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.

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.

Equity benchmark Sensex surged 704 points to end at its all-time high on Monday amid a rally in global markets following Joe Biden's victory in the US presidential election.

Gold prices rose for the fourth consecutive day on Monday, gaining Rs 277 to Rs 52,183 per 10 gram in the national capital on a strong global trend, according to HDFC Securities.

Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Monday rejected the interim bail plea of Arnab Goswami in the 2018 abetment to suicide case. Arnab had applied for interim bail in the Bombay High Court after he was arrested and sent to 14-day judicial custody on November 4.