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Payal.Dhawan@timesofindia.com Ludhiana: Political manoeuvring to make the MC house in Ludhiana reached new heights with a Congress councillor repeatedly flipping between two rival parties in a span of a few hours. Jagdish Lal Disha , a Congress worker who won from ward number 6, joined Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday at around 4pm. Two hours later, he returned to the Congress fold after district Congress committee president Sanjay Talwar visited him at his residence. The reunion was shortlived. Two hours later, Disha went back to AAP after cabinet minister Laljit Singh Bhullar, Punjab AAP general secretary Amandeep Singh Mohie and MLA from Ludhiana East Daljit Singh Grewal went to his residence. With no party getting a clear majority in the Municipal Corporation elections, poaching of winning councillors is being done brazenly. Earlier, AAP managed to get two councillors, including an independent councillor from ward number 11, Deepa Rani, and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) councillor from ward number 20, Chatarvir Singh alias Kamal Arora. Jagdish Lal Disha, a veteran Congress worker, won the elections from ward number 6 on a Congress ticket. A day after, on Dec 22, district Congress committee president Sanjay Talwar visited him with a few other councillors. Talwar said that AAP was approaching their councillors and he was visiting them personally to get them to stay united. At around 4pm on Thursday, AAP released pictures of Jagdish Lal joining their party in the presence of MLA from East constituency, Daljit Singh Bhola Grewal, MLA from North constituency Madan Lal Bagga, and Punjab AAP general secretary Amandeep Singh Mohi. He went back to Congress after two hours, nudged by a visit from Sanjay Talwar and other party workers. By 8pm, minister Bhullar and other party leaders went to Jagdish Lal's house, after which he joined AAP again. An irate Sanjay Talwar said, "AAP, which attacked the BJP for ‘operation lotus' of poaching leaders of other parties, is now forcing winners of other parties to join them since people rejected AAP by not giving them a clear majority. AAP claimed to be a different party and stated that they don't purchase leaders or pressurise them, however now it is pressuring winning councillors. I surely know that Jagdish has not joined AAP willingly but only under pressure. Also, it is ironic that MLAs and the minister who never visited any locality for work, huddled to get a Congress councillor. I would also not hesitate to say that when it comes to casting a vote, Jagdish Lal would vote for the Congress." Interacting with the media, Jagdish Lal denied being under duress. "I have joined AAP willingly for the betterment of my ward. Development of the ward is only possible with the ruling govt, which is why I have joined AAP." On being asked why he returned to Congress after Talwar met him, Lal said, "Parties could be different, however, Sanjay Talwar Ji is my brother and he will remain my brother." Stay updated with the latest news on Times of India . Don't miss daily games like Crossword , Sudoku , Location Guesser and Mini Crossword .Bitcoin is booming. From ETFs to crypto-linked stocks, here are 3 ways to join the rally.None
Latest News | Over 200 J-K Students Showcase Innovative Projects at SKICCFBI director Christopher Wray has said he plans to resign at the end of President Joe Biden’s term in January, an announcement that came a week and a half after President-elect Donald Trump announced his intention to nominate loyalist Kash Patel for the job. At a town hall meeting with the bureau workforce, Mr Wray said he would be stepping down “after weeks of careful thought”. Mr Wray’s intended resignation is not unexpected considering that Mr Trump had picked Mr Patel for the role in his new administration. Mr Wray had previously been named by Mr Trump and began the 10-year term — a length meant to insulate the agency from the political influence of changing administrations — in 2017, after Mr Trump fired then-FBI director James Comey. Mr Trump had demonstrated his anger with Mr Wray on multiple occasions, including after Mr Wray’s congressional testimony in September. “My goal is to keep the focus on our mission — the indispensable work you’re doing on behalf of the American people every day,” Mr Wray told agency employees. “In my view, this is the best way to avoid dragging the bureau deeper into the fray, while reinforcing the values and principles that are so important to how we do our work.” Mr Wray continued: “It should go without saying, but I’ll say it anyway — this is not easy for me. I love this place, I love our mission, and I love our people — but my focus is, and always has been, on us and doing what’s right for the FBI.” Mr Wray received a standing ovation following his remarks before a standing-room-only crowd at FBI headquarters and some in the audience cried, according to an FBI official who was not authorised to discuss the private gathering and spoke on condition of anonymity to The Associated Press. Mr Trump applauded the news on social media, calling it “a great day for America as it will end the weaponisation of what has become known as the United States Department of Injustice” and saying that Mr Patel’s confirmation will begin “the process of Making the FBI Great Again”. If confirmed by the Senate, Mr Patel would herald a radical leadership transformation at the nation’s premier federal law enforcement agency. He has advocated shutting down the FBI’s Washington headquarters and called for ridding the federal government of “conspirators”, raising alarm that he might seek to wield the FBI’s significant investigative powers as an instrument of retribution against Mr Trump’s perceived enemies. Mr Patel said in a statement Wednesday that he was looking forward to “a smooth transition. I will be ready to serve the American people on day one”.Lil Wayne, GloRilla, Camila Cabello to perform at College Football National Championship
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FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Rashad King led Northeastern with 19 points, including the game-winning layup with three seconds remaining, and the Huskies beat Florida International 60-58 on Friday. King added eight rebounds for the Huskies (4-1). Harold Woods added 12 points while shooting 5 of 11 from the field and 2 for 4 from the line while he also had five rebounds. Vianney Salatchoum led the way for the Panthers (1-4) with 14 points, six rebounds and two blocks. Woods put up eight points in the first half for Northeastern, who led 30-27 at the break. King led Northeastern with 12 points in the second half. The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .A 19-year-old pro-democracy activist who went from finishing secondary school in the UK to becoming one of Hong Kong’s most wanted critics has vowed that she will not be silenced by Chinese fear and suppression. Hong Kong authorities have accused Chloe Cheung, 19, alongside five other activists, three of whom are UK-based, of violating national security laws introduced in 2020 following protests the year before, which opposed China’s swelling anti-democratic influence on the city. Arrest warrants have been issued for the six activists, while a HK$1 million (£103,000) bounty has been put out for their capture. It is the second year in a row that Hong Kong authorities have issued such warrants and bounties on Christmas Eve. “Today, in my adopted UK home, I’ve endured constant threats, both online and physical. But this didn’t stop me from speaking out and now I have a bounty on my head,” Ms Cheung said. “Fear cannot restrain me. Suppression cannot silence me. I will wear this burden with pride and without fear.” Official documents accuse her of publishing articles as a “core member” of the US-based Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation (CFHKF), giving speeches and posting on social media “advocating separating Hong Kong from China and requested foreign countries to impose sanctions or blockade, engage in other hostile activities against China and Hong Kong”. Just a year ago, however, Ms Cheung was finishing her final year of secondary school, living in a country into which she had been forced to flee at the age of just 15 and attending local, pro-Hong Kong democracy marches. The teenage activist, who attended some of the protests back in Hong Kong in her school uniform, having gone straight from class to the marches when she was as young as 13, has been described as a “brave” and “fiercely pro-democracy” figure by those that know her. During those protests, she says she “faced tear gas and batons and bullets from the Hong Kong police” before being forced to give her name to the authorities, prompting her departure from the city. After navigating her way through secondary school here in the UK, she quickly applied to join CFHKF. “In the space of a year, she’s gone from being a teenager that participated in local Hong Kong parades and marches to a bountied individual,” says Mark Sabah, the head of UK operations at CFHKF. “She works hard. She is dedicated. She is very clever and fiercely pro-Hong Kong democracy. She’s just brilliant to have on our team. “She keeps going and going. She’s an absolutely outstanding colleague and we are completely in support of her.” Mr Sabah described the latest warrants and bounties as “shocking yet not surprising” as he urged the British government to do more to fight Chinese and Hong Kong efforts to suppress free speech abroad. Criticising the new Labour government’s approach to China - in November, Sir Keir Starmer became the first prime minister in six years to meet with Chinese president Xi Jinping , where the pair reportedly spoke about future trade - Mr Sabah urged Downing Street to stop “pandering” to Beijing. Chancellor Rachel Reeves is expected to visit China in the spring of next year for talks with vice premier He Lifeng. “On the one hand, we have the Chinese authorities, or the Hong Kong authorities, actively pursuing people who are safely living in the UK,” says Mr Sabah. “Yet in the same breath as expressing concern and saying they stand with Hong Kong, the British government are pursuing business and trade deals, as well as economic relations, with Beijing. “What needs to happen before they make the correlation that this constant appeasement and pandering is what gives the Hong Kong authorities and the Chinese Communist Party such brazen impunity to keep on doing this to people living in the UK?” Ms Cheung echoed that sentiment, calling on the government to “finally stand with the people of Hong Kong” to take “real action to protect us from transnational repression on British soil”. The other three activists now residing in the UK who were included on the latest arrest warrant list include Chung Kim-wah, 64, a commentator and former pollster, Tony Chung, 23, former head of a pro-independence group who fled to the UK last year after serving four years in prison for a national security offence, and Carmen Lau, 29, a member of the Hong Kong Democracy Council and former district councillor. These four, alongside Canada-based former actor Joseph Tay, 62, and YouTuber Victor Ho, 69, have all had bounties put out for their arrest, while an additional seven others had their Hong Kong passports revoked. The total number of exiled Hong Kongers with arrest warrants and bounties worldwide is now 19. The government had previously issued two rounds of arrest warrants and bounties for more prominent activists, including ex-lawmakers Ted Hui and Nathan Law. Former district councillor Ms Lau wrote on X, formerly Twitter, that she would not “back down” from her fight to ensure a free and democratic Hong Kong. “[I] will not back down only because of an arrest warrant and a bounty,” she wrote. “And I hope to have every one of you standing with me in this fight for Hong Kong.” Megan Khoo, policy director of UK-based Hong Kong Watch, described the warrants as “clear attempts of transnational repression, designed to silence dissent and extend the reach of authoritarian control beyond Hong Kong’s borders”. She called on the UK, US, Canadian and Australian governments to “urgently respond” by imposing sanctions on the Hong Kong officials responsible and strengthening measures to counter “extraterritorial intimidation”.
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