Odisha government is set to distribute smartphones to anganwadi workers for better monitoring. A new scheme will boost the handloom sector....

Adachiwadi, a village near Pune, is emerging as Maharashtra's smartest and cleanest destination. This community-driven village boasts advan...

Parents often avoid teaching civic responsibility to avoid conflict. This lackadaisical attitude, stemming from a sense of individual conve...

But thanks to uncaring Indians, Pondicherry is drowning in litter despite its legacy of enlightened thinking bequeathed by Sri Aurobindo

A Maharashtra minister has requested a report on the work of Rohit Arya, who held children hostage before being killed. Arya had claimed pe...

It all started when Sam and Gonzalo Chiang had to stop again and again in the city's largest green area to pick up plastic bottles, masks, ...

The Pacific Beach Coalition recently noticed a dramatic increase in discarded PPE on beaches in and around the city of Pacifica, south of S...

As a step to realise the long term goal of 'carbon neutral Ladakh', the Union Territory administration has ordered a complete ban on the us...

Forty-six years and one day before PM Modi flagged off the Swachh Bharat Mission, Lee Kuan Yew had done something similar in Singapore.

While first four months of this fiscal, i.e from April 2015 to July 2015, total 637 cases were registered under the same act and fetched th...

Andhra Pradesh CM N Chandrababu Naidu today said his government has set a target to make the state open defecation free by 2016.

Harish Vasudevan, environmental law expert, said, "studies point out that tobacco refuse is a major source of litter on the planet."

Symbolism is needed, sure, but honestly, we need to go a lot beyond that. We must be among the dirtiest nations on this planet.

The state forest department wants all tourist agencies in the Sunderbans, including boat owners, to spell out the dos and don'ts to tourist...

Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama asked people to preserve environment and work for development of religion, health and education.

As part of the Himachal Pradesh's 'Seeti Bajao-Shimla Bachao' cleanliness campaign, school children armed with whistles are patrolling the ...

MCGM plans to introduce bye-laws which would attract a fine of Rs 500 if a citizen is caught spitting or bathing or littering a public plac...