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  World Toilet day: Know where India stands in the queue

  India | November 19, 2015 16:22 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made sanitation a priority for India. In his first independence day speech at Red Fort,  he had said that he would rather build toilets than temples .The government

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  PM Modi lauds India TV for 'clean India' mission

  Politics | October 26, 2015 0:13 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today appreciated the initiative  taken by India TV for ‘clean India' mission in his speech  in the radio programme  ‘Man ki Baat'.Exactly a year ago Prime Minister Narendra Modi

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  Decentralized Green Waste Re-processor plant begins functioning in Delhi

  India | October 08, 2015 10:42 IST

  New Delhi: Central Public Works Department (CPWD) has installed started Decentralized Green Waste Re-processor Plant in Delhi under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambitious Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.Inaugurating the plant at CPWD's Horticulture Division – VI in

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  Keeping surroundings clean is also form of patriotism: PM Modi

  Politics | October 03, 2015 7:21 IST

  Indore: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said keeping one's surroundings and neighbourhoods clean is also a form of patriotism. In a video message for Indore Municipal Council and some local civic bodies at the launch of

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  1 year of Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan: A lot remains to be done

  India | October 03, 2015 8:49 IST

  New Delhi: Exactly a year ago Prime Minister Narendra Modi wielded a broom and launched the country's biggest-ever cleanliness drive ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan' on the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi,.The Prime Minister kicked off  the

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  US committed to supporting India's clean water, sanitation: Richard Verma

  India | August 13, 2015 16:49 IST

  New Delhi:  US Ambassador to India Richard Verma on Thursday said his country is committed to extending its support in initiatives for clean water and sanitation and to help realise India's call. He lauded Sulabh International

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  Swachh Bharat Mission: Solar-Energy operated portable Rickshaw-Toilets join the league!

  India | June 16, 2015 23:01 IST

  New Delhi: Taking a leaf out of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambitious ‘Swachh Bharat Mission', solar energy operated mobile portable toilets – ‘Apna Shauchalaya' has been rolled out by Haryana government.Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar

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  PM Modi for involving spiritual leaders in 'Swachh Bharat' mission

  Politics | June 11, 2015 17:40 IST

  New Delhi:  Prime Minister Narendra Modi today directed central government departments concerned with the ‘Clean India' mission to coordinate with states which are lagging in toilet construction, and suggested involving spiritual leaders to create awareness

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  Garbage 'dumped' for Satish Upadhyay to clean at Swachh Bharat event

  Politics | November 06, 2014 22:18 IST

  New Delhi: Delhi BJP chief Satish Upadhyay has found himself in a controversy after photographs emerged that garbage was littered on a sidewalk in posh Lodhi Road locality before he along with former AAP leader

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  Clean India 'a bit of hype', needs more details: Jairam Ramesh

  Politics | November 06, 2014 21:40 IST

  Bengaluru: Claiming that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ‘Swachh Bharat' has become a slogan and “a bit of hype”, Former Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh today said the programme also needs to address the issue of

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  Gujarat CM nominates nine eminent personalities for 'Swachh Bharat'

  Politics | November 04, 2014 7:19 IST

  Ahmedabad: Gujarat Chief Minister Anandi Patel yesterday nominated nine eminent personalities in the state to participate in the 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan'. Spiritual leaders Rameshbhai Oza, Kankeshwari Devi, lawyer Sudhir Nanavati, tax consultant Mukesh Patel, cricketer

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  USAID, Gates Foundation to join in Clean India

  India | October 05, 2014 6:59 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's US visit that saw him take up the issue of hygiene and toilets for all Indians during his much-applauded talk at New York's Central Park has also led to

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  Depts, civic bodies launch cleanliness drive across Delhi

  India | October 02, 2014 19:05 IST

  New Delhi: Various Delhi government departments, municipal corporations and scores of other agencies across the city today joined the ‘Clean India' campaign with a pledge to implement the country's biggest ever cleanliness drive envisaged by

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  Every Indian should do his bit to keep India clean: President

  India | October 02, 2014 14:48 IST

  Kirnahar (West Bengal): Taking part in 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan', President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday said every Indian should devote two hours daily or at least 100 hours annually in cleanliness drive.Administering a pledge to the

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  Anandiben Patel appeals people to dedicate one day of each month for cleaning

  Politics | September 25, 2014 12:29 IST

  Gandhinagar: Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel has said that her government will launch a drive where each citizen of Gujarat is required to dedicate a day every month to clean their neighbourhood."During Wednesday's Cabinet meeting,