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  Govt to impose 0.5% Swachh Bharat cess on services, applicable from Nov 15

  November 06, 2015 21:18 IST

  New Delhi: All services, including air travel, telephony, eating out and banking will become expensive from November 15 as the government today decided to impose a 0.5 per cent cess on all taxable services to

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  Swachh Bharat: 75 major cities to be rated for cleanliness

  India | October 30, 2015 16:50 IST

  New Delhi: The Centre will conduct a survey of 75 cities in the country, especially those with a population over 10 lakh, to ascertain the sanitation scenario and subsequently rate them.The survey, commissioned by the

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  India's faith leaders converge to promote 'Swachh Bharat'

  World | October 18, 2015 12:38 IST

  Salt Lake City(USA): Over a hundred years after Swami Vivekananda made history at the Parliament of the World Religions, the spiritual leaders of India travelled to Salt Lake City, USA for the world's sixth Parliament

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  UP youth on bicycle tour for Swachh Bharat arrives in Puducherry

  India | October 17, 2015 7:10 IST

  Puducherry: A youth from Uttar Pradesh, on an all-India bicycle tour since last year to spread awareness about Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan' (Clean India programme), arrived here yesterday. 29-year-old Abishek Kumar Sharma, who

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  Swachh Bharat Abhiyan only 'showbaazi': Arvind Kejriwal

  Politics | October 02, 2015 23:50 IST

  New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today took a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying he has witnessed only "showbaazi" and not any real action in the Swachh Bharat campaign, even as he

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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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  Dengue outbreak: Time to take Swachh Bharat Abhiyan seriously

  India | September 22, 2015 14:49 IST

  The surveys and online polls that throw up dismal figures in terms of the success of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan may well give the opposition a handle to criticise the pet project of Prime Minister Narendra

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  365 kg ladoo unveiled on PM Narendra Modi's birthday

  Politics | September 17, 2015 16:25 IST

  New Delhi: Tourism and Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma today unveiled a 365 kg 'ladoo' to celebrate Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 65th birthday here and said there can't be a better way of celebrating it than

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  Contribute to clean ganga, clean India programmes: Arun Jaitley

  Politics | September 11, 2015 23:56 IST

  Kollam:  Noting the Ganga influences the lives of 40 per cent of Indians who live in the river's proximity, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on today called for generous contributions to the Namami Ganga and Swachh

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  Government committed to make Namami Gange a success: Arun Jaitley

  Politics | September 11, 2015 14:45 IST

  Kollam (Kerala):  Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday said that the Centre was determined to make the Namami Gange project a big success like the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan in three to four years.He said

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  Vivek Oberoi joins PM Modi's Swachh Bharat Abhiyan via sanitation project

  Bollywood | September 03, 2015 21:19 IST

  Gurgaon: Vivek Oberoi dedicates his birthday to a cause every year, and this year it was no different. The actor-philanthropist, who turned 39 on Thursday, announced a sanitation initiative under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Swachh

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  After LC Goyal, 'Swachh Bharat Mission' secretary seeks early retirement

  India | September 03, 2015 15:55 IST

  New Delhi: Just days after Union Home Secretary L C Goyal sought early retirement, Vijay Laxmi Joshi, Secretary in the union government in-charge of the ambitious 'Clean India Mission', has sought voluntary retirement from service.Her

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  Bihar govt not "properly" implementing central schemes: Venkaiah Naidu

  Politics | August 29, 2015 4:05 IST

  Patna:  Union Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu today criticised Bihar government for not "properly" implementing Central schemes and said it has not sent utilisation certificate for funds released to it nor requested for a

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  Swachh Bharat campaign our biggest success: PM Modi

  Politics | August 15, 2015 11:03 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendera Modi on Saturday said the Swachh Bharat campaign was his government's "biggest achievement" and praised the children and the young for being the project's "biggest brand ambassador"."It was a unique

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  Swachh Bharat rankings: Mysore tops the list, Delhi Cantt. at 15th slot

  India | August 08, 2015 19:47 IST

  New Delhi: Mysore has topped the Swachh Bharat rankings among 476 cities in the country with three more places from Karnataka figuring in the top 10.Among urban local bodies in the national capital, Delhi Cantonment

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  PM Modi lauds Bengaluru girls for app to implement 'Swachh Bharat'

  August 04, 2015 23:04 IST

  New Delhi/Bengaluru:  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday lauded five girl students from Bengaluru for developing a mobile app which can be used to implement his pet project 'Swachh Bharat'."I am proud of you. You

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  Not even half of anganwadi centres have toilets

  India | August 02, 2015 10:54 IST

  New Delhi:  Less than fifty per cent of the Anganwadi Centers (AWCs) in the country have toilets, according to Women and Child Development Ministry.The Ministry said more than 20,000 were built it under Swachh Bharat

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  Rashtrapati Bhawan, South Block lagging behind in Swachh drive

  India | July 04, 2015 22:18 IST

  New Delhi:  Hyderabad House, Vigyan Bhawan and Jawaharlal Nehru Bhawan have topped the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (SBA) rating, leaving behind Rashtrapati Bhawan and South Block among the 29 government buildings in the capital that were

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  LocalCircles launches online citizen communities for 100 smart cities of India

  June 26, 2015 14:11 IST

  New Delhi: One of India's leading Community Social Media network today announced that availability of Online Citizen Communities or Groups across the 100 proposed Smart Cities of India.The citizen communities enabled over the last month

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  96 percent of Swachh Bharat money in J&K unspent

  India | June 24, 2015 12:22 IST

  New Delhi : Sanitation in Jammu & Kashmir is among the worst in India, with more than 54 percent of more than 1.2 million households without toilets and the 2014-15 target for household latrines falling