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Top cleanest cities in India: Indore featured for the 7th time — see the full list

July 17, 2025 3:30 pm

Cleanest Indian Cities 2024-25: Indore has distinguished itself by winning the overall cleanest city award for seven consecutive years and is featured in this edition as well, along with Surat and Navi Mumbai, in the 'Million Plus Cities (> 10 Lakh population)' category.

Women engaged in waste collection, segregation go on peer learning trips, and learn ways to convert waste to wealth

March 30, 2023 12:06 pm

More than 300 women engaged in waste collection and segregation from across the country travelled to 14 states to learn new ways of waste processing as a part of the Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban’s special three-week campaign for women sanitation workers.

Kerala: Catholic priest sets out on solo bike tour to spread message of green goals

August 14, 2021 4:57 pm

Father Prasant Palakkappillil has been a noted environmentalist in Kerala and has spearheaded numerous programmes and activities on conservation. His solo bike journey also follows the theme designated by the UN for the year 2021: The international year of peace and trust.

‘Swachh Bharat trebled decline rate of open defecation in North India’

September 30, 2019 4:45 am

The study was conducted on changes in open defecation in 4 north Indian states: Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh.

Rajasthan officials beat man to death after he objects to their photographing women defecating in open

August 20, 2018 2:17 pm

Speaking to The Indian Express, Pratapgarh SP Shivraj Meena said there was “heated talk between Zafar and others” but that it was “unclear” what happened later.

Mohali lags behind in solid waste management and ODF categories

May 05, 2017 1:49 pm

The solid waste collection in the city was in question after the municipal corporation roped in a Delhi company around one-and-a-half year ago.

Whose Campaign?

October 09, 2015 12:50 am

Swachh Bharat needs everyone to want a toilet and use it all the time.

A year of Swachh Bharat and it's been no clean sweep. Here is why

October 02, 2015 5:23 pm

Rankings released earlier show several major cities such as Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Patna, Lucknow, Jaipur among others fare poorly on the cleanliness scale.

Indore to be made open defecation free city: Chouhan

February 20, 2015 12:21 pm

The CM also asked the newly elected corporators to refrain from taking contracts for various works in the city.

PM seeks progress report on Swachh Bharat

January 30, 2015 2:34 am

Till now, over Rs 55 crore of contributions from the fund have been allocated for construction of toilets in a number of states.

SWACHH BHARAT CAMPAIGN PHOTOS

'Humshakals' actress Tamannah Bhatia joins Swachh Bharat campaign, sweeps the streets of Mumbai

November 11, 2014 3:40 pm

Bollywood actress Tamannah Bhatia shed her frills as she took to cleaning the streets of Mumbai on Monday (November 10) as part of the Swachh Bharat campaign.

PM Narendra Modi takes ‘Swachh Bharat’ campaign to Varanasi

November 08, 2014 2:14 pm

Prime Minister Narendra Modi kicked off the cleanliness campaign at Assi Ghat in Varanasi on Saturday (November 8).

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