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World - / Jun 17, 2026 - How an Indian-origin man stole a $1 million-winning lottery ticket from a US man, tried to redeem it, and failed miserably - Two years ago, an Indian-origin man named Meer Patel found himself at the centre of a huge lottery fraud case in Tennessee after he was accused of trying to claim a $1 million winning scratch card that belonged to someone else. Patel, then 23, was

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World - / Jun 17, 2026 - Chetan Kumar charged with assaulting border officer while smuggling five migrants - A 24-year-old Brampton man accused of smuggling migrants across Canada-US border is facing multiple criminal charges after an RCMP officer was injured while attempting to stop his vehicle in Quebec's Montérégie region. The accused, Chetan Kumar, was

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