Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin won't congratulate President-elect Joe Biden until legal challenges to the US election are resolved and the result is official, the Kremlin announced Monday.

Bengaluru: Stakes are high for the ruling BJP and opposition Congress and JDS in Karnataka as the outcome in the byelections to two assembly constituencies that witnessed weeks of spirited campaigning would be known on Tuesday.

Chennai: A 27-year old man working for a Tamil television channel as a reporter was killed near here last night by four persons including a juvenile, police said on Monday.

New York: Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE on Monday said their vaccine candidate was found to be more than 90 percent effective in preventing COVID-19.

New Delhi: Hitting out at Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over the violence during a BJP rally in West Bengal, the party's youth wing president Tejasvi Surya on Monday said he has given a privilege notice to the Lok Sabha speaker against the state administration's top brass, including the police commissioners of Kolkata and Howrah.

Washington: Indian-American physician Dr. Vivek Murthy on Monday was named one of the three co-chairs of the COVID-19 task-force that will guide President-elect Joe Biden on dealing with the coronavirus pandemic that has claimed over 236,000 lives in the country.

Ballia (UP): A 21-year-old man was arrested for allegedly setting a minor girl on fire in the Dubhar area here, police said on Monday.

New Delhi: The newly-constituted Commission for Air Quality Management in National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas on Monday stressed the need for enforcing existing laws, directions, and standard operating procedures to minimize air pollution on an emergency basis.