Swacch Bharat Abhiyan

Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday suggested photos of people spitting on roads after eating pan masala should be clicked and published in newspapers for the public to see.

UGC asked all universities to provide two academic credits to students who are undertaking summer internships under government's Swachh Bharat Abhiyan activities.

Kunwar Bai, a 106-year-old woman from Chhattisgarh who was chosen as a mascot for the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan', died Friday after a prolonged illness.

More than 400 local officials could be charged in police cases after over 150 villages in Madhya Pradesh were declared open-defecation free despite not being so, according to a government inquiry. The state government says apart from declaring 155 villages in the Guna district of North East Madhya Pradesh open-defecation free or ODF, these official...

As Prime Minister Narendra Modi turns 67 on Sunday, his ministers have been told to spend 10 am to noon volunteering in efforts to push his Clean India or Swachh Bharat mission. The ministers have been told in a power point presentation accessed by NDTV, to aim not for publicity but on mobilizing communities.

Bollywood is bucking the trend of its usual lavish landscaped song-and-dance romantic comedies to take on the more serious issue of open defecation in India with the release of “Toilet: A Love Story”, the film’s promoters said on Tuesday. The film, starring Akshay Kumar, is to be released on Aug 11 and will be the world’s first feature film...

Nine people from powerloom town of Bhiwandi were booked for cheating after they misused the funds granted to them to build toilets under the Swacch Bharat Abhiyan, the police said today.

Over 2,000 residents of Surat, Gujarat came together earlier this week in an attempt to break the existing Guinness World Record for most people sweeping the floor in a single venue.

Big deposits of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes in the days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's currency ban are coming under the scanner with the use of a new government software. Swacch Dhan is inspired by Swaach Bharat -- if one was about Clean India, the other is about Clean Money, a reflection of the government's anti-corruption drive. The November ...

Porbandar, the birthplace of Mahatma Gandhi, and nearly 170 towns in Gujarat, were today declared Open Defecation Free on the birth anniversary of the 'Father of the Nation'.

A top Indian official in Chicago has asked the Indian-American community in the city to participate in the development-centric initiatives by the Indian government.

On Constitution Day, Home Minister Rajnath Singh made a revelation in parliament - that it was Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar's fight for justice and equality that inspired Narendra Modi to flag off some of the BJP government's more ambitious schemes like the Swacch Bharat Abhiyan (Clean India Mission), Jan Dhan Yojana (Banking For All Scheme) and the Beti ...

The Delhi government will construct 350 new toilets in the national capital, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said today.

Mysuru in Karnataka, the city of palaces, has won a new distinction. It has been ranked as the cleanest city in the country on two Swacch Bharat parameters - reduction of open defecation and solid waste management.

Raking up a reported survey which ranked Jaipur at 370th position in terms of cleanliness, Congress leader Sachin Pilot today accused the BJP governments at the Centre and state of misleading people with Swachh Bharat Abhiyan as it has proved to be a failed attempt.

Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday suggested photos of people spitting on roads after eating pan masala should be clicked and published in newspapers for the public to see.

UGC asked all universities to provide two academic credits to students who are undertaking summer internships under government's Swachh Bharat Abhiyan activities.

Kunwar Bai, a 106-year-old woman from Chhattisgarh who was chosen as a mascot for the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan', died Friday after a prolonged illness.

More than 400 local officials could be charged in police cases after over 150 villages in Madhya Pradesh were declared open-defecation free despite not being so, according to a government inquiry. The state government says apart from declaring 155 villages in the Guna district of North East Madhya Pradesh open-defecation free or ODF, these official...

As Prime Minister Narendra Modi turns 67 on Sunday, his ministers have been told to spend 10 am to noon volunteering in efforts to push his Clean India or Swachh Bharat mission. The ministers have been told in a power point presentation accessed by NDTV, to aim not for publicity but on mobilizing communities.

Bollywood is bucking the trend of its usual lavish landscaped song-and-dance romantic comedies to take on the more serious issue of open defecation in India with the release of “Toilet: A Love Story”, the film’s promoters said on Tuesday. The film, starring Akshay Kumar, is to be released on Aug 11 and will be the world’s first feature film...

Nine people from powerloom town of Bhiwandi were booked for cheating after they misused the funds granted to them to build toilets under the Swacch Bharat Abhiyan, the police said today.

Over 2,000 residents of Surat, Gujarat came together earlier this week in an attempt to break the existing Guinness World Record for most people sweeping the floor in a single venue.

Big deposits of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes in the days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's currency ban are coming under the scanner with the use of a new government software. Swacch Dhan is inspired by Swaach Bharat -- if one was about Clean India, the other is about Clean Money, a reflection of the government's anti-corruption drive. The November ...

Porbandar, the birthplace of Mahatma Gandhi, and nearly 170 towns in Gujarat, were today declared Open Defecation Free on the birth anniversary of the 'Father of the Nation'.

A top Indian official in Chicago has asked the Indian-American community in the city to participate in the development-centric initiatives by the Indian government.

On Constitution Day, Home Minister Rajnath Singh made a revelation in parliament - that it was Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar's fight for justice and equality that inspired Narendra Modi to flag off some of the BJP government's more ambitious schemes like the Swacch Bharat Abhiyan (Clean India Mission), Jan Dhan Yojana (Banking For All Scheme) and the Beti ...

The Delhi government will construct 350 new toilets in the national capital, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said today.

Mysuru in Karnataka, the city of palaces, has won a new distinction. It has been ranked as the cleanest city in the country on two Swacch Bharat parameters - reduction of open defecation and solid waste management.

Raking up a reported survey which ranked Jaipur at 370th position in terms of cleanliness, Congress leader Sachin Pilot today accused the BJP governments at the Centre and state of misleading people with Swachh Bharat Abhiyan as it has proved to be a failed attempt.