Patna: In what is surely a rarity, a woman in Bihar has lodged a complaint against her father-in-law for not constructing a toilet in their house and sought help police help in this matter, police said on Friday. After her father-in-law ignored repeated requests to construct a toilet in theirContinue Reading
Bhopal: In an attempt to eliminate open defecation in rural and urban areas, Madhya Pradesh panchayat and cooperatives minister Gopal Bhargava has warned that people found committing nuisance in the open will stand to lose their ration card and gun license. The Congress retorted saying that the minister should insteadContinue Reading
New Delhi: Mysuru in Karnataka has retained its position as the cleanest among all million plus and capital cities while Dhanbad in Jharkhand has been ranked the worst. These are findings of the first ever cleanliness ranking of cities since Swachh Bharat Mission was launched in October 2014. Cities inContinue Reading
New Delhi: Nearly 9.5 million toilets were set up in rural India in the last one year since the launch of the Swachh Bharat (clean India) Mission, Rural Development Minister Birender Singh said on Wednesday. The number of toilets constructed was more than the target of 60 lakh, Singh saidContinue Reading