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Indian officials say they launched their investigation after Jagdish Baldevbhai Patel, 39, was found dead along with his wife and two children near a border crossing between Manitoba and the United States on Jan. 19, 2022. Last month, a Minnesota jury found two men guilty -- Steve Shand of Florida and Harshkumar Patel, an Indian national arrested in Chicago -- on four counts related to bringing unauthorized people into the U.S., transporting them and profiting from it. Patel is a common name in India, and the family was not related to the accused. Prosecutors said Harshkumar Patel co-ordinated a sophisticated operation while Shand was a driver. Shand was to pick up 11 Indian migrants on the Minnesota side of the border, prosecutors said. Only seven survived the foot crossing. Canadian authorities found the Patel family later that morning, dead from the cold. Harshkumar Patel and Shand have not yet been sentenced and might appeal. The Tuesday news release said officials launched an investigation following a report filed against Bhavesh Ashokbhai Patel, who allegedly arranged the travel of the family. Each member of the family was allegedly charged the equivalent of between $93,000 and $102,000 to cross into United States from Canada, the directorate claimed. The incident has been called the Dingucha case in India, named after the village in the Gujarat state of western India from which the family originated. The Enforcement Directorate said it searched eight places last week in Mumbai, Nagpur in Maharashtra state, and Gandhinagar and Vadodara in Gujarat. It also claims that Bhavesh Ashokbhai Patel allegedly arranged people to get admissions to Canadian colleges, which helped in getting student visas. The news release did not specify the schools alleged to be involved. "Once the individuals or students reach Canada, instead of joining the college, they illegally crossed the U.S.-Canada Border and never joined college(s) in Canada," it said. The fee paid toward college admission was then returned, it added. The search has found that about 25,000 students were referred by one "entity" and over 10,000 students by another to various colleges outside India every year, the release claimed. The network has about 1,700 agents in Gujarat and around 3,500 across India, of which 800 are active, it alleged. The release claims that "around 112 colleges based in Canada" have entered into agreement with one entity, while "more than 150" colleges have done so with another entity. It is unclear from the release whether any colleges have ties to both entities. Anil Pratham, a former high-ranking police official in Gujarat, was involved in investigating the case from January 2022 until his retirement this fall. He told The Canadian Press his team looked at paperwork, such as certificates and documents used by students to apply to colleges and universities abroad. Police then contacted villagers through various societies, asking them for help. "We conveyed to the villagers that you should come out and tell (us) who are the victims and who are the agents who live there," he said in an interview from Gujarat. "This helped us in our investigation." The process took nearly three years because the first step is to establish the crime, charge, investigate and finalize those charges, he said. Police in Gujarat got help from their counterparts in Canada and New York, Pratham said. He also had advice for those wanting to go abroad to study or work. "There is a legal way of going from India to whichever country one wants," he said. 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One of the standout performers for Manchester United during their title-winning campaign, Wayne Rooney is currently playing for Derby County in the English Championship. The all-time leading goal scorer for both Manchester United and the England national team, Rooney continues to make a significant impact on the pitch.

'Lizard brain' shapes social abilities in humans - Earth.comPolygon’s Editor’s Letter is a column from Editor-in-Chief Chris Plante that reflects on the video game and entertainment industries, their communities, and Polygon itself. New editions appear in the first week of each month. One of my more neurotic habits is maintaining a spreadsheet that tracks my media diet. Every movie, TV show, comic, sports match, Japanese study session, podcast, and of course video game gets clocked in 15-minute increments. Each day. 365 days a year. Time tracking allows me to analyze where and how I prioritize my time. This year, for example, I played a lot of video games — 106, to be precise. Scanning the spreadsheet, gaming demanded more of my time than any other media — by far. This was intentional. I wanted to keep up with video games in a year of endless new releases. So why does it feel like I missed out? For this month’s Editor’s Letter, I’ll share my takeaways from a year of drinking directly from the hose. And I’ll hopefully make sense of my lingering FOMO along the way. Some of what follows will read like the delirious blather of someone paid to, on some level, play video games for a living. But I hope most of my reaction is relatable. Because with services like Game Pass, an abundance of high-quality free-to-play games, and sales seemingly every other week, the challenge for most people isn’t access to games, but deciding what to play. Or, to put it another way: Everyone’s a game critic now. The cost of loving new games? Missing old ones I’ve written elsewhere about gaming’s current era of abundance , in which each week a dump truck unloads dozens of new releases, burying the previous week’s haul in the process. Despite the Sisyphean nature of this endeavor, I’ve tried my damndest to keep up and have spent most of the year scrounging through the ever-growing heap. Of the 106 games I played in 2024, 95 were released between January and today. The cost of that decision is obvious when you flip the numbers. In 2024 I played only 11 “old” games. Like anybody else, I have a backlog that mocks me every time I open Steam. I’d love to play more of those games someday, but making time to play old games means missing out on new releases, which in turn grows my backlog. One person can’t see the entire picture, but a community can A decade ago, playing 95 new games in a year meant I’d have played every important release, every mildly interesting experiment, and still made room for a few real stinkers. Today, it’s possible I didn’t play your favorite game of the year. Here are some of the games I didn’t play in 2024 that I sincerely wanted to try but for whatever reason didn’t make the time for: Deadlock , Satisfactory , Shin Megami Tensei 5: Vengeance , Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 , Sand Land , Planet Coaster 2 , Core Keeper , Smite 2 , Chained Together , The Outlast Trials , and Persona 3 Reload . And what of living games like Fortnite and Final Fantasy 14 ? No way. These are the sorts of games that, if I played them, would consume every moment of my game time. And so, of the top 10 most-played games on Steam, in 2024, I only played one . You might be aghast. How could the person running Polygon skip some of the most important games in the world? I argue that my experience is a clear justification for Polygon’s existence. Even someone paid, in part, to have an obsessive understanding of video game culture can’t play everything. For the average person, a mix of websites, videos, streams, and podcasts will fill in the gaps. So even if I haven’t played your favorite games, I’ve probably read, watched, or heard something about them. People who only play a few popular games are the norm — for good reason Honestly, I’m exhausted just looking at the list of games I played, which I’ve included in the comments. Trying to keep up with the game du jour (more like du jouer, am I right?) is expensive, time-consuming, and often demands jettisoning one game I’m enjoying to make room for another. As I approach the finish line of my annual marathon, I have a renewed appreciation (jealousy?) for people who opt out of playing the new cool thing, instead committing to one, two, or three games that consume the bulk of their time. As I wrote in a previous Editor’s Letter : According to a report from Newzoo, in 2023 players spent 77% of their playtime on games three years or older. Much of the time players spent on new games went to annualized franchises, like Call of Duty, Madden, and EA FC. A paltry 8% of overall playtime in 2023 went to new games not tied to big, yearly IP. I suspect those stats held true in 2024. Committing to established, particularly free-to-play living games costs far less than a subscription service, let alone new games each week. These games provide constant updates to keep rewarding the time investment. Their familiar loop requires less of their players’ brains, freeing up those players’ mental load to be social with friends on Discord while they play. If you play games as a social activity or a stress relief valve, a few familiar games might be all you need. Video games will be whatever you want them to be Even with everything I’ve written in mind, I wouldn’t have gone about 2024 differently. Hell, as happy as I am to have a slowish December, I’m already looking forward to January, when Steam releases will inevitably ramp back up and my free time will be reclaimed by indie games I’d never heard about until the moment they appear under New & Noteworthy . Because, if you’ll afford me some seasonal saccharine sincerity, this is what childhood me hoped games would become. The variety of games released this year is unmatched compared to the medium’s contemporaries, like film and television. This year, you may play thousands of hours of some of the best role-playing games ever made. Or perhaps you refined your taste in roguelikes like a sommelier honing their palate. You could have flown a perfect re-creation of a commercial jet from Hong Kong to New York, raced in the Monaco Grand Prix, or won MVP at the Super Bowl. In 2024, I played a remake of a game from the 1980s, a pastiche of a game from the 1990s, and a deconstruction of the shooters of the early 2020s. One game turned my Windows OS into a bullet hell. Another gave a squirrel a gun. Games questioned the fundamentals of democracy, the unexamined grief of a pandemic, and the abject joy of stealing a shopping cart and gunning down a hill. Even if I didn’t have this job, I’d still have this gaming diet. Because I find the greatest pleasure in the possibilities. How fortunate we are to experience video games at this moment when there’s something for everyone. Whether that’s enjoying one game all year or a hundred. And six. And counting. I wrote earlier that I hoped to gift y’all with a universal takeaway. And here it is. What I learned from playing an absurd amount of video games over the last 12 months: Whether it’s video games or any other hobby, it’s tempting to look back at how we spent a year and consider everything we could have done instead. To dwell on the gap between our ambitions and our accomplishments. Don’t dwell on what you missed; grow from what you experienced. Because if there’s one thing I’ve learned from tracking my life in a spreadsheet, it’s that there’s never enough time. Gaming Letter from the Editor OpinionAs Manchester United strives to reclaim past glories and build towards future success, the legacy of the squad that last won the Premier League title serves as a reminder of the fine margins and fleeting nature of success in football. The journey of these players post-Manchester United encapsulates the essence of perseverance, adaptability, and resilience that define the beautiful game.

MAUREEN CALLAHAN: The odious ghouls at MSNBC have just desecrated Laken Riley's grave... and proven why Trump deserved to winSHE plays picture-perfect Good Witch Glinda in the big-screen adaptation of West End hit Wicked. But despite having a dream role in a hit Hollywood film, Ariana Grande has lifted the veil on her own path to stardom ­— revealing that she first saw a therapist at the tender age of eight. The Thank U, Next singer told how she struggled to “process things” after mum Joan Grande and dad Edward Butera ended their marriage in 2001. She said: “I first saw a therapist when I was eight after my parents’ divorce — but I don’t think I was really mature enough to process things. “But as I have gotten older, my therapist has been everything to me.” Ariana previously credited therapy with helping her process the aftermath of the terror bomb attack on the Manchester Arena which tragically killed 22 at her concert in May 2017. The pop star suffered further heartbreak when her rapper ex Mac Miller died from an accidental drug overdose in 2018. She added: “Therapy has saved my life. That is why I am so passionate about making therapy and mental health services available for all. "It shouldn’t just be for those that can afford it.” Meanwhile, the US singer also opened up about her close relationship with Wicked co-star and British actress Cynthia Erivo , who plays Elphaba in the film, which hit cinemas on Friday. She said: “We have become such criers — especially in the last few weeks. "As we have been able to see the final product of what we have done, as we have been able to see people’s reactions to the movie — it’s just been so emotional. “ Cynthia and myself just randomly burst out crying — but don’t worry, they are good tears! “Honestly, she has become my sister. "The first time we met we had what we thought would be a short conversation about what we wanted to achieve creatively — and it ended up with us talking for hours, bonding over so many things. “Creatively we wanted to do all we could — but we also decided early on that we would be there during shooting for each other — no matter what. “I am so proud of what everybody on Wicked has achieved — but the greatest thing for me is that I have gained a sister for life.” POP superstar Sabrina Carpenter is in the pink as she wraps the North American leg of her Short n’ Sweet Tour. The Espresso hitmaker glittered in a fuchsia bodysuit and matching suspenders as she posed backstage earlier this week. She said: “I have always dreamt of bringing this tour to life but it was even better than I could have imagined because of every crowd that showed up and gave 100 per cent of their energy and time.” Sabrina added: “Cry because it’s over for now, but we can’t wait to see you in the new year in Europe.” She kicks off in the UK on March 6 at Birmingham’s Utilita Arena. I cannot wait. LOTTIE MOSS plans to ditch her OnlyFans career to bag brand deals. It sounds like she is following the lead of her model half-sister Kate, who previously had deals with Diet Coke and been the face of Calvin Klein. Speaking to Biz on Sunday at Boohoo’s party at Kachette in Shoreditch, East London, Lottie, said: “I want to do brand deals to make the money that I’ll lose from OnlyFans.” FAMILY matters were on Adele's mind when her mum joined her on stage as her long-running Las Vegas residency drew to a close. Penny Adkins appeared alongside her daughter on Friday night at the singer’s penultimate show at Caesars Palace. Adele, who shares 12-year-old Angelo with ex-husband Simon Konecki, said: “My own motherhood has helped me see my mother as a person rather than as a mum. “My [social media] feed used to be about pets and nail results and the motivational meme was: ‘Go easy on your mother – it’s her first time living too.’ “And that really, really changed my perspective on everything to do with myself as a mum, her as a mum or all parents. “Because life is hard. Life sucks. It doesn’t matter what situation you’re in. The problems never, never disappear – they just come in different forms.” Adele, who completed her 100th show on Saturday night, said the residency has been the perfect “bookend” to her album 30, which she released in 2021. She said: “All I wanted to do was do some shows – I didn’t mean to do this many. “I wanted to do some songs from 30 and just fall in love with performing again. Adele revealed: “My last tour in stadiums f * g freaked me out”, adding that she performed before “so many people, it took me a long time to kind of wrap my head around it. “This [residency] felt perfect and was the bookend to this story and this album.” Las Vegas won’t be the same without her. HE famously sang about wooing a woman every day of the week, but Craig David is ready to settle down. The 7 Days hitmaker said: “I would have said I was commitment-phobic. I was all about the music. Now my heart is saying, ‘Open up’.” Craig, left, will kick off his aptly named Commitment tour in Leeds next year, with special guest Lemar joining him for 11 UK dates. ED SHEERAN has been spotted getting into the Christmas spirit. The Thinking Out Loud hitmaker was filming in Southwold, Suffolk, with Bridgerton star Claudia Jessie also starring in a video for his new festive track Under The Tree, earlier this month. The song is set to feature in a new Netflix animation film, That Christ-mas, directed by Love Actually and Notting Hill writer Richard Curtis. A fan filmed the pair sitting in a beach hut with their arms around each other as Richard gave them instructions. Claudia – best known as Eloise Bridgerton – could also be seen making cups of tea as pals stopped by to chat. Earlier this year, Ed said of Richard: “He came to me two years ago to play me the rough [version] of That Christmas. “It was just sketches and voices, but it blew me away. So emotional, yet so heartwarmingly funny.” The film is set in the fictional town of Wellington-on-Sea and tells the story of the worst snowstorm in history, which causes havoc for everyone – including Santa. Let’s hope Storm Bert doesn’t do the same... JAMES BOND actor Daniel Craig reckons 007 movie bosses gambled on him. He said: “They took a big risk and I am eternally grateful.” But the Brit star of five Bond films had to take the job. He said of franchise producer Barbara Brocolli: “If you ever tried to tell Barbara ‘no’, you may understand. SIMONE ASHLEY has swapped Bridgerton for Bastille in her latest project. The Netflix star, who rose to fame as Kate Sharma, in the hit regency series, is the star of the band’s short film for their track Eve and Paradise Lost. It sees Simone crying as she takes on the role of Eve with the lyrics delving into love, loss and betrayal. Lead singer Dan Smith, who worked with British director Dominic Savage, said: “I was totally blown away by Simone’s performance on the day which surpasses anything I could have imagined.” Simon added: “When I first heard this song, I immediately felt a connection to it. I loved working with Dan and Dominic and feel so proud of what we have created."

Neal Maupay incurred the wrath of Everton fans once more after taking aim at his parent club on social media. French striker Maupay joined the Toffees from Brighton in the summer of 2022, but found the net just once after his big-money move. He was allowed to join Brentford on loan last term, and is spending the current campaign out on loan again - this time with Marseille . The 28-year-old is set to join the French club permanently at the end of the season, and has already scored more goals in just 11 games than in a full season with Everton. His parent club have been struggling, with no player scoring more than three league goals for Sean Dyche's side. Everton lost 2-0 to Nottingham Forest on Sunday to leave themselves three points clear of the drop zone. That gap could narrow even further if Ipswich beat Chelsea on Monday night, and Maupay appeared to enjoy Everton's struggles. "Whenever I’m having a bad day I just check the Everton score and smile," the striker wrote . A number of Everton fans took the bait, with some pointing to his dismal goalscoring record at Goodison Park. "Craig Dawson scored more goals for us than you did mate," wrote one, referencing the Wolves defender's brace of own goals in a meeting this season. Another pointed to the fact that former Everton goalkeeper Tim Howard was able to match Maupay's tally of one goal for the club. While he only has two goals this term, Maupay added four assists in his last four Ligue 1 games after breaking into Roberto De Zerbi's starting line-up at Stade Velodrome. Three of those four matches ended in wins for Marseille, who sit second behind league leaders Paris Saint-Germain. What did you make of Neal Maupay's comments? Havr your say in the comments section Everton lost their first four Premier League matches of the season but had been beaten just twice in the next 13 outings before Nottingham Forest came to Goodison Park on Sunday. High-flying Forest came away with all three points, though, with goals from Chris Wood and Morgan Gibbs-White sending them second. "At the end of the day, you know I thought their centre-forward Chris Wood, who I have worked with before, was excellent," Everton boss Dyche said after the defeat. "He didn’t get many touches of the ball but his work ethic, his belief, his consistency, his physicality – and then he gets his reward with a goal. "That can often be the difference. I've spoken to our centre-forwards about it because I want them to learn and continue to learn about what it is. It can't all be beautiful, it can't all be pure. I thought he was excellent doing the ugly, hard yards today. I think that gave them a focal point, which they've had all season. "I was speaking to our players about how I consider them to be top players and that's just doing the hard yards, you know, really working hard to fight and graft and work for your team and then your rewards come. That's something we've got to continually learn because we’ve got to find a way of scoring goals." Join our new WhatsApp community and receive your daily dose of Mirror Football content. We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you don't like our community, you can check out any time you like. If you're curious, you can read our Privacy Notice. Sky has slashed the price of its Sky Sports, Sky Stream, Sky TV and Netflix bundle in an unbeatable new deal that saves £240 and includes 1,400 live matches across the Premier League, EFL and more.