Swachh Bharat man, Param Iyer calls it a day as sanitation secy

Iyer, popularly called Param, is keen to return to the US where he had spent several years working with the World Bank at its Washington office -- a job he later quit to become road manager for his......

Rahul is working untiringly for Modi

'Rahul is only making a pathetic public spectacle of his lack of judgment and good sense by hallucinating that somehow, the Congress, or whatever political combine is cobbled together, will......

'The Mahagathbandhan is for personal survival'

'The Opposition has no option but to make it an 'All versus One' fight to even think about winning.' Photograph: Issei Kato/Reuters In an exclusive interview to ANI, Prime Minister Narendra......

Modi@4: How the schemes progressed

The Narendra Modi government has completed four years in power. Have achche din arrived as the prime minister promised while he campaigned in 2014? Here's the data the government has put out to......

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......

Jal Shakti Abhiyan: How govt plans to tackle India's water woes

The aim of the programme is to increase the water table in the stressed areas through dams, ponds, and afforestation.According to a NITI Aayog study, by 2030, the country’s water demand is......

GDP to grow 8% in FY16; hit $3 trn mark in 5 years: Panagariya

India's growth rate is expected to accelerate to 8 per cent in the current financial year and the economy will surpass $3 trillion mark in less than five years, NITI Aayog vice chairman Arvind......

TCS to construct 860 toilets for girls in schools by 2015-end

Under the first phase, it will be building toilets in 860 schools spread across five districts of Andhra Pradesh, eight of Telangana and two of Bihar Country's largest software exporter TCS on......