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Bengal bypoll: 51 pc votes cast till 1 pm in Dhupguri assembly seat“At the moment, polling is absolutely peaceful. Tight security measures are in place and there is an adequate number of forces,” the Electi...
WB Dhupguri bypoll: A litmus test for parties ahead of Lok Sabha electionsThe Dhupguri bypoll in West Bengal is currently taking place with over 2,69,416 voters participating. The election is a three-way contest b...
Man Singh: The illiterate who paved the way for literacyNot being literate, one of the first things he did on becoming a sarpanch three decades ago was to construct a school at Dhani Mohabbatpur ...
‘Nirmal Ganga Rating’ in works for industries along GangaAs per the proposal, a single star will be awarded to establishments that desist from directly contributing to the pollution in the Ganga.
Government to spend over Rs 2,100 crore for toilets in 1,649 villagesGovernment will spend over Rs 2,100 crore to build toilets and sewage treatment plants in 1,649 identified villages situated along both sid...
Centre sanctions 76 projects worth Rs 4974.79 crore in five basin states to clean up river GangaThe latest Union Budget had set up an integrated Ganga conservation mission with an allocation of Rs 2037 crore for Ganga rejuvenation.
Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan: I feel honoured not to be invited, says Mani Shankar AiyarAccording to Aiyar, the national cleanliness campaign, launched by Modi on Gandhi Jayanthi day, "ignores the fundamental Gandhian propositi...
Chattisgarh govenrment plans to build nearly 1 lakh toilets in three months"Singh has also asked them to start work towards building toilets and have taps installed for supplying potable water for households," Mish...
Toilet construction: Nitin Gadkari asks MPs to allocate MPLADS fundsHis letter comes days after PM urged the parliamentarians to use MPLADS funds in building toilets to end the menace of open defecation in t...
Bihar government pioneered 'toilets first' slogan: Nitish Kumar"Officials popularised the concept among the people, but some people are now talking about toilet first and temple later," he said here, wi...
- Arunachal to converge MG-NREGA with Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan
The decision to this effect was taken at a meeting chaired by Minister Tanga Byaling, official sources said today.
Toilets are being used for storing food grain: Rural Development Minister Jairam RameshDecrying the lack of proper sanitation facilities, Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh today said toilets built over the last 10 years...
- Convert Kudremukh National Park into Tiger Reserve, asserts Jairam Ramesh
Union Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh insisted that Kudremukh National Park (KNP) should be declared as Tiger Reserve.
- Additional 60,000 tons of foodgrains released to Karnataka: Jairam Ramesh
Centre has released 60,000 tons of foodgrains to Karnataka during 2012-13 for calamity relief in addition to its regular allotment of 2.40 ...
- Stung by Jairam Ramesh's remarks, DRDO offers bio-toilets for villages
At least 1000 gram panchayats across the country will soon have odourless bio-toilets-- thanks to defence research agency DRDO
- More funds for government sponsored toilets in rural India
Government is planning to double the money it provides for the construction of toilets in villages under its campaign for total sanitation.
- Government will take 10 years to achieve total sanitation
There are about 2.60 lakh gram panchayats in the country and as per the population Census data, only about 28,000 of them have achieved tot...
- Political backing and naxalism affecting mining sector, says Jairam Ramesh
Mining sector is getting affected by political interference and Naxalism, Ramesh said, insisting that it was legal activities too that were...
- Govt to assess utilisation of funds given to PRIs
The Government has decided to assess the utilisation of the over Rs 400 crore given by it under a national award to Panchayati Raj Institut...
- TSC receives approval of Cent Outlay of Rs 7,816 crore
Government's ambitious Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) that envisages the achievement of providing total sanitation in all villages of the ...