Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
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Foreigners living in India laud 'Clean India' drive
India | Jan 22, 2015, 01:09 PM ISTNew Delhi: Foreigners who came to India for work or love and decided to make the country their home are upbeat about Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambitious "Clean India" campaign. They, however, cautioned that the
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Anti-plastic drive launched in Pune
India | Jan 10, 2015, 01:47 PM ISTPune: Furthering Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan', Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar has begun a ‘Plastic-free India' drive here in Shirur.Shirur Town Council launched this drive on a pilot basis yesterday.Speaking on the occasion
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Eunuchs contribute constructively to 'Swachh Abhiyan' in Madhya Pradesh
India | Dec 13, 2014, 06:36 PM ISTBhopal: Madhya Pradesh Panchayat and Rural Development Minister Gopal Bhargava on Saturday said roping in of eunuchs into the cleanliness drive under the 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan' across the state has yielded encouraging results."We have roped
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Bring 'barat' only after building toilet, girl tells would-be in-laws in Rajasthan
India | Dec 08, 2014, 02:15 PM ISTJaipur: The impact of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambitious ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan' is clearly visible on the new generation.The latest story in this regard has come to fore from Rajasthan's Dholpur district. A woman here
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Indian Railways to install dustbins in all types of passenger coaches
India | Nov 24, 2014, 12:54 PM ISTNew Delhi: In a bid to push ahead the ambitious ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan' of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Indian Railways has decided to make provision of dustbin in all types of passenger coaches. As of
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BJP urges Centre to release Rs 500 crore for Cleanliness drive
National | Nov 22, 2014, 10:03 PM ISTNew Delhi: In order to make ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan' a success in the national capital, Delhi BJP today urged the Centre to release Rs 500 crore to city's all three municipal bodies for carrying out
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Cleanliness drive should also include the mind: Irani
National | Nov 19, 2014, 10:33 PM ISTGurgaon: HRD Minister Smriti Irani today said the 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan' should not remain limited to the cleanliness of the environment but should also include the cleanliness of mind.Irani also announced Wasima, a Class VI
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Suresh Raina joins Modi's Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
Cricket | Nov 19, 2014, 03:58 PM ISTNew Delhi: India's hard hitting batsman Suresh Raina has joined PM Modi's Swachh Bharat Abhiyan here today. Raina cleaned an orphanage in Ghaziabad to be a part of Clean India Campaign.Raina was nominated by Prime
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Government's new education policy to focus on values: Irani
National | Nov 16, 2014, 11:52 PM ISTAmritsar: A new education policy is being framed in which emphasis will be laid on teaching students moral values as the present system is only producing degree holders, Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani today said. Addressing
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National Award winner 'Perariyathavar' creates buzz amid Swach Bharat Abhiyan
Bollywood | Nov 16, 2014, 05:53 PM ISTKolkata: The timing for director Bijukumar Damodaran's double National Award-winning film "Perariyathavar" ("Names Unknown") couldn't have been more perfect. Highlighting the "sensitive issue" of scavengers and garbage dumping, the film's theme has generated quite a
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Beware! Spitting in Connaught Place area will cost you dearly now
India | Nov 15, 2014, 12:18 PM ISTNew Delhi: The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) on Friday launched an 'anti-spitting' drive in Connaught Place, the heart of the national capital.The NDMC has deployed four marshals in the area to keep a track
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Not unhappy with Union cabinet expansion: BJP MP Anurag Thakur
National | Nov 10, 2014, 11:51 PM ISTRaipur: National President of Bhartiya Janata Yuva Morcha, Anurag Thakur today dismissed reports that he was discontent over not being inducted into the Union council of ministers expanded by Prime Minister Narendra Modi."I am fortunate
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PM Narendra Modi launches 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan' from Assi ghat in Varanasi
National | Nov 08, 2014, 06:09 PM ISTVaranasi: Bringing Swachh Bharat campaign to his Lok Sabha constituency, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today wielded a spade to remove silt deposited along the banks of River Ganga and nominated nine persons, including Chief Minister
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'Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat' video crosses 1 mn hits on YouTube
National | Nov 01, 2014, 11:18 AM ISTMumbai: A music video dedicated to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan' (Clean India Campaign) has crossed one million hits on YouTube.Produced and sung by Ravindra Singh, managing director of R-Vision India, the video,
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Sushma Swaraj exhorts BJP workers to ensure victory in Madhya Pradesh local polls
National | Oct 30, 2014, 11:20 PM ISTBhopal: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today exhorted the BJP workers to ensure hundred per cent victory in the upcoming local body polls in Madhya Pradesh so that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan'
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Soon, Rs 1,800 crore awareness campaign under 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan'
India | Oct 29, 2014, 07:26 AM ISTNew Delhi: The Centre will soon launch an intensive information, education and communication (IEC) campaign at an estimated cost of Rs 1,800 crore to generate awareness about the need for cleanliness and to bring about
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Dera Sacha Sauda chief to launch cleanliness drive in Mumbai today
India | Oct 28, 2014, 08:56 AM ISTMumbai: Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, the spiritual head of Dera Sacha Sauda, will launch a cleanliness drive on Tuesday in which volunteers of the Haryana-based sect from all over the country will participate.The sect launched
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Shashi Tharoor joins 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan'
National | Oct 25, 2014, 05:35 PM ISTTrivandrum: Unfazed by the Congress leadership's decision to remove him from the post of spokesperson, senior party leader and MP from Thiruvananthapuram Shashi Tharoor today formally joined Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambitious ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan'.Clad
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PMO to monitor 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan' online
India | Oct 25, 2014, 09:51 AM ISTNew Delhi: It seems that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in complete mood of making his ambitious ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan' a big success and also to give a ‘logical end' to this mission on October
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PM congratulates TV channels for showing dirt on streets left by Diwali celebrations
India | Oct 24, 2014, 10:15 PM ISTNew Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today congratulated TV channels for showing dirty streets after Diwali celebrations, saying telecasting such visuals would create awareness among people about the importance of cleanliness.The Prime Minister, who launched