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Williams clinched the year-end world number one ranking for the fourth time without hitting a ball after Maria Sharapova was eliminated from the WTA Finals.

Raonic of Canada hit 22 aces, including on match point, to beat Donald Young of US 6-4, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (2) to reach the quarter-finals of the Swiss Indoors.

Ferrer beat Verdasco 6-3, 6-2 after jumping out to early leads in both sets while the third-seeded Murray dispatched Fognini 6-2, 6-4 on the indoor hard court.

"No casualties have been reported. The reason behind the fire is yet to be ascertained," the official said.

'Mary Kom', 'Chak de India' and 'Bhaag Milkha Bhaag' will be among other movies to be shown in future, Prasanna said.

Twitter unveiled a new system that allows users to log-in to mobile apps with a phone number.

Mumbai University is the only Indian university to feature in the list and is amongst the top 10 varsities from across the world.

Confirming the deaths, medical superintendent and vice principal MA Rashid said all the infants were underweight and suffered from respiratory problems.

Diwali, the festival of lights, was celebrated with traditional fervour across the country with people exchanging sweets and gifts.

The President does not have the legal authority unilaterally to offer immigrants living in the country illegally green cards.

A mentally-challenged minor girl was allegedly sexually assaulted by a 72-year-old relative of hers who has been absconding after the matter.

Aamir Khan plays the wide eyed perfectionist PK in Rajkumar Hirani's much anticipated 'PK'.

A spokeswoman for the Canadian military said she could not confirm the report of his death and had no update on his condition.

"All these children celebrate festivals unitedly, and this time they sent a message of harmony to the world through their 'rangoli' and colourful paper work," the director of NGO Chetna said.

Ivanovic recovered from her opening loss to race to a 6-1, 6-3 victory over an out-of-sorts Bouchard on Wednesday.

Directed by Prabhu Deva, the movie also stars Sonakshi Sinha, Yami Gautam , Manasvi Mamgai, Sonu Sood and Kunal Roy Kapur.