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Simple Hacks to Make the Holidays Merrier (and Cheaper)Ludhiana: A 25-year-old Haibowal resident was stabbed by three men in full public view at Kailash Chowk traffic lights on Monday night. The victim, Bilal Ahmad, was admitted in DMC hospital with multiple injuries. Division number 8 police lodged an FIR against the unidentified accused on the statements of Bilal Ahmad’s father, Abdul Mateen, a resident of Haibowal. The complainant told the police that his son was going towards Kailash Chowk on his scooter. When he stopped at the red light, three individuals, who were also on a scooter, engaged in a verbal spat with him. Following the argument, the accused stabbed Bilal multiple times and escaped. Onlookers informed the police and rushed the injured to Ludhiana civil hospital, from where he was referred to DMC hospital due to his critical condition. Inspector Balwinder Kaur, SHO, division number 8 police station, said that Bilal Ahmad might know the accused, but is not in a condition to record his statement. tnn We also published the following articles recently Two rape accused escape from police custody in Lalsot Two accused rapists, Manish and Akshay Meena, escaped from Lalsot police station in Dausa, Rajasthan, late Friday night. They overpowered Constable Ajit Singh after he removed their handcuffs to offer them water. Murder accused shot at by police Gopalganj police engaged in a shootout Tuesday night with suspects linked to the murder of police chowkidar Jhamendra Rai. Surendra Rai, a recently released liquor smuggler, and his son Vikesh were identified as the prime suspects. During the raid, Vikesh was injured in the ensuing exchange of fire and subsequently arrested along with his father. Shamanur criticizes Yatnal for divisive behaviour Shamanur Shivashankarappa, president of the All India Veerashaiva Lingayat Mahasabha, publicly rebuked BJP legislator Basanagouda Patil Yatnal for his inflammatory rhetoric. Shivashankarappa warned that Yatnal's behaviour, previously tolerated due to community ties, was now facing scrutiny and potential repercussions. He questioned Yatnal's true allegiance to the community, citing his disrespectful remarks about Basavanna and community leaders. Stay updated with the latest news on Times of India . Don't miss daily games like Crossword , Sudoku , and Mini Crossword .

Swaffar: Three defining moments from USD’s regular seasonEDITOR’S NOTE: This article originally appeared in Parliament Today , a Village Media newsletter devoted to covering federal politics on Parliament Hill. Advocates are urging the Liberal government not to play politics with the remaining provisions under a firearms bill passed in December 2023, warning any further delay could put more women’s lives at risk. Brian Sweeney, a self-described “broken-hearted man,” whose daughter Angie was fatally shot by her ex-boyfriend last year in Sault Ste. Marie, was among those who told Ottawa reporters Monday that the government needs to act quickly. Angie was killed by a man who had a history of intimate partner violence, who, after killing her, headed home and shot his own three children and turned the gun on himself. Sweeney helped found Angie’s Angels, an organization he promised will be “active” in the next election to rally Canadians in support of candidates who back Bill C-21, the Liberals’ hallmark gun control bill. That legislation promised to bring in red and yellow flag laws by banning anybody under a protection order, such as a restraining order, from owning or possessing guns. Those convicted of domestic violence offences would also be subject to the prohibition, with officers ordered to revoke a licence within 24 hours if they have “reasonable grounds” to suspect that someone may have stalked or committed domestic violence against a partner. Regulations to bring those rules into force remain in the works, a reality that Sweeney said is unacceptable and dangerous. “Clearly, every month that goes by without these new laws being enforced in our cities, towns and across rural and remote communities puts the lives of women and children at greater risk,” he said. “I can’t bring my daughter back, but what I can do is use my grief and great sadness to help prevent other femicides." Nathalie Provost, a representative with gun control advocacy organization PolySeSouvient, expressed anger and frustration that the feds are not moving on the “potentially life-saving measures” with the urgency needed. She noted that no timeline has been given for the remaining regulations. Suzanne Zaccour, a spokesperson for the National Association of Women and the Law, took it a step further and called on the feds to bring in the provisions before the next election. She argued that if they fail to do so, all four opposition parties must commit to upholding and enforcing the measures on their forthcoming platforms. While the feds want red and yellow flag laws to come into force “as soon as possible,” the government did not elaborate. “We understand the urgency to act and are giving ourselves the means to do so, including through the National Action Plan to End Gender-Based Violence,” a spokesperson for Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc said in a statement, acknowledging that when a firearm is found in a home, the government knows “dangerous situations are more likely to become deadly.” “Working with provinces, territories and groups advocating in favour of the fight against gender-based violence, we will bring everything to bear to put an end to this scourge.” ‘Common sense solutions’ left on the table Alberta woman Tara Graham also shared her personal connection to the issue. Graham’s mother, Brenda Tatlock-Burke, was shot and killed last month by her husband before he killed himself, an incident that sparked calls for greater transparency from the RCMP and how it addresses cases of domestic violence. Graham alleged her stepfather, retired RCMP officer Mike Burke, was toxic and controlling during a three-decade-long relationship with her mother, who was planning to leave him just days before she was killed. She added there are some “critical gaps” in gun control measures that could have prevented her mother’s death, including banning firearm storage within a person's home if their past suspicious behaviour is known and addressing the “myth” that physical harm is the only indicator of intimate partner violence. “Educating both the police and public to recognize coercive control as an equally damaging form of abuse is key,” she added. “It would give victims of psychological and emotional abuse like my mother faith that reaching out to the police for help would be taken as seriously as a broken bone or black eye.” Graham also urged parliamentarians to adopt the NDP's Bill C-332, a push to outlaw coercive control in cases involving intimate partners. That legislation, which the NDP has argued will help address “overlooked and downplayed” forms of abuse while addressing behaviours that instil a fear of violence in victims, remains at second reading in the Senate. “The bottom line is our elected officials have a responsibility to act now” and before it becomes “too late,” Graham said. “I speak today, so no other Canadian will have to travel to Ottawa to plead with you, your politicians, for these common sense solutions.”

Luigi Nicholas Mangione, the suspect in the fatal shooting of a healthcare executive in New York City, apparently was living a charmed life: the grandson of a wealthy real estate developer, valedictorian of his elite Baltimore prep school and with degrees from one of the nation's top private universities. Friends at an exclusive co-living space at the edge of touristy Waikiki in Hawaii where the 26-year-old Mangione once lived widely considered him a “great guy,” and pictures on his social media accounts show a fit, smiling, handsome young man on beaches and at parties. Now, investigators in New York and Pennsylvania are working to piece together why Mangione may have diverged from this path to make the violent and radical decision to gun down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in a brazen attack on a Manhattan street. The killing sparked widespread discussions about corporate greed, unfairness in the medical insurance industry and even inspired folk-hero sentiment toward his killer. But Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro sharply refuted that perception after Mangione's arrest on Monday when a customer at a McDonald's restaurant in Pennsylvania spotted Mangione eating and noticed he resembled the shooting suspect in security-camera photos released by New York police. “In some dark corners, this killer is being hailed as a hero. Hear me on this, he is no hero,” Shapiro said. “The real hero in this story is the person who called 911 at McDonald’s this morning.” Mangione comes from a prominent Maryland family. His grandfather, Nick Mangione, who died in 2008, was a successful real estate developer. One of his best-known projects was Turf Valley Resort, a sprawling luxury retreat and conference center outside Baltimore that he purchased in 1978. The Mangione family also purchased Hayfields Country Club north of Baltimore in 1986. On Monday, Baltimore County police officers blocked off an entrance to the property, which public records link to Luigi Mangione’s parents. Reporters and photographers gathered outside the entrance. The father of 10 children, Nick Mangione prepared his five sons — including Luigi Mangione’s father, Louis Mangione — to help manage the family business, according to a 2003 Washington Post report. Nick Mangione had 37 grandchildren, including Luigi, according to the grandfather's obituary. Luigi Mangione’s grandparents donated to charities through the Mangione Family Foundation, according to a statement from Loyola University commemorating Nick Mangione’s wife’s death in 2023. They donated to various causes, including Catholic organizations, colleges and the arts. One of Luigi Mangione’s cousins is Republican Maryland state legislator Nino Mangione, a spokesman for the lawmaker’s office confirmed. “Our family is shocked and devastated by Luigi’s arrest,” Mangione’s family said in a statement posted on social media by Nino Mangione. “We offer our prayers to the family of Brian Thompson and we ask people to pray for all involved.” Mangione, who was valedictorian of his elite Maryland prep school, earned undergraduate and graduate degrees in computer science in 2020 from the University of Pennsylvania, a university spokesman told The Associated Press. He learned to code in high school and helped start a club at Penn for people interested in gaming and game design, according to a 2018 story in Penn Today, a campus publication. His social media posts suggest he belonged to the fraternity Phi Kappa Psi. They also show him taking part in a 2019 program at Stanford University, and in photos with family and friends at the Jersey Shore and in Hawaii, San Diego, Puerto Rico, and other destinations. The Gilman School, from which Mangione graduated in 2016, is one of Baltimore’s elite prep schools. The children of some of the city’s wealthiest and most prominent residents, including Orioles legend Cal Ripken Jr., have attended the school. Its alumni include sportswriter Frank Deford and former Arizona Gov. Fife Symington. In his valedictory speech, Luigi Mangione described his classmates’ “incredible courage to explore the unknown and try new things.” Mangione took a software programming internship after high school at Maryland-based video game studio Firaxis, where he fixed bugs on the hit strategy game Civilization 6, according to a LinkedIn profile. Firaxis' parent company, Take-Two Interactive, said it would not comment on former employees. He more recently worked at the car-buying website TrueCar, but has not worked there since 2023, the head of the Santa Monica, California-based company confirmed to the AP. From January to June 2022, Mangione lived at Surfbreak, a “co-living” space at the edge of touristy Waikiki in Honolulu. Like other residents of the shared penthouse catering to remote workers, Mangione underwent a background check, said Josiah Ryan, a spokesperson for owner and founder R.J. Martin. “Luigi was just widely considered to be a great guy. There were no complaints,” Ryan said. “There was no sign that might point to these alleged crimes they’re saying he committed.” At Surfbreak, Martin learned Mangione had severe back pain from childhood that interfered with many aspects of his life, including surfing, Ryan said. “He went surfing with R.J. once but it didn’t work out because of his back,” Ryan said, but noted that Mangione and Martin often went together to a rock-climbing gym. Mangione left Surfbreak to get surgery on the mainland, Ryan said, then later returned to Honolulu and rented an apartment. An image posted to a social media account linked to Mangione showed what appeared to be an X-ray of a metal rod and multiple screws inserted into someone's lower spine. Martin stopped hearing from Mangione six months to a year ago. An X account linked to Mangione includes recent posts about the negative impact of smartphones on children; healthy eating and exercise habits; psychological theories; and a quote from Indian philosopher Jiddu Krishnamurti about the dangers of becoming “well-adjusted to a profoundly sick society.” Mangione likely was motivated by his anger at what he called “parasitic” health insurance companies and a disdain for corporate greed, according to a law enforcement bulletin obtained by AP. He wrote that the U.S. has the most expensive healthcare system in the world and that the profits of major corporations continue to rise while “our life expectancy” does not, according to the bulletin, based on a review of the suspect’s handwritten notes and social media posts. He appeared to view the targeted killing of the UnitedHealthcare CEO as a symbolic takedown, asserting in his note that he is the “first to face it with such brutal honesty,” the bulletin said. Mangione called “Unabomber” Ted Kaczynski a “political revolutionary” and may have found inspiration from the man who carried out a series of bombings while railing against modern society and technology, the document said. Associated Press reporters Lea Skene in Baltimore; Jennifer Sinco Kelleher in Honolulu; Maryclaire Dale in Philadelphia; John Seewer in Toledo, Ohio; and Michael Kunzelman in Washington, D.C., contributed to this report.

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The Vancouver Canucks return to a home schedule Friday on a high. Despite missing key players in Thatcher Demko , J.T. Miller and Filip Hronek , the team went 4-1-1 in six road games over the past two weeks. That’s an impressive run. But was it all just lucky? NEXT GAME Tuesday Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Vancouver Canucks 7 p.m., Rogers Arena , TV: ESP N Pacific, Radio: Sportsnet 650 If you look at some basic shot metrics, there’s a case for, yes, definitely. For instance, MoneyPuck.com has the Canucks being not just outshot over a 10-game average, but the quality of those shots tilt heavily toward their opposition. If you look purely at the public numbers, the Canucks have been, at best, playing coin-flip hockey. Sometimes you just get lucky — and you wouldn’t be wrong to claim that is all the Canucks have been of late. But there are caveats. The picture is not as clear as you might think. Let’s take a look at all the numbers and try to understand where the Canucks stand 24 games into the season. According to Natural Stat Trick, the Canucks’ defence has been the league’s stingiest so far, if you believe their expected goals model — they’ve yielded just 39.8 total this season. The Canucks are just incredibly tough to break down defensively because they command the slot very well. The numbers reflect this. Rick Tocchet ’s teams are known for being hard-edged defensively. Sure, there are moments of madness from the likes of Tyler Myers or Vincent Desharnais, for example, but zooming out to the big picture tells the truth: they’re just not giving up many good chances, night in, night out. Quinn Hughes is eating tons and tons of minutes. He’s playing great in those minutes, racking up point totals rarely seen from a blueliner. And that offensive production isn’t empty, either — it’s leading to utter two-way dominance. When Hughes in on the ice at five-on-five, the Canucks are giving up just 0.75 shot attempts per minute. That’s one of the best rates in the league. He’s 19:30 playing time at five-on-five per game. In other words, for a full third of the game every night, the ice tilted heavily toward the offensive end of the ice for the Canucks. That is a big factor in why they still look to be playing well overall, because they’re so rarely defending. As is well-documented by now, the Canucks have given up the first goal of the game a disturbing number of times. Out of the 24 games played so far by the Canucks, 14 times they have fallen behind first. They’ve ended the first period trailing 10 times. Five of those games they went on to win. That they have won half of the games where they were trailing after 20 stands out. Most teams lose most of their games if they are trailing after just one period. It’s just very difficult to do night after night. The Canucks need to start scoring first. What they’ve been doing so far is just not sustainable. The Canucks newly assembled first line is producing, and they are dominating play. The success that Jake DeBrusk, Elias Pettersson and Brock Boeser are having is not a mirage. The Canucks are taking 63.6 per cent, nearly two-thirds, of the total shot attempts when this trio is on the ice. When your first line is dominating like this, that’s a winning formula. And playing at home, where you can control the matchups, means the Pettersson line stands an even better chance of dominating. Pettersson said Thursday it’s still a bit of a mystery to him why his team has struggled to play better at home — but it is difficult to fathom his line as they are playing right now, suddenly struggling because they’re now playing at home. 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Cyberattacks have heightened the demand for log management solutions, as they provide valuable information for threat intelligence and incident response. Cloud-based log management is a popular deployment model, offering scalability and flexibility. Predictive analytics, AI, and ML are increasingly being used to gain insights from log data and improve security and performance. Log management solutions cater to enterprises of all sizes and industry verticals, providing services to help manage and analyze log data effectively. These solutions enable organizations to gain valuable insights, improve security, optimize IT operations, and ensure regulatory compliance. Market Research Overview The Log Management Market is experiencing significant growth due to the increasing number of cyberattacks and the need for Business Intelligence. Cloud-based log management solutions are gaining popularity, offering Predictive Analytics, AI, and ML capabilities for Threat Intelligence. IT infrastructure, including SMEs, requires effective Log Analysis to mitigate Security Risk and improve System Performance. Hybrid Information Management, SaaS programs, and Automation are key trends, with User-friendly interfaces and Cross-platform compatibility essential. Energy and utilities, Healthcare, Manufacturing, and other Industry Verticals face unique Log Management challenges. Machine data, including Event logs, Audit records, and Audit trails, provide valuable Security controls and insights into Network logs, Security vulnerabilities, Malicious activities, and Stringent security compliances. Log Management Market revenue pockets include Professional services, Managed services, Consulting, Training and education, Support and maintenance, and Cloud or On-premises deployment. The Market is driven by Cybersecurity concerns, Awareness and education, User behavior analytics, Machine learning integration, Cloud adoption, IoT proliferation, and the need for Automation and Orchestration. Key areas of focus include the Australian Signals Directorate's cybercrime reports, Consumers, Microsoft products, Strategic agreements, and Collaborations. Log Management Market components include Perimeter device logs, Windows event logs, Endpoint logs, Application logs, Proxy logs, IoT logs, and Component Deployment. The Market caters to Large Enterprises and caters to various Enterprise Sizes and Industry Verticals. Log Management Market growth is influenced by Cyber threats, Artificial intelligence, Analytical advantages, Modernization, Emerging economies, Open-source, Standard log format, Import export analysis, Domestic and localised requirements, and Revenue pockets. Table of Contents: 1 Executive Summary 2 Market Landscape 3 Market Sizing 4 Historic Market Size 5 Five Forces Analysis 6 Market Segmentation Component Solution Services Deployment On-premises Cloud-based Geography North America APAC Europe South America Middle East And Africa 7 Customer Landscape 8 Geographic Landscape 9 Drivers, Challenges, and Trends 10 Company Landscape 11 Company Analysis 12 Appendix About Technavio Technavio is a leading global technology research and advisory company. Their research and analysis focuses on emerging market trends and provides actionable insights to help businesses identify market opportunities and develop effective strategies to optimize their market positions. With over 500 specialized analysts, Technavio's report library consists of more than 17,000 reports and counting, covering 800 technologies, spanning across 50 countries. Their client base consists of enterprises of all sizes, including more than 100 Fortune 500 companies. 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