Name: Congress retort to PM Modi: been warning about deep fakes since May 2014
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An Indian man has been charged in the US over alleged plot to kill a Sikh leader

Pannun 'assassination' plot: US sent 2 top officials to India to press for probe

An Indian man has been charged in the US over alleged plot to kill a Sikh leader

The US sent its two top intelligence officials to India to press for an investigation into an alleged plot to assassinate a Sikh separatist leader on American soil earlier.
The federal prosecutors have now filed a case against an Indian national, named Nikhil Gupta, in a New York court charging him with 'murder-for-hire'. The US document does not mention the target but according to reports it is Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a separatist Khalistani leader who is both a US and Canadian citizen.
This comes on a day when India said that it has constituted a high-level enquiry committee to probe allegations relating to a conspiracy to kill the Sikh extremist on American soil.
The indictment has not named the US citizen but The Financial Times, citing unnamed sources, last week reported that US authorities thwarted a plot to assassinate banned Sikhs for Justice&rsquo;s Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, and issued a warning to the Indian government over concerns it was involved in the plot.

While the US indictment does not mention the target, reports say that it was Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, the leader of the Sikhs for Justice organisation. 

Indian Nikhil Gupta charged by US: what indictment says about 'assassination' plot

While the US indictment does not mention the target, reports say that it was Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, the leader of the Sikhs for Justice organisation.

While the US indictment does not mention the target, reports say that it was Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, the leader of the Sikhs for Justice organisation.

The United States has charged an Indian man for allegedly being involved in a plot to kill an American citizen in New York. The documents submitted by the US say that the target was a Sikh activist who advocated for a separate state of Khalistan.&nbsp;
US has claimed that an Indian government employee contacted Nikhil Gupta in May 2023 and &lsquo;recruited GUPTA to orchestrate the assassination of the Victim in the United States. &lsquo;
&lsquo;In or about May 2023, CC-1 recruited GUPTA to orchestrate the assassination of the Victim in the United States. &nbsp;The Victim is a vocal critic of the Indian government and leads a U.S.-based organization that advocates for the secession of Punjab, a state in northern India that is home to a large population of Sikhs, an ethnoreligious minority group in India,&rsquo; a press release on the US Justice Department website says.&nbsp;
The document adds that Gupta contacted an individual he believed to be a &lsquo;criminal associate&rsquo; but he was a &lsquo;confidential source&rsquo; working with the American Drug Enforcement Agency. Gupta wanted the associate to help him contract a hitman for the alleged assassination plot.&nbsp;
The associate introduced Gupta to a &lsquo;purported hitman, who was in fact a DEA undercover officer&rsquo;.&nbsp;
The indictment filed by the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York says that the India government employee agreed through Nikhil Gupta to pay the &lsquo;hitman&rsquo; $100,000 for assassination.
&lsquo;In or about June 2023&rsquo;, the Indian govt employee gave Gupta personal information about the target including his number, address and schedule. Gupta then passed the details to the &lsquo;hitman&rsquo;. The US document says Gupta sent the Indian government employee regular surveillance photographs of the target.&nbsp;
US prosecutors have said that Gupta asked the &lsquo;hitman&rsquo;, who was a US undercover agent, to carry out the murder as soon as possible but asked him not to do anything &lsquo;around the time of anticipated engagements scheduled to occur in the ensuing weeks between high-level U.S. and Indian government officials.&rsquo;
On June 20, 2023 &ndash; two days after Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar was killed in Canada &ndash; Gupta sent the &lsquo;hitman&rsquo; a news article on the target and said the assassination was now a priority.&nbsp;
The indictment has not named the US citizen but The Financial Times, citing unnamed sources, last week reported that US authorities thwarted a plot to assassinate banned Sikhs for Justice&rsquo;s Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, and issued a warning to the Indian government over concerns it was involved in the plot.
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The probe into the deepfake video of actor Rashmika Mandanna suffered a setback as US-based tech firms refused to share data, the Indian Express reported citing Delhi Police sources.

Rashmika Mandanna deepfake probe: US tech firms not sharing data, says Delhi Police

The probe into the deepfake video of actor Rashmika Mandanna suffered a setback as US-based tech firms refused to share data, the Indian Express reported citing Delhi Police sources.

The probe into the deepfake video of actor Rashmika Mandanna reportedly suffered a setback as US-based tech firms refused to share data.
Citing sources in Delhi Police, the Indian Express reported that despite multiple requests and letters to social media giant Meta and tech company GoDaddy, they have not provided details about the morphed video.
According to the report, Meta accepted police&rsquo;s first and second appeals seeking information but denied the third time. A senior police officer said they had detained a man from Bihar and seized his device.
The Delhi Police&rsquo;s Special Cell had taken up the case on November 10.
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Voting for the 119-member Assembly in Telangana has began.

Telangana polls: voting begins for 119-member Assembly, 2,290 candidates in fray

Voting for the 119-member Assembly in Telangana has begun.

Voting has begun to elect 119 members to the Telangana Legislative Assembly.
Voters would exercise their franchise in 35,655 polling stations set up across the state. There are 3.26 crore eligible voters in the state.
As many as 2,290 contestants are in the fray for the upcoming elections, including Chief Minister K Chandrasekar Rao, his son KT Rama Rao, state Congress president A Revanth Reddy and BJP Lok Sabha members Bandi Sanjay Kumar and D Arvind.
BRS has fielded candidates in all 119 seats. As per the seat-sharing agreement, BJP and actor Pawan Kalyan-headed Jana Sena are contesting in 111 and 8 seats respectively, while Congress has given one seat to its ally CPI, and fighting from 118 others.
Asaduddin Owaisi-led AIMIM has put up candidates in nine segments in the city.
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A woman from UP who went to Pakistan to marry her Facebook friend has returned to India.

UP woman who went to Pakistan to marry Facebook friend returns to India

A woman from UP who went to Pakistan to marry her Facebook friend has returned to India.

Anju, an Indian mother of two children who travelled to Pakistan to marry her Facebook friend, returned to India through the Wagah-Attari border on Wednesday, officials said.
Anju alias Fatima, 34, had travelled to a remote village in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan to marry her Facebook friend Nasrullah, leaving her children in India.
Her 29-year-old Pakistani husband accompanied her up to the Wagah border.
On reaching India, she was not allowed to interact with the media and straightway went to the airport to catch a flight to Delhi.
At the Shri Guru Ramdas International Airport here, Anju was spotted wearing a burqa.
She told the media there, "I am here in India to meet my Indian family. I came back to India of my own volition...." Anju had travelled to Pakistan via the Wagah-Attari border in July with a visa, converted to Islam, changed her name to Fatima after getting married to Nasrullah, whom she had befriended on Facebook four years ago.
Anju's Indian husband Arvind had said that she left home on the pretext of going to Jaipur but later the family came to know that she was in Pakistan.
Anju, along with her Indian husband, used to live in the Bhiwadi area of Rajasthan.
She hails from Kailor village in Uttar Pradesh.
On Wednesday, Bhiwadi's Additional Superintendent of Police Dilip Saini said they had no information about the return of Anju.
Police sources said that Arvind no longer resides in Bhiwadi and has relocated to somewhere with their children.
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Politicians and actors lineup to vote for the Telangana Assembly elections.

Telangana polls: Owaisi, Azharuddin, Allu Arjun, Jr NTR line up to vote

Politicians and actors line up to vote for the Telangana Assembly elections.

As the polling for the Telangana Assembly elections began on 30th November, political leaders and actors lined up to exercise their right to vote.
BRS leader KT Rama Rao, BJP's G Kishan Reddy and AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi cast their votes in Hyderabad, while Congress leader Revanth Reddy voted in Kodangal.
Former cricketer and Congress candidate Mohammad Azharuddin cast his vote in Hyderabad.
Several actors, including Chiranjeevi, Allu Arjun and Srikanth also reached polling booths to cast their vote.
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Henry Kissinger once called Indira Gandhi bi**h and even said that Indians are the most pathetic people. After his demise, the old conversation between him and Nixon are now doing rounds on the internet

Henry Kissinger once called Indira Gandhi bi**h and Indians ba****ds

Henry Kissinger once called Indira Gandhi bi**h and even said that Indians are the most pathetic people. After his demise, the old conversation between him and Nixon are now doing rounds on the internet

Henry Kissinger an American diplomat and the former secretary of state passed away at the age of 100. He died on Wednesday and the news of his demise is hitting headlines.&nbsp;
Amid this, Indians recounted Nixon and Kissinger calling Indians pathetic and most sexless people. In July 2005, the US Department of State declassified a taped conversation between former US President Richard Nixon and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger that took place before the India-Pakistan war in 1971.&nbsp;
In the tapes, Nixon and Kissinger were heard talking about former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi after a meeting with her. During the conversation, Nixon called Indira Gandhi an old witch. Whereas, Kissinger abused Indira Gandhi and called her bi**h and further said that Indians are ba****ds anyway.&nbsp;
In the tapes, it was also heard that the two called Indians as most sexless and pathetic people. However, as the remarks came into the public eye, Kissinger said that he regretted his remarks and he respected Indira Gandhi.&nbsp;
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Congress leader Jairam Ramesh recalled Kissinger's role in 1971 and hailed Indira Gandhi.

Henry Kissinger death | Indira Gandhi-Haksar prevailed against Nixon-Kissinger: Cong

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh recalled Kissinger's role in 1971 and hailed Indira Gandhi.

As former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger passed away, senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Thursday recalled that in 1971 then US President Richard Nixon and Kissinger created huge headaches for India but then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and her close aide P N Haksar proved &ldquo;more than a match for them&rdquo;.
Kissinger, who dominated foreign policy as the United States extricated itself from Vietnam, died Wednesday. He was 100.
In a post on X, Ramesh said, &ldquo;Henry Kissinger has passed away. He was as immensely consequential as he was hugely controversial.&rdquo; In his long and eventful life he has been both celebrated and condemned, Ramesh noted. &nbsp;&ldquo;But there can be no doubt about his sheer intellectual brilliance and awesome charisma,&rdquo; he said.
For the last three decades, he positioned himself as a great friend and supporter of India and indeed he was, Ramesh said.
&ldquo;But this was not always so and in 1971 especially, President Nixon and he created huge headaches for India and thought they had us cornered. However, Indira Gandhi and P N Haksar proved more than a match for them,&rdquo; the former Union minister said.
&ldquo;I have described the Kissinger-Haksar and Nixon-Indira Gandhi encounters with archival detail in my book 'Intertwined Lives: PN Haksar &amp; Indira Gandhi',&rdquo; Ramesh said.
He also pointed out that Gary Bass in his book 'The Blood Telegram: Nixon, Kissinger and a Forgotten Genocide' indicts Kissinger severely for his role in the events of 1971 leading up to the creation of Bangladesh.
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As many as seven people were killed in a fire that erupted in a chemical factory in Surat.

Surat plant fire: bodies of 7 workers recovered, 24 injured being treated

As many as seven people were killed in a fire that erupted in a chemical factory in Surat.

A day after a major fire engulfed a chemical manufacturing facility in Gujarat's Surat city, bodies of seven missing workers were recovered from the premises in the early hours of Thursday, officials said.
Out of the seven persons found dead at the chemical manufacturing unit of Aether Industries Ltd in the Sachin industrial area of the city, one was an employee of the company while six others were working on contract, Surat Collector Ayush Oak said.
"During a search operation in the factory premises, officials found bodies of seven workers who went missing after the fire which engulfed the plant on Wednesday," he said.
The deceased have been identified as Divyesh Patel (company employee), Santosh Vishwakarma, Sanat Kumar Mishra, Dharmendra Kumar, Ganesh Prasad, Sunil Kumar and Abhishek Singh.
The collector said 24 people who were injured in the incident are currently receiving treatment in different hospitals.
The fire broke out at the chemical plant at around 2 am on Wednesday following an explosion in a large tank after leakage of inflammable chemicals stored in it, Surat in-charge chief fire officer Basant Pareek earlier said.
As many as 15 fire tenders were engaged in the fire-fighting operation which went on for nine hours to bring the blaze under control.
In a statement dated November 29 and submitted to stock exchanges, the company said, "...we hereby inform that an incident of fire was reported at the manufacturing site of the company at Plot No. 8203, GIDC Sachin, Surat, today early morning around 01:50 Hrs." Injuries to approximately 25 people have been reported, it had said.

India said the filing of charges against an Indian man in US is a matter of concern.

Nikhil Gupta charged in US | matter of concern, contrary to govt policy: India

India said the filing of charges against an Indian man in the US is a matter of concern.

Responding to the case filed against an Indian man Nikhil Gupta in the US, New Delhi said that it is a matter of concern and contrary to government policy.
MEA Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said, "As regards the case against an individual that has been filed in a US court, allegedly linking him to an Indian official, this is a matter of concern. We have said that this is also contrary to government policy. The nexus between organised crime, trafficking, gunrunning and extremists at an international level is a serious issue for the law enforcement agencies and organisations to consider and it is for that reason that a high-level inquiry committee has been constituted and we will be guided by its results."
Regarding Canada's allegations against India, Bagchi said, "MEA Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi says, "In so far as Canada is concerned, we have said that they have consistently given space to anti-India extremists and that is actually the heart of the issue. Our diplomatic representatives in Canada have borne the brunt of this. So, we expect the Government of Canada to live up to its obligations under the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations. We have also seen interference by Canadian diplomats in our internal affairs and that is unacceptable."

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Prime Minister Modi cautioned that deep fakes created by artificial intelligence can lead to a big crisis and stoke discontent in society

Congress retort to PM Modi: been warning about deep fakes since May 2014

Prime Minister Modi cautioned that deep fakes created by artificial intelligence can lead to a big crisis and stoke discontent in society

After Prime Minister Narendra Modi cautioned people over the misuse of artificial intelligence for creating 'deep fakes', the Congress on Friday said it has been flagging the issue since 2014 "The prime minister is warning the country now of deep fakes. This is exactly what we have been saying since May 2014," said AICC general secretary Jairam Ramesh in a post in X.
Prime Minister Modi earlier in the day cautioned that deep fakes created by artificial intelligence can lead to a big crisis and stoke discontent in society, as he urged the media to raise awareness about its misuse and educate people.
He was speaking at the Diwali Milan programme at the BJP headquarters.

Poll of polls: Congress likely to retain Chhattisgarh, most polls show Baghel set for second term

Poll of polls: Congress likely to retain Chhattisgarh, most polls show Baghel set for second term

Multiple exit poll results have shown that the recent voting in Chhattisgarh is likely to see Congress retaining power. The Bhupesh Bhaghel government may slide over the majority mark but with a thin margin.&nbsp;
The India Today Axis-My India predicted that Congress is set to win between 40-50 seats, while BJP may secure between 36-46 seats and others may get five seats in 90-member assembly.
While Congress needs at least 46 seats to ensure Bhupesh Bhaghel becomes chief minister for a second term, the ABP News-C Voter predicted that the grand old party is likely to get between 41-53 seats and rival BJP is likely to manage between 36-48 seats.&nbsp;
The Jan Ki Baat News 24 also gave Congress a majority with the party predicted to get between 42-53 seats while BJP is likely to get somewhere between 34-45 seats. Today's Chanakya gave 57 seats to Congress while BJP is predicted to fall shot of majority 13 seats. The voting results are out on December 3.

Amit Shah addressed a rally in Kolkata on November 29 with an eye on setting the tone for the party's Lok Sabha campaign in West Bengal.

'No one can stop CAA': Amit Shah launches BJP's 2024 campaign for West Bengal

Amit Shah addressed a rally in Kolkata on November 29 with an eye on setting the tone for the party's Lok Sabha campaign in West Bengal.

Home Minister Amit Shah asserted on Wednesday that the Central government will implement the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and no one can stop it.
Addressing a big rally here to launch the BJP's Lok Sabha campaign, Shah launched a blistering attack on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on the issues of appeasement, infiltration, corruption and political violence, alleging she has "destroyed" the state.
Banerjee has been opposing the CAA due to her support to infiltration, he asserted, adding that a state with so much infiltration cannot develop.
He urged people to throw out her government by electing the BJP in the next assembly polls in 2026 and asked them to lay its foundation by supporting the party in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
He said, "Give so many seats to the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls that Modi ji says I have become PM due to Bengal." The Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress won the last assembly polls by "rigging" but the BJP jumped to 77 seats from zero, he said, calling upon people to end the TMC's alleged misrule of corruption, infiltration, and political violence by electing a government conducive to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's agenda of development.
Lauding the turnout at the rally, he said this indicates the people's mood and claimed that the BJP will come to power with two-thirds majority in the state in 2026.
The BJP's performance in the state in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls will create the foundation of its win in the assembly polls, he said.
Turning to the contentious CAA issue, he said Banerjee has been opposing it but it is a law of the country and no one can stop its implementation, which has been in a limbo as the central government is yet to frame its rules amid the opposition's strong stand against the law.
Parliament had passed the law in 2019 They, Shah said in a reference to the intended beneficiaries of the law, have as much a right to citizenship as anyone else. Banerjee has once stalled Parliament over the issue of infiltration but she is now keeping mum, he said, claiming that no one can infiltrate into Assam after the BJP was voted to power in the state.
"Assam has done a commendable job in stopping infiltration. But in West Bengal, infiltration persists due to the TMC government's vote-bank politics. Mamata Banerjee is opposing CAA, but let me say it clearly that CAA will be implemented in the country. No one can stop the implementation of CAA," Shah declared.
Hitting out at Banerjee over the suspension of the Leader of Opposition in Bengal assembly Suvendu Adhikari, he said she may try to silence him but cannot silence people of the state.
Her time as the state's chief minister is over, he said, often referring to her as 'didi'.
Shah dared Banerjee to suspend from her party some of its leaders arrested in corruption cases and said she cannot do it as she apprehended that they may implicate her nephew, a reference to MP Abhishek Banerjee.
"The people of Bengal are fed up with the cut money and syndicates of TMC," he said.
The home minister said as many as 212 BJP workers have been killed in West Bengal in political violence and added that people will avenge these murders with their votes in the 2026 assembly polls.
Banerjee has destroyed West Bengal, Shah alleged, citing political violence, corruption, appeasement in state. The state's development is Modi's top priority but it can only happen when there is a government conducive to the prime minister's agenda, he said.
He urged people to ensure a big win for the BJP in the Lok Sabha polls.
"We must ensure that the BJP forms the next government in West Bengal. To achieve this, we must win the maximum number of Lok Sabha seats from the state in the next Parliamentary elections," Shah emphasised, echoing sentiments expressed during an April rally when he set a target of winning over 35 seats in the state.
The union minister was addressing the rally at the historic Esplanade, with an eye on setting the tone for the party's Lok Sabha campaign in the state. The party had won 18, its highest ever, of the state's 42 seats in 2019.
At the rally Shah was joined by the state party leadership and Union ministers from the state.&nbsp;

The union minister was addressing the rally at the historic Esplanade, with an eye on setting the tone for the party's Lok Sabha campaign in the state. The party had won 18, its highest ever, of the state's 42 seats in 2019.

Amit Shah's pitch for 'Modi as PM again' on Mamata Banerjee's home ground

The union minister was addressing the rally at the historic Esplanade, with an eye on setting the tone for the party's Lok Sabha campaign in the state. The party had won 18, its highest ever, of the state's 42 seats in 2019.


The union minister was addressing the rally at the historic Esplanade, with an eye on setting the tone for the party's Lok Sabha campaign in the state. The party had won 18, its highest ever, of the state's 42 seats in 2019.

Amit Shah sounded the poll bugle for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in Kolkata on Wednesday.&nbsp;
Attacking the ruling TMC and Mamata Banerjee, Amit Shah said that if Bengal wants to uproot the 'corrupt' party from the state then it has to elect Narendra Modi as prime minister again in 2024.&nbsp;
He said the process of removing Mamata Banerjee from power in the 2026 West Bengal elections has to begin with the election of Modi as PM again in 2024.&nbsp;
Shah also targeted the Bengal chief minister for opposing the Citizenship Amendment Act and accused her of minority appeasement.&nbsp;

A controversy has erupted after a video of students in UP walking the ramp in burqas went viral on social media

UP students walk the ramp wearing burqa, Muslim body wants apology

A controversy has erupted after a video of students in UP walking the ramp in burqas went viral on social media

A fashion show featuring students wearing burqas at a Muzaffarnagar college has sparked a debate, with a Muslim body urging the institution to apologise.
NDTV reported that the Jamiat Ulama objected to students walking the ramp in burqas and said that it is a piece of cloth to cover the body and not meant for fashion.&nbsp;
The college has however backed the students.&nbsp;
The controversy surrounding the Shri Ram College fashion show in Muzaffarnagar started after a video of the event went viral. The three-day event, named Fashion Splash, featured students showcasing both Western and traditional attire.&nbsp;
Jamiat Ulama's district convener Maulana Mukarram Qasmi has accused the college of targeting a religion and warned of legal action if it does not apologise.&nbsp;
Students who took part in the event said that they were trying to showcase 'unity in diversity' along with their creativity

Gabbar Singh Negi played a crucial role in keeping up the morale of the other 40 workers trapped with him in Uttarakhand's Silkyara tunnel for 17 days.

Gabbar Singh Negi, the voice of trapped tunnel labourers

Gabbar Singh Negi played a crucial role in keeping up the morale of the other 40 workers trapped with him in Uttarakhand's Silkyara tunnel for 17 days.

Gabbar Singh Negi's house in the Lalpani area of the town suddenly came to life on Tuesday night as the news about of the safe evacuation of 41 workers trapped at Sikyara tunnel reached his kin who had been glued to the TV set waiting the whole day for the good news.
Gabbar Singh, who was among the trapped workers, was lauded by Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami for keeping up the morale of his fellow workers during the rescue operation which lasted 17 days.
Whenever Dhami spoke to the trapped workers during the operation, Gabbar Singh came on the line on their behalf to give him updates on their health condition.
As the news about their evacuation broke on TV, his relatives clapped for him, lit diyas, and burst firecrackers to celebrate his freedom.
There had been no Diwali celebrations at his home this year as the tunnel collapsed on the morning of the festival of lights.
"Our Diwali was celebrated on Tuesday night as we heard the news. I thank god for what he has done for us. My husband has won the battle of life with the almighty's blessings. I also thank the prime minister and the chief minister for throwing all their might into the operation to secure their safe exit," Gabbar Singh's wife Yashoda Devi told PTI.
"It was such a relief when he informed us on the phone about his well-being," she said with tears in her eyes.
His elder son Vikas Negi, studying in class 12, praised the Central and state governments and said they had given a big gift to the family by returning his father safely.
Gabbar Singh's father-in-law, 80-year-old Dilip Singh Choudhary, who had come to his daughter Yashoda Devi's house after the incident, said he had never heard of or seen such a successful rescue operation in his life.
"The speed and manner in which they worked is incomparable," he said.
Sunita Kotnala, a neighbour, said she salutes the patience and courage of the workers who held themselves together despite being stuck in the tunnel for days.
Gabbar Singh, originally a resident of Charekh village of Dugadda block, came to Lalpani (Kotdwar) about 12 years ago and settled with his family.
Yashoda Devi said her husband has been working in big construction companies for almost 20 years. Before this, he also worked in the construction of the Delhi Metro.
He also worked on various construction projects in Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu. He went to Uttarkashi in 2018 to work with construction company Navayuva where he works as a foreman, she said.&nbsp;

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