China on Friday shed its initial hesitation and congratulated US President-elect Joe Biden and his deputy Kamala Harris for their victory in the 2020 US presidential election, saying Beijing respects the choice of the American people.

New Delhi: Popular stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra who is being tried under the contempt of court with regards to one of his tweets about the Supreme Court, on Friday issued a statement through his Twitter handle adding that his views have not changed because of the silence of the Supreme Court of India on matters of other’s personal liberty cannot go uncriticized.

A joint meeting of the NDA legislature party will be held on Sunday where Nitish Kumar will be elected as its leader.

 Four people were allegedly beaten to death by a man at a liquor shop in West Bengal's Paschim Burdwan district, following which the police nabbed the accused, who is suspected to be mentally unstable, a senior officer said on Friday.

President-elect Joe Biden has narrowly won Arizona, major US media outlets projected on Friday, capturing the state's 11 electoral votes and consolidating his lead over his Republican rival and incumbent US President Donald Trump.

Twitter on Friday said Union Home Minister Amit Shah's account was temporarily locked due to an "inadvertent error" and the decision was reversed immediately.

Thick mud and debris coated many villages around the Philippine capital Friday after a typhoon caused extensive flooding that sent people fleeing to their roofs and killed at least 39 people.