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Swachh Survekshan 2024-25: UP scores big; Lucknow stands 3rd in Clean City Awards

July 18, 2025 1:11 am

President Droupadi Murmu presented the awards during a ceremony held at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi, on Thursday. State Cabinet Minister A(K Sharma received the honours on behalf of Uttar Pradesh.

Swachh Survekshan Awards: MCD jumps 59 places, NDMC bags ‘Super Swachh League City Award’

July 17, 2025 10:36 pm

The theme was ‘Reduce, Reuse, Recycle,’ and emphasised waste management and sustainable sanitation practices.

Pimpri-Chinchwad adjudged cleanest city in Maharashtra in Swachh Survekshan 2024-25

July 17, 2025 3:04 pm

Pimpri-Chinchwad moves to the seventh rank among million-plus cities nationally in the Swachh Survekshan 2024-25 and retains the seven-star garbage-free city and water-plus certifications.

President Droupadi Murmu presents the 'Swachh Shehar - Rank 1' award (in more than 10 lakh population category) to Ahmedabad as Union Minister for Housing & Urban Affairs Manohar Lal and MoS for Housing & Urban Affairs Tokhan Sahu applaud during the Swachh Survekshan Awards ceremony, in New Delhi

Ahmedabad declared cleanest city, as past winners Indore, Surat elevated to 'super league'

July 17, 2025 6:25 pm

President Droupadi Murmu presented the Swachh Survekshan 2024-25 awards, emphasising principles of sustainability.

Twelve Indian cities have been selected and featured in the 9th edition of Swachh Survekshan (SS); below are the top cleanest cities in India as of 2024 (Express Photo: Tashi Tobgyal).

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.

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Cleanliness count: Mohali stands first, Abohar comes second

January 11, 2024 10:15 pm

Find out how the small hamlet of Abohar transformed from the dirtiest city of the state to a model of cleanliness

Indore, Surat named cleanest cities, Maharashtra cleanest state

January 12, 2024 4:39 am

The rankings take into account door-to-door collection of waste, segregation at source, cleanliness of public areas, clean water bodies and citizens’ feedback regarding the cleanliness of their cities.

New Delhi Municipal Council moves up two notches to 7th rank in Swachh Survekshan survey

January 13, 2024 10:02 am

The MCD has bagged the Open Defecation-Free ++ status in the national ranking of the Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban).

Swachh Survekshan 2023: Field surveys of cities’ cleanliness begins, to culminate in 2023 rankings

June 28, 2023 3:52 am

Last year, Indore retained the top spot, having won the distinction of being the cleanest city in India for the sixth year in a row.

Babus take credit for UT swachh ranking; but locals say garbage collection, disposal biggest problem

November 18, 2022 7:22 am

Even as city residents said that they feel safe and the city is a peaceful city, another problem which troubled them is the growing paying guest culture which is resulting in crime and drug abuse.

Once an MP, rape-convict Prajwal Revanna is now a clerk at prison library

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Former JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna, grandson of former PM H D Deve Gowda, has been assigned clerical duties at Parappana Agrahara Central Prison after receiving a life sentence for rape. He earns Rs 520 per day and faces multiple charges stemming from four cases, with evidence including videos of the assaults recorded on his phone. He was found guilty in one case and still faces trial in the others.

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