Clean India
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World Toilet day: Know where India stands in the queue
India | Nov 19, 2015, 04:22 PM ISTNew 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
National | Oct 26, 2015, 12:13 AM ISTNew 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 | Oct 08, 2015, 10:42 AM ISTNew 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
National | Oct 03, 2015, 07:21 AM ISTIndore: 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 | Oct 03, 2015, 08:49 AM ISTNew 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 | Aug 13, 2015, 04:49 PM ISTNew 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 | Jun 16, 2015, 11:01 PM ISTNew 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
National | Jun 11, 2015, 05:40 PM ISTNew 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
National | Nov 06, 2014, 10:18 PM ISTNew 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
National | Nov 06, 2014, 09:40 PM ISTBengaluru: 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'
National | Nov 04, 2014, 07:19 AM ISTAhmedabad: 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 | Oct 05, 2014, 06:59 AM ISTNew 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 | Oct 02, 2014, 07:05 PM ISTNew 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 | Oct 02, 2014, 02:48 PM ISTKirnahar (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
National | Sep 25, 2014, 12:29 PM ISTGandhinagar: 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,