J-K highway closed for traffic due to landslide in Ramban; 300 vehicles stranded

The Jammu-Srinagar National Highway was closed for traffic on Monday due to a landslide in Ramban district, leaving a few hundred vehicles stranded on the arterial road, officials said here. The 270-kilometre-long highway was blocked by mudslides and shooting stones between Chanderkote and Banihal in the district, they said. As a result of this, 300…

Curtains to come down on Bharat Jodo Yatra with unfurling of flag, rally
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Curtains to come down on Bharat Jodo Yatra with unfurling of flag, rally

The curtains will come down on the Congress’s Bharat Jodo Yatra on Monday with a ceremony at the party headquarters here and a rally at the Sher-e-Kashmir stadium where several Opposition leaders are likely to be present. The “padyatra” concluded at Lal Chowk on Sunday with Rahul Gandhi unfurling the national flag but the official…

Tension among Sikh activists and Dera Sacha Sauda followers over ‘satsang’ in Bathinda

Tension among Sikh activists and Dera Sacha Sauda followers over ‘satsang’ in Bathinda

Tension prevailed among Sikh activists and Dera Sacha Sauda followers in parts of Punjab today over a virtual ‘satsang’ of dera head Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, who is out on a 40-day parole, at the sect’s Salabatpura dera in Bathinda. The police stopped Sikh leader Amrik Singh Ajnala at Kanhaiya Chowk in Bathinda while he…

Android users can now lock incognito session on Chrome

Android users can now lock incognito session on Chrome

Tech giant Google has announced that users can now lock their incognito session when they leave Chrome on Android. “You can require biometric authentication when you resume an Incognito session that was interrupted,” the tech giant said in a blogpost on Thursday. Earlier, this feature was available on iOS devices, but now it is rolling…

‘Russian Roulette’: Google ex-employee shares video to document her layoff

‘Russian Roulette’: Google ex-employee shares video to document her layoff

Search engine giant Google has laid off around 12,000 employees, with chief executive Sundar Pichai terming the job cuts as a much-needed move to avoid ‘much worse issues’. Since then, social media has been flooded with laid off employees narrating their ordeal on being fired by the technological giant. Among the laid off employees is Nicole…

Adani Issues 413-Page Response Calls Hindenburg Allegations Attack On India
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Adani Issues 413-Page Response Calls Hindenburg Allegations Attack On India

Richest Indian Gautam Adani’s group on Sunday likened the damning allegations made by short seller Hindenburg Research to a “calculated attack” on India, its institutions and growth story, saying the allegations are “nothing but a lie”. In a 413-page response, Adani Group said the report was driven by “an ulterior motive” to “create a false…

All Air India, Several Other Flights Cancelled At Srinagar ‘International Airport’ Amid Snowfall
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All Air India, Several Other Flights Cancelled At Srinagar ‘International Airport’ Amid Snowfall

Amid fresh snowfall in Kashmir Valley including Srinagar, most flights have been cancelled and others have been delayed so far at ‘International’ airport here on Monday. Confirming it, Director, Airport Authority of India (AAI), Srinagar Airport, Kuldeep Singh said that all Air India flights for today have been cancelled due to bad weather. Also, he…

Most Adani stocks drop as rebuttal draws Hindenburg response

Most Adani stocks drop as rebuttal draws Hindenburg response

Most of Adani Group’s companies extended a $51 billion stock selloff, an indication that the billionaire’s rebuttal of fraud allegations from American short seller Hindenburg Research is largely failing to convince investors. The dollar bonds also fell. Adani Green Energy Ltd., Adani Total Gas Ltd. and Adani Transmission Ltd. each fell by more than 10%…