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Anna Danilina and Harri Heliovaara won the final 6-3, 6-4 inside Arthur Ashe Stadium to claim the title in their maiden Grand Slam competition as a team.Heliovaara thus became the first Finnish man in the Open Era to win a mixed doubles title at the US Open, and Danilina, the first Kazakh.Heliovaara is the second Finn to win a mixed doubles title after Henri Kontinen won the mixed doubles title at Wimbledon in 2016. Danilina is the first Kazakh to win any major in mixed doubles.The pair had teamed up at the sign-in deadline in the referee’s office before the…

“We exhort the Catholic community to abide by the teachings of the Church and avoid saying or doing anything that could hurt the religious feelings of others. May God bless our country,” the Archbishop said in a statement.”We deeply regret that certain recent pronouncements made by some members of the Church have gone against the authentic spirit of inter-religious dialogue and reciprocal respect. We wish to assure that the Church leadership has taken appropriate action with regard to them and has also sternly warned them to avoid such utterances in the future,” he said.”It is distressing to note that certain…

A Cabinet meeting chaired by Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh reviewed the overall situation on Saturday and decided to build houses wherever the atmosphere is conducive for the affected people to return to their original places.After the cabinet meeting, Information and Public Relations Minister Sapam Ranjan Singh said that of the 4,806 burnt and destroyed houses, in the first phase around 1,000 permanent houses would be constructed with an estimated cost of around Rs 75 crore.The construction of permanent houses would be done across all the affected districts of the state. The ‘Permanent Housing Scheme’ for the displaced people…

Deputy Superintendent of Police Jivba Dalvi said that Anjuna Police have written to Sub Divisional magistrate to take action. “Two resorts were used as brothel houses. We have sought action against them. SDM has the power to seal these premises under section 18 of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act,” Dalvi said.Goa Police on Friday busted an international sex trafficking racket and rescued five women while arresting two female Kenyan nationals.”The accused persons were produced before court on Saturday and taken to five days of police custody,” police said.The sex racket was busted with the collaborative efforts of Anjuna Police in…

Dalian (China), Sep 9 (IANS) Despite a courageous display, India fell short in the crucial league match against China in the AFC U23 Asian Cup Qualifiers, succumbing to a 96th-minute goal by Naibijiang Mohemati here on Saturday.In a game of fine margins, India had fought back from a goal deficit due to an own goal by Hu Hetao as they lost 1-2 to the hosts at Dalian Suoyuwan Stadium on Saturday.The India U-23 team learned the hard way that football is a game of fine margins, in their Group G match against hosts China as they fell short in the…

India and Bangladesh have already met in the first match of the tournament– with India winning 1-0 — and the clash on Sunday could well serve to be a re-match of sorts.Though his team won their first encounter, India head coach Ishfaq Ahmed said it would be a challenging outing for his team as Bangladesh are a tough side.“We have worked so hard to get here, but we know that Bangladesh are a tough side, and we will have to work even harder to beat them in the final and achieve the dream,” Ishfaq Ahmed was quoted as saying by…

The arrested individual has been identified as Riyaz Maroof a.k.a. Bablu — the “state secretary of PFI” in Bihar.According to officials, his name features in the most wanted list of National Investigation Agency (NIA), and Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) of Bihar.Kantesh Kumar Mishra, the Superintendent of Police of East Champaran district has said that Maroof was taken to an undisclosed location for questioning.”We had received information that Riyaz Maroof would be coming to buy fish at Subhash Chawk in Motihari. Accordingly, we constituted a team headed by DSP Chakia Satyendra Kumar Singh. The team went in plain clothes at Subhash Chowk…

Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Oleg Nikolenko posted a screenshot of the relevant section of the G20 declaration, striking out several parts of the text in red, and corrected with wording that reflects the country’s position that it is a victim of unprovoked Russian aggression.”It is clear that the participation of the Ukrainian side (in the G20 meeting) would have allowed the participants to better understand the situation,” Nikolenko wrote on Facebook.However at the same time, he thanked Ukraine’s allies for doing their bit to advance the country’s position in the text.”Ukraine is grateful to the partners who tried to include…

The single bench of Justice Anshuman said that if the applicant surrenders within the next six weeks, the trial court may consider it, adding that the high court will not give anticipatory bail against the charges he is facing.On June 5, an FIR was registered at the Bihta police station against seven persons, including Subhash Yadav, his son Randhir Yadav, wife Renu Devi, Pankaj Singh Yadav, Arjun rai, Arun Kumar Munsi alias Mukhiya and Arun Kumar Singh on charges of land grab and other relevant sections of IPC.A written complaint in this regard was filed by a local resident of…

This win wasn’t easy as Sri Lanka first struggled with the bat before Sadeera Samarawickrama’s heroic 93 runs inning came to rescue them and guided the team to 257/9 in 50 overs, a defendable total on the pitch which was a tricky one to bat.Sadeera Samarawickrama, Kusal Mendis, Matheesha Pathirana, and Maheesh Theekshana were the stars of the show.Chasing the target Bangladesh started very well as they opened the batting with a 55-run partnership. But soon they tumbled down as they lost the next three wickets within 28 runs. The rescue partnership came between Towhid Hridoy and Mushfiqur Rahim, added…