PM Modi pitches for blending well-being and health with cleanliness drive, people across country participate in campaignIn a recent episode of "Mann Ki Baat", Modi appealed for "one hour of shramdaan (or voluntary labour) for swachhata" on October 1 by all ci...
01 Oct, 2023, 07.33 PM IST
‘Uncle Xi’ to exalted ruler: China’s leader embodies his authoritarian eraHow vastly different now. A decade on, Xi looms over the country like a stern Communist monarch, reflecting on China’s fallen ancient dynas...
14 Oct, 2022, 11.49 AM IST
CM Arvind Kejriwal launches 'Green Delhi' app to redress pollution complaints"We have prepared strict timelines for each type of complaint. The departments concerned will also have to post a picture after the complai...
29 Oct, 2020, 01.17 PM IST
Will make Yamuna so clean people will be able to take dip in it: Kejriwal"I can say this with complete confidence that within the next five years, Yamuna would be clean. Before next elections, you all would be ab...
03 Jan, 2020, 10.55 PM IST
Odd-Even scheme to be implemented in Delhi from November 4 to 15Under the scheme, odd and even numbered vehicles ply on alternate days.
13 Sep, 2019, 02.06 PM IST
Anti-garbage drive gives BBMP valuable lessonsThe BBMP is also exploring options like adding more than one auto-tipper in an area, or modifying the route to increase its efficiency.
26 Dec, 2018, 11.08 AM IST
File criminal cases against those who litter: Karnataka High Court to BBMPA division bench headed by Chief Justice Dinesh Maheshwari was hearing a PIL by Narasimha Murthy and others against the BBMP for installing...
05 Nov, 2018, 07.39 PM IST
Karnataka govt 'gold medalist' in graft, Congress leaders 'drunk on power': ModiPM rubbished predictions about a hung Assembly and asserted that BJP would form a govt on its own as people have made up their mind to "dem...
03 May, 2018, 08.38 PM IST
Assembly elections, GST, high-profile cases mark 2017Two terrorists were killed by the army as it foiled an infiltration bid along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch sector of Jammu and Kashm...
30 Dec, 2017, 04.53 PM IST
New Delhi station gets mechanised cleaning systemThe entire station has now been divided into zones and sub-zones with earmarked supervision for proper accountability, said a Northern Rail...
02 Oct, 2017, 06.59 PM IST
BBMP defers plan to hire ex-servicemenFor every ward to have a Cleanup Marshal, it could cost the BBMP nearly Rs 8 crore a year. The city spends Rs 600 crore every year on garba...
06 Mar, 2017, 10.57 AM IST
Bengaluru experiments an app for garbage separationThe technology will record their attendance at every house by scanning the code with a mobile application and rate its level of waste segre...
15 Dec, 2016, 10.58 AM IST
SwachhBharat@2:How Mumbai’s civic body is attempting to clean up the cityThe garbage adds up to 9,000 tonnes per day, and there are 117 open defecation spots across the city. Diseases like dengue and tuberculosis...
06 Oct, 2016, 05.17 PM IST
How Gandhi's India created Indian techie & how at least 100 of them received degrees from MIT before 1947Technological imperatives overruled caste concerns, though the travellers often had to go to great lengths to avoid problems like eating me...
03 Apr, 2016, 11.23 AM IST
How states can learn from Telangana to promote Dalit capitalismTelangana goes beyond paper policies & tokens to promote Dalit capitalism. It played a key role in getting 40 such entrepreneurs to start n...
09 Sep, 2015, 12.40 PM IST
- Delhi turns 100: Transition of a chaotic, charismatic, restless & relentless metropolis
For a city Delhi's age, 100 years is a blip. But the century gone by mirrors all that India's capital stands for — a metropolis that is cha...
10 Dec, 2011, 02.25 PM IST