisted in their demands, including a legal guarantee of the minimum support price (MSP), debt waivers, and justice for victims of past violence. (With inputs from agencies.)None
Nebraska football defeats Wisconsin 44-25, securing program’s first bowl game since 2016Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has died. He was 100 years old and had spent more than a year in hospice care. The Georgia peanut farmer served one turbulent term in the White House before building a reputation as a global humanitarian and champion of democracy. He defeated President Gerald Ford in 1976 promising to restore trust in government but lost to Ronald Reagan four years later amid soaring inflation, gas station lines and the Iran hostage crisis. He and his wife, Rosalynn Carter, then formed The Carter Center, and he earned a Nobel Peace Prize while making himself the most active and internationally engaged of former presidents. The Carter Center said the former president died Sunday afternoon in Plains, Georgia.
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