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  Foreigners living in India laud 'Clean India' drive

  India | January 22, 2015 13:09 IST

  New 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 | January 10, 2015 13:47 IST

  Pune: 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 | December 13, 2014 18:36 IST

  Bhopal: 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 | December 08, 2014 14:15 IST

  Jaipur: 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 | November 24, 2014 12:54 IST

  New 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 | November 22, 2014 22:03 IST

  New 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 | November 19, 2014 22:33 IST

  Gurgaon: 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 | November 19, 2014 15:58 IST

  New 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 | November 16, 2014 23:52 IST

  Amritsar: 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 | November 16, 2014 17:53 IST

  Kolkata: 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 | November 15, 2014 12:18 IST

  New 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 | November 10, 2014 23:51 IST

  Raipur: 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 | November 08, 2014 18:09 IST

  Varanasi: 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 | November 01, 2014 11:18 IST

  Mumbai: 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 | October 30, 2014 23:20 IST

  Bhopal:  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 | October 29, 2014 7:26 IST

  New 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 | October 28, 2014 8:56 IST

  Mumbai: 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 | October 25, 2014 17:35 IST

  Trivandrum: 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 | October 25, 2014 9:51 IST

  New 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 | October 24, 2014 22:15 IST

  New 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