Day: November 17, 2019

IUML terms nomination of Gogoi to RS 'national shame'

Justice Ranjan Gogoi retires as CJI

6:26 pm November 17, 2019

New Delhi: Justice Ranjan Gogoi, the first person from northeast to reach the top of judiciary and credited for bringing the curtains down on the decades old politically and religiously sensitive Ayodhya land dispute, retired as the chief justice of India on Sunday. Justice Gogoi’s tenure as judge and as CJI was marked by some […]

Soldier commits suicide near LoC in JK's Poonch

Raj: Head constable commits suicide

6:23 pm November 17, 2019

Jaipur: A policeman allegedly committed suicide in Rajasthan’s Dausa district on Sunday, a senior officer said. Head constable Hari Singh (45), posted at Sikandara Police Station in the district, shot himself with his service revolver, additional Superintendent of Police Anil Singh said. Hari Singh took the extreme step inside the police station premises, the officer […]

Lanka’s oppn presidential candidate Rajapaksa leading in early results

11:22 am November 17, 2019

Colombo : Sri Lanka’s main opposition candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa was leading in the early presidential election results on Sunday morning, securing a massive support in the majority Sinhalese-dominated constituencies. In the results declared by 4.30 AM, the former wartime defence secretary won postal votes of nine districts while the ruling party candidate Sajith Premadasa won […]

Gmail, other Google services face outage

Google enters battle for cloud gaming market

11:20 am November 17, 2019

San Francisco: Ever-expanding Google becomes a gaming company Tuesday with the launch of its Stadia cloud service that lets people play console-quality video games on a web browser or smartphone. The internet giant hopes to break into the global video game industry expected to top USD 150 billion this year, with cloud technology that could […]

Hong Kong protesters clash with police at key campus battleground

11:19 am November 17, 2019

Hong Kong: Hong Kong police fired tear gas on Sunday morning at protesters intent on keeping their stranglehold on a major tunnel as pro-democracy activists vowed to “squeeze the economy” into next week. Hardliners occupying Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Kowloon — now a key battleground near the blocked Cross Tunnel Harbour — responded by […]