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All 6,650 Villages Of Jammu And Kashmir Declared Open Defecation Free Plus
- Saturday September 30, 2023
- India News | Press Trust of India
In a significant milestone for Jammu and Kashmir under the Swachh Bharat Mission, all of its 6,650 villages have been declared open defecation-free plus model, officials said here on Saturday.
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Elderly Woman Beaten Up For Defecating In Public In Maharashtra: Police
- Thursday May 4, 2023
- India News | Press Trust of India
A 67-year-old woman was allegedly assaulted by her neighbour for defecating in the open in Manor area of Palghar district, a police official said on Thursday.
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PM Says "Every Village In India Open Defecation Free, Has Electricity
- Monday June 27, 2022
- India News | Asian News International
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his address to the Indian community in Munich on Sunday, underscored the country's achievements in a short span of time and said India is impatient to fulfil its dreams.
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19% Households Do Not Use Any Toilet Facility: National Survey
- Wednesday May 11, 2022
- India News | Press Trust of India
Even though India was declared Open Defecation Free by the government in 2019, the latest NFHS survey conducted in 2019-21 showed that 19 percent of households do not use any toilet facility.
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Watch: 60-Year-Old Women Race Holding Lota. They Were Sending A Message
- Wednesday October 13, 2021
- India News | Reported by Anurag Dwary, Edited by Saikat Kumar Bose
Twenty women in the 55-60 years age group raced with a lota (a pot of water) today to send a message that they would ensure their daughters-in-law don't have to defecate in the open -- something they did all their lives.
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Man Stabbed During Argument Over 6-Year-Old Defecating In Public: Delhi Police
- Monday October 19, 2020
- Delhi News | Press Trust of India
A man stabbed his neighbour in the chest with a knife on Monday after an argument over a six-year-old boy defecating in the open in southeast Delhi, the police said.
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Rs 12,300 Crore Allocated For Swachh Bharat Mission In Budget 2020
- Saturday February 1, 2020
- India News | ANI
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday announced that the government has allocated Rs 12,300 crores for Swachh Bharat Mission while presenting the Union Budget for the year 2020-21, according to an official press release.
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Village In Maharashtra To Cancel Ration Cards For Open Defecation
- Friday November 29, 2019
- India News | Press Trust of India
In a bid to discourage open defecation, the Gram Panchayat of Jarandi village near Maharashtra's Aurangabad has decided to cancel ration cards of families even if one of the members is caught defecating in the open.
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Indore Man Made To Collect Garbage For Defecating In The Open
- Thursday November 28, 2019
- India News | Press Trust of India
A 30-year-old man in Indore was on Thursday made to collect garbage from the streets as punishment for defecating out in the open in a city, which has won the ''cleanest city'' tag for three consecutive years.
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18-Month-Old Boy Dies In Madhya Pradesh In Scuffle Over Public Urination
- Friday October 4, 2019
- India News | Written by Anurag Dwary, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan
A one-year-old boy was killed and a policeman was injured in separate incidents of violence over public urination in Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday
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"Rural India Has Declared Itself Open Defecation Free": PM Modi In Gujarat
- Wednesday October 2, 2019
- India News | Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said rural India has declared itself open defecation free, as the country celebrated the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, an icon of not just Indian independence but also cleanliness.
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"Take Train To North Indian State": Left Leader To PM On Open Defecation
- Sunday September 29, 2019
- India News | Press Trust of India
CPI MP Binoy Viswam has asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to travel by train through any state in north India to see the extent of open defecation taking place in the country, days after two children were allegedly beaten to death in Madhya Pradesh for defecating in the open.
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No Coercion Under Swachh Bharat, Centre After Dalit Children's Killing
- Saturday September 28, 2019
- India News | Press Trust of India
In the wake of the killing of two Dalit children in Madhya Pradesh for defecating in the open, the Centre on Friday told states that any type of coercive action related to sanitation behaviour is "unacceptable under any circumstance" and the guilty should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of law.
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"Deeply Saddening": Priyanka Gandhi Condemns Murder Of Dalit Children
- Thursday September 26, 2019
- India News | Edited by Jimmy Jacob
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi today condemned the murder of two children belonging to the Dalit community in Madhya Pradesh's Shivpuri, and urged the Kamal Nath government to take stringent action against the culprits.
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Open Defecation Linked To Dalit Children's Killing, Week Before Milestone
- Thursday September 26, 2019
- India News | Written by Anurag Dwary, Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy
Two makeshift lamps - a few drops of oil in two steel bowls - in the corner of a mud hut with twigs and black tarpaulin for the roof tell you all you need to know about the affairs of the family mourning the death of their two children in Madhya Pradesh's Shivpuri district.
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All 6,650 Villages Of Jammu And Kashmir Declared Open Defecation Free Plus
- Saturday September 30, 2023
- India News | Press Trust of India
In a significant milestone for Jammu and Kashmir under the Swachh Bharat Mission, all of its 6,650 villages have been declared open defecation-free plus model, officials said here on Saturday.
- www.ndtv.com
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Elderly Woman Beaten Up For Defecating In Public In Maharashtra: Police
- Thursday May 4, 2023
- India News | Press Trust of India
A 67-year-old woman was allegedly assaulted by her neighbour for defecating in the open in Manor area of Palghar district, a police official said on Thursday.
- www.ndtv.com
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PM Says "Every Village In India Open Defecation Free, Has Electricity
- Monday June 27, 2022
- India News | Asian News International
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his address to the Indian community in Munich on Sunday, underscored the country's achievements in a short span of time and said India is impatient to fulfil its dreams.
- www.ndtv.com
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19% Households Do Not Use Any Toilet Facility: National Survey
- Wednesday May 11, 2022
- India News | Press Trust of India
Even though India was declared Open Defecation Free by the government in 2019, the latest NFHS survey conducted in 2019-21 showed that 19 percent of households do not use any toilet facility.
- www.ndtv.com
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Watch: 60-Year-Old Women Race Holding Lota. They Were Sending A Message
- Wednesday October 13, 2021
- India News | Reported by Anurag Dwary, Edited by Saikat Kumar Bose
Twenty women in the 55-60 years age group raced with a lota (a pot of water) today to send a message that they would ensure their daughters-in-law don't have to defecate in the open -- something they did all their lives.
- www.ndtv.com
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Man Stabbed During Argument Over 6-Year-Old Defecating In Public: Delhi Police
- Monday October 19, 2020
- Delhi News | Press Trust of India
A man stabbed his neighbour in the chest with a knife on Monday after an argument over a six-year-old boy defecating in the open in southeast Delhi, the police said.
- www.ndtv.com
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Rs 12,300 Crore Allocated For Swachh Bharat Mission In Budget 2020
- Saturday February 1, 2020
- India News | ANI
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday announced that the government has allocated Rs 12,300 crores for Swachh Bharat Mission while presenting the Union Budget for the year 2020-21, according to an official press release.
- www.ndtv.com
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Village In Maharashtra To Cancel Ration Cards For Open Defecation
- Friday November 29, 2019
- India News | Press Trust of India
In a bid to discourage open defecation, the Gram Panchayat of Jarandi village near Maharashtra's Aurangabad has decided to cancel ration cards of families even if one of the members is caught defecating in the open.
- www.ndtv.com
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Indore Man Made To Collect Garbage For Defecating In The Open
- Thursday November 28, 2019
- India News | Press Trust of India
A 30-year-old man in Indore was on Thursday made to collect garbage from the streets as punishment for defecating out in the open in a city, which has won the ''cleanest city'' tag for three consecutive years.
- www.ndtv.com
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18-Month-Old Boy Dies In Madhya Pradesh In Scuffle Over Public Urination
- Friday October 4, 2019
- India News | Written by Anurag Dwary, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan
A one-year-old boy was killed and a policeman was injured in separate incidents of violence over public urination in Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday
- www.ndtv.com
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"Rural India Has Declared Itself Open Defecation Free": PM Modi In Gujarat
- Wednesday October 2, 2019
- India News | Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said rural India has declared itself open defecation free, as the country celebrated the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, an icon of not just Indian independence but also cleanliness.
- www.ndtv.com
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"Take Train To North Indian State": Left Leader To PM On Open Defecation
- Sunday September 29, 2019
- India News | Press Trust of India
CPI MP Binoy Viswam has asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to travel by train through any state in north India to see the extent of open defecation taking place in the country, days after two children were allegedly beaten to death in Madhya Pradesh for defecating in the open.
- www.ndtv.com
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No Coercion Under Swachh Bharat, Centre After Dalit Children's Killing
- Saturday September 28, 2019
- India News | Press Trust of India
In the wake of the killing of two Dalit children in Madhya Pradesh for defecating in the open, the Centre on Friday told states that any type of coercive action related to sanitation behaviour is "unacceptable under any circumstance" and the guilty should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of law.
- www.ndtv.com
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"Deeply Saddening": Priyanka Gandhi Condemns Murder Of Dalit Children
- Thursday September 26, 2019
- India News | Edited by Jimmy Jacob
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi today condemned the murder of two children belonging to the Dalit community in Madhya Pradesh's Shivpuri, and urged the Kamal Nath government to take stringent action against the culprits.
- www.ndtv.com
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Open Defecation Linked To Dalit Children's Killing, Week Before Milestone
- Thursday September 26, 2019
- India News | Written by Anurag Dwary, Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy
Two makeshift lamps - a few drops of oil in two steel bowls - in the corner of a mud hut with twigs and black tarpaulin for the roof tell you all you need to know about the affairs of the family mourning the death of their two children in Madhya Pradesh's Shivpuri district.
- www.ndtv.com