Nation marks 2 years of Clean India campaign

New initiatives to clean public places, rewarding the impact-makers and fresh pledges to meet the 2019 target of a clean-India marked the day as the the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan launched by Prime......

Modi wins Gates Foundation award for Swachh Bharat movement

Modi dedicated the award to those Indians who transformed the Swachh Bharat campaign into a "people's movement" and accorded topmost priority to cleanliness in their day-to-day lives. Prime......

At UN Human Rights Council, India says it's secular, has no State religion

India on Thursday said it is a secular state with no state religion and safeguarding the rights of minorities forms an essential core of its polity, as it came under criticism from Pakistan over......

PM Modi goes 'plogging' on Mahabalipuram beach

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was in Mahabalipuram for an informal summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping, was on Saturday seen cleaning up a beach by picking up plastic litter and other......

Want a good appraisal? Pick up a broom

Performance evaluation of PSU executives to be linked to targets in Swachh Bharat campaign Executives of public sector companies hoping for a good appraisal next year might want to arm themselves......

After Sachin, Anil Ambani wields the broom

Joining Prime Minister Narendra Modi's initiative to rid the country of litter and rubbish, Reliance Group chairman Anil Ambani on Wednesday picked up the broom to clean an area outside Church Gate......

Why a PR agency cannot fulfill Modi's Swachh Bharat dream

Gimmicks such as appointing high-profile brand ambassadors like Sachin Tendulkar and his ilk or issuing “challenges” to sundry people have scarcely convinced the no-changers so far,......

PM asks industry to innovate, Make in India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday met business leaders to hear their grievances on issues ranging from high capital cost to ease of doing business to certainty on taxation matters, as he......

How Kangana, Alia, Big B spent their weekend!

Here's what kept our Bollywood stars busy over the weekend! Kangana Ranaut, who will next be seen alongside Shahid Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan in Vishal Bhardwaj's Rangoon, launched Chetan Bhagat's......

'India is such a fantastic country'

Image: Prasoon Joshi cleans the streets outside the Sofi Mahal building in Lalbaug, South Mumbai, as part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. Photograph: Sahil Salvi 'I was......

Kohli, Thakur participate in Swachh Bharat Abhiyan

India’s Test captain Virat Kohli and BCCI President Anurag Thakur swept the stands at the EdenGardens as part of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti on Sunday. "On the......

Tendulkar bats with PM Modi for 'Swachh Bharat'

Sachin Tendulkar with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Photograph: Courtesy: Narendra Modi/Facebook Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and apprised him of his......