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Rahul visits Deonar ground, slams PM over Swachch Bharat

Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday trained his guns on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his pet “Swachch Bharat” campaign, alleging “lack of strategy and vision” in carrying out......

Modi's top 2 schemes: Swachch Bharat, Jan Dhan

Only a few, including Jan Dhan and Swachch Bharat, have caught “the imagination” of the country in the first two years of the Modi government while most of its other schemes have......

PM wants 'Swachch Bharat' but we want 'sach Bharat': Rahul

Over a dozen opposition parties on Thursday launched a scathing attack on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and accused the Modi government of not fulfilling its promises, as......

'Swachch Bharat' Mission: It's not just about building toilets

Ending open defecation by 2019 will require changing minds, not just allocating money to build latrines for people that will either go unused or not be built at all. A groom comes out from a......

Swachch Bharat mission head Vijaylakshmi Joshi quits

Vijaylaxmi Joshi, secretary in the Union government in-charge of the ambitious 'Clean India Mission', has sought voluntary retirement from service. Her request for voluntary retirement citing......

DoT asked to levy Swachch Bharat cess on spectrum charges

The Cabinet is believed to have asked the Department of Telecom to examine imposing a Swachch Bharat cess on spectrum charges paid annually by service providers. Besides this, it has also asked DoT......

Over Rs 12,000 crore approved for Swachch Bharat: FM

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said that Rs 3.6 lakh crore have been approved for Jal Jeevan Mission, which seeks to provide Functional Household Tap Connection to every......

Swachch Bharat? Indian villagers still ignore water, sanitation, streetlights

Money allocated for rural India has increased, but expenditure of panchayats is not adequate and inconsistent, say Prachi Salve & Saumya Tewari of IndiaSpend.com. Panchayats (village councils)......

Make in India, Swachch Bharat are fine; India now needs reforms

Make in India and Swachh Bharat have made their big bang debuts, but a lot more is expected from Modi. Image:India's prime minister Narendra Modi in front of Mahatma Gandhi's statue in......

Contribute towards India's transformation: Sushma to Pravasis

Swaraj said the government has undertaken programmes like the 'Make in India' initiative, Jan Dhan Yojana, Clean Ganga Campaign, Swachch Bharat Abhiyan which promise big changes in the landscape,......

Look who's joined the Swachch Bharat campaign

A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities: Singer Kailash Kher joined the list of Bollywood celebrities who took part in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Swachh Bharat......

PIX: Big B promotes Swachh Bharat Abhiyan

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan and Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis picked up brooms during a 'Maha Cleanathon' event held as a part of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan on September 2.......

Javed Akhtar, Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy to make a song for Swacch Bharat

Poet-writer Javed Akhtar has decided to become a part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Swacch Bharat programme, and it's all thanks to singer-turned-parliamentarian Baabul......

PIX: Now, Amitabh Bachchan sweeps the streets

The Bollywood brigade is out on the streets for a noble cause. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's nationwide Swachch Bharat Abhiyan (Clean India Drive), launched on October 2, to improve......

Amitabh Bachchan: Go Vote!

A look at the top 10 tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities: Amitabh Bachchan, who was among the early voters, urged Mumbai to go and vote today: 'Be a responsible citizen of......

PM Modi makes special appeal to Indian cricketers

IMAGE: Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli with PM Narendra Modi (Image used for representational purposes). Photograph: PMO/Twitter With the Lok Sabha elections looming large over the political......

Tendulkar raises Rs 15 lakh for Pulwama martyrs' families

IMAGE: Sachin Tendulkar. Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar on Sunday joined thousands of runners in the IDBI Federal Life Insurance New Delhi Marathon and......

Here's what Tendulkar will do to support Pulwama martyrs' families

Tendulkar to do push ups at IDBI Federal Marathon to support Pulwama martyrs' families IMAGE: Sachin Tendulkar greets his fans. Photograph: PTI Cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar will join thousands of......