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The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday directed the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and its Uttar Pradesh unit to inspect a sugar mill, a distillery and a dairy plant on whether they were discharging effluents into the Ganga river.

Sam Querrey was upset by Alex Bogomolov Jr. of Russia 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7) in the opening round of the U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships.

Attacking Narendra Modi for his claims on development in Assam, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Wednesday said his state had witnessed a much higher growth compared to Gujarat.

Authorities in PoK had detained the drivers carrying goods from India to demand the release of their trucks and drivers detained by J&K Police.

Tamil filmmaker P Vasu has been chosen to helm the yet-untitled Kannada remake of recent Malayalam blockbuster 'Drishyam'.

Justin Bieber's waxwork has been removed from Madame Tussauds after the statue began to wear away from so many fans touching it over the years.

Aamir Khan is nominated for his performance in 'Dhoom 3', while Rishi Kapoor is nominated for 'Aurangzeb'.

Ivanovic was leading 7-5, 1-0 when Hantuchova withdrew after falling 0-40 behind in the second game.

Actor Vidyut, who is trained in martial arts, says women should understand their own power.

A student of a private college in Gang Nahar has alleged that he was beaten up by officials of the institute for being unable to pay the fee for practical exams, police said on Wednesday.

How would you rate the state of Indian Railways? Has Indian Railways improved in the last five years?

Congress president Sonia Gandhi will kickstart the election campaign for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls of the Congress-led UDF in Kochi on Saturday.

In an attempt to do justice to his new role Akbar Ali Khan, the actor has lost close to 10 kilos.

BJP has decided to invoke "Gujarati pride" to woo voters and win maximum seats in Lok Sabha polls, where it did not fair as well as it did in the Assembly elections.

Monojit Lahiri wonders what the 3 Khans are up to while sending out signals relating to their political affiliation.

Both Russia and China did not show up at a meeting on Monday to discuss the Western and Arab-backed resolution.