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Serena Williams defeated Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark 6-3, 6-3 to win her sixth US Open and 18th Grand Slam title.

With five Congress councillors and one CPI(M) councillor joining the Trinamool Congress, the ruling party captured the board of Haldibari Municipality.

Equipment damage to a Thiruvananthapuram bound Express train forced it to a halt at nearby Arakkonam, affecting traffic for about seven hours.

A total of 486 undertrials were released at the annual prison adalats held in prisons in the two towns, police said.

The number of people infected with dengue has soared to 1,005 in Odisha this year, with 36 more cases reported in the state in two days.

Rains are likely to continue in Odisha with heavy rainfall at some places under the impact of a well marked low pressure area in the region.

The government would work to encourage children to develop a positive attitude towards organ donation, particularly for eye donation, Harsh Vardhan has said.

Hamilton pressured Rosberg into a mistake and overtook his Mercedes team-mate and rival to win the Italian Grand Prix on Sunday.

In a reprive for Jammu and Kashmir, the Met department on Sunday forecast a decrease in rainfall activity in the state and other parts of North India but will increase in other regions of the country.

The report in the Hamshahri daily said the "Ukrainian expert" was affiliated with a Russian contractor that works in Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant, which went online in 2011 with Russian aid.

"I want to win a medal. I don't expect anything. I am going to prepare very well. I will try and win a medal. These two weeks are crucial for me," Kashyap said.

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Daya Reddy, an Indian-origin South African mathematician has been elected as the new president of the International Council for Science (ICSU).

Hong Kong's first WTA tennis tournament suffered a major blow with main drawcard Eugenie Bouchard withdrawing on medical advice after suffering from the heat at the US Open.

"I leave it to the Federation to try and take this decision. Because it is very difficult for me to take this decision right now," Sania said.

Sunny has begun working on her new film 'Mastizaade'.