The reluctant Indian men hurdles in toilet drive: GovernmentET has earlier reported that the Swachh Bharat Mission is struggling with PMO recently intervening to give fresh impetus and setting yearly...
06 Sep, 2016, 06.56 AM IST
Leading Uttar Pradesh may bring out the leader in Rahul GandhiThe Congress has been out of power in UP for almost three decades and another defeat could severely undermine Rahul’s political stature.
08 May, 2016, 11.25 AM IST
UP polls: Threatened by BJP, BSP and SP, Congress forced to experiment with social combinationsThe Congress is trying to put together a collective leadership in UP that will have a social outreach when the state goes to the polls a ye...
14 Apr, 2016, 04.39 AM IST
BJP trying to divert attention from core issues: Nirmal KhatriKhatri said that BJP was trying to divert public attention from core issues like inflation and communal violence by making allegations agai...
15 Dec, 2015, 09.07 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi, a merchant of mere dreams and lies: CongressReleasing a bunch of papers, he said the state then ruled by Modi could spend only Rs 278.39 crore from Rs 702.39 crore approved by the Cen...
21 Nov, 2014, 10.36 PM IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s sanitation campaign in Gujarat gets CAG lashesTSC was launched by the Union Ministry of Rural Development in 1999 for sustainable reforms in the rural sector through a time bound campai...
12 Nov, 2014, 06.07 AM IST
Manual scavenging on in Gujarat despite being prohibited: CAGEven though manual scavenging is prohibited in the country, there were several cases of it reported from Gujarat, a CAG report said today.
11 Nov, 2014, 08.12 PM IST
Over 5,000 Anganwadi schools in Gujarat lack toilets: CAGReport of the CAG, tabled before the Gujarat Assembly, notes that more than 5,000 Anganwadi centers in the state did not have toilets.
11 Nov, 2014, 06.36 PM IST
Clean India Mission beyond politics: PM ModiDebunking criticism that his government has been taking credit for every achievement, the PM acknolwedged the efforts of all previous gover...
02 Oct, 2014, 01.47 PM IST
Narendra Modi's ‘Swachh Bharat’ call: India Inc queues up to invest big money in building toiletsTCS, Bharti, HUL, Aditya Birla Group, ITC, Adani & Dabur mong major cos that announced big CSR spends for building sanitation facilities.
19 Aug, 2014, 09.49 AM IST
Budget 2014: Congress-NCP slams budget; says Maharashtra was purposely ignoredJayant Patil described the budget as a "FDI budget" which aims to raise funds not from internal resources but from abroad.
10 Jul, 2014, 06.05 PM IST
Centre studies PM Narendra Modi’s animal hostel schemeThe women of the village do not have to spend 6-7 hours each day tending to cows and buffaloes tethered to posts outside each house.
07 Jul, 2014, 11.13 AM IST
Narendra Modi behaving as if he is PM, says Sonia GandhiShe dubbed Narendra Modi 'power-hungry', saying the Gujarat CM is behaving as if he is the Prime Minister of the country even before the el...
02 May, 2014, 12.23 PM IST
India Inc welcomes Narendra Modi’s nomination as BJP’s prime ministerial candidateIndia Inc welcomed Narendra Modi’s nomination as BJP’s prime ministerial candidate on the strength of his track record in transforming Guja...
14 Sep, 2013, 06.20 AM IST
36 years later, Shyam Benegal's 'Manthan' to return with sanitation, not milk, as focusThe film is a brainchild of Drinking Water and Sanitation Minister Jairam Ramesh, who has already tapped Benegal for the project.
20 Oct, 2012, 06.37 AM IST
Jairam Ramesh & Shyam Benegal collaborate on a film on sanitationJairam Ramesh & Shyam Benegal collaborate on a new film that aims to do for sanitaion what Manthan did to celebrate the milk co-operative m...
19 Oct, 2012, 02.53 PM IST
- Half of India still defecates in the open
Half of the country's population still defecates in the open even after 60 years of independence, the Planning Commission has admitted.
09 Feb, 2012, 08.07 AM IST