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Guwahati: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday lauded Guwahati Municipal Corporation's (GMC) efforts behind the city's gradual upscale in the cleanliness category in Swachh Sarvekshan 2024-25.The award was presented on Thursday at a national ceremony held in New Delhi, and was received by GMC mayor Mrigen Sarania, in the presence of senior dignitaries and representatives from urban local bodies across the country.Securing the 44th rank in the nationwide competition, conducted by ...Read More >
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], July 19 (ANI): Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel attended the celebration of Urban Development Year 2025 held in Ahmedabad. As part of the celebration, various development projects were inaugurated during an event organised by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation at Tagore Hall. According to an official press release, while congratulating the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation and all citizens for receiving the award for the cleanest city in the country, CM Patel stated ...Read More >
The cities were evaluated based on 10 parameters and 54 indicators. Indore has retained its top position as the cleanest city in India for the eighth consecutive year. Surat and Pune were second and third. President Droupadi Murmu conferred the Swachh Survekshan 2024-25 Award on the city at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi. The cities were evaluated based on 10 parameters and 54 indicators. The Centre said that the Swachh Survekshan 2024-25 adopted a smart and structured approach to assess urban cle ...Read More >
Indore (Madhya Pradesh): Riding high on its historic eighth consecutive win as India's cleanest city, Indore will now mentor Varanasi, the spiritual capital of India, in enhancing its cleanliness standards. Indoreans celebrated the momentous win on Friday with processions, band performances and public gatherings. A victory rally from Indore Airport to Rajwada was led by civic officials and sanitation workers, drawing large crowds of enthusiastic citizens. As part of the central government's in ...Read More >
Bhopal: After retaining the tag of cleanest city of India for seven times in a row in the annual sanitation surveys (SS), Madhya Pradesh's Indore topped the Super Swachh League, a separate category that honours cities with consistent top-tier performance over multiple survey cycles, in the SS 2024-25. The Swachh Survekshan 2024-25 awards were announced by President Draupadi Murmu at Delhi on Thursday. The survey ranks urban local bodies across India on sanitation indicators such as door-to-doo ...Read More >
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh has made significant strides in urban sanitation, as reflected in the Swachh Survekshan 2024 rankings, with a notable improvement over last year's performance. For the first time, the state capital Lucknow has been awarded the prestigious 7-Star Garbage-Free City certification, signalling a major leap in cleanliness and waste management. The number of Garbage-Free Cities (GFCs) in Uttar Pradesh has increased from 65 in 2023 to 83 in 2024. The number of cities certified as ...Read More >
'India should look to add an extra bowler' IMAGE: Ajinkya Rahane has a piece of advice for head coach Gautam Gambhir and captain Shubman Gill- play an extra bowler in the fourth Test at Old Trafford. Photograph: BCCI/X As India gear up for the fourth Test at Old Trafford, former captain Ajinkya Rahane has raised a tactical alarm: the team's all-rounder-heavy approach might be hurting their chances. His solution? A fourth specialist bowler -- even if it comes at the cost of batting depth. Now ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 18 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday applauded the Assam Police for arresting an individual after 30,000 YABA tablets worth Rs 6 crore were recovered from him. https://x.com/himantabiswa/status/1946058871514230787 Also Read | Ola, Uber Strike Causes Travel Woes for 4th Consecutive Day in Mumbai and Other Cities of Maharashtra: What Are Cab Drivers' Key Demands?. In a post on social media X, the CM wrote "In a source backed anti-narcotics operati ...Read More >
The car had a Maharashtra number plate. Luggage was tied to the roof of the vehicle, which made officials believe that a family had come from Maharashtra to visit Agra. A shocking and heartbreaking incident has come to light from the Taj Mahal complex in Agra, Uttar Pradesh. An elderly man was found unconscious and tied inside a locked car parked near the western gate. The incident has raised serious questions about human sensitivity and responsibility. According to Aaj Tak, the man had been ...Read More >
Indore (Madhya Pradesh): Along with the city, the wave of cleanliness is now rapidly reaching the rural areas of the district as well. Under the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) run by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India, Sanwer Municipal Council has achieved remarkable success in Swachh Survekshan 2024-25. Sanwer stood at 22nd position in the country, 6th in the state and the first in Indore division in the population category of less than 20,000. The success of Sanwer i ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Greater Hyderabad has been ranked the sixth cleanest city across the country, and gets seven-star rating under the Swachh Survekshan rankings. The rankings are conducted by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) under the Swachh Bharat Urban Mission (SBM), which is the world's largest urban sanitation and cleanliness survey. In 2023-24, the city secured the ninth position, while in 2022-23, it stood in the tenth spot. Hyderabad City has also received a seven-star rating i ...Read More >
Coimbatore: The Coimbatore Corporation has been ranked 28 out of 44 cities in the cleanliness survey (Swachh Survekshan 2025) under the category of cities with population of more than 10 lakh. The cleanliness ranking was released on Thursday by the ministry of housing and urban affairs (MoHUA).Coimbatore has shown significant improvement in rankings. It stood at 35th place in 2023 and 46th place in 2022.In Tamil Nadu, Coimbatore has maintained its top position for the third consecutive year whil ...Read More >
Jaipur: Former CM Ashok Gehlot acknowledged Thursday that BJP's campaign focusing on the 2022 Kanhaiya Lal murder case contributed to his govt's electoral defeat in 2023.The case involved the brutal killing of Kanhaiya Lal, a tailor in Udaipur, who was beheaded inside his shop on June 28, 2022, by two assailants who filmed and shared the act on social media. The accused, Mohammad Riyaz Akhtari and Ghaus, were arrested within four hours after the crime.The murder occurred against a backdrop of es ...Read More >
SHILLONG, July 17: Shillong has bagged the 'Promising Swachh Shehar of State/UT' title during the Swachh Survekshan 2024-25 Awards at Vigyan Bhagwan, New Delhi, hosted by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA). Besides Shillong, 33 other cities across different states and UTs were selected for this distinction based on their efforts in improving sanitation, waste management, and citizen participation. The awards, presented by President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday, marked a decade of ...Read More >
Bengaluru Stampede Probe: The Karnataka government's status report on the deadly stampede outside Bengaluru's M. Chinnaswamy Stadium lays primary blame on RCB, its event management partner DNA Entertainment Networks Pvt. Ltd, and the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA), accusing them of unilaterally organising the mass public event without securing legal permission or coordinating with city authorities. The question here arises is - All To Blame But Congress Govt? Watch panel discussion o ...Read More >
Guwahati (Assam) [India], July 17 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma hailed Guwahati, the capital of the state, being recognised as the cleanest capital in the northeast in the 2024-25 Swachh Survekshan awards, securing the 44th overall position. Guwahati and North Lakhimpur were also honoured under the 'Promising Swachh Shehar' category at the national urban cleanliness survey. CM Sarma also emphasised Guwahati's 'huge leap forward' from being the dirtiest to the cleanest capital ...Read More >
Surat: Surat, which has been consistently ranked among India's cleanest cities, has added another feather to its cap after securing the top rank in the newly introduced 'Super Swachh League' category for cities with a population of over 10 lakh.The announcement was made during a special Swachh Bharat Mission event held at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi on Thursday. The President of India presented the award to the Surat Municipal Corporation in recognition of its outstanding efforts in sanitation an ...Read More >
Indore (Madhya Pradesh): Collector Asheesh Singh has congratulated the people of the city on retaining the top position in the cleanliness rankings. He said that after being at the top for seven consecutive years, the city was now included in the Swachhta Super League of the new system this time. In view of the work done in the city in the field of cleanliness, it had also topped the super league. In this way, the city had become the topper in cleanliness for the 8th time. This was a matter of ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Municipal Corporation of Delhi continued to show lacklustre results in the Swachhta Survekshan. In the assessment of cities with populations exceeding 10 lakh (or million-plus cities) for 2024-25, it placed 31st out of 44. This follows the 2023-24 performance in which Delhi ranked 90th among 446 cities in the category of urban areas with populations above one lakh. MCD had aspired to rank in the top 10 in this category in 2024-25, but fell far short.Mayor Raja Iqbal Singh argued t ...Read More >
Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh) [India] July 17 (ANI): In a shocking incident in Madhya Nayanapalli village of Pakala mandal, a man named Giri allegedly murdered his wife and two daughters and then attempted to take his own life. According to police reports, Giri and his wife, Hemalatha, had two daughters. In a heinous act, Giri reportedly pushed his wife and daughters into a well. A family member stated that he received a call informing him that Giri had thrown his wife and children into a well. Wh ...Read More >
Bareilly (UP), Jul 17 (PTI) A teacher from Bahedi district, who went viral recently after reciting a poem mentioning Kanwar Yatra, approached the police on Thursday stating a threat to his life from anti-social elements. A case has been registered at Bahedi police station based on a complaint from Dr Rajneesh Kumar Gangwar, a teacher at MGM Inter College in the district. According to Circle Officer Arun Kumar Singh, Gangwar's complaint says that ever since his recitation of the poem 'Tum Kanwa ...Read More >
Guwahati (Assam) [India], July 17 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma hailed Guwahati, the capital of the state, being recognised as the cleanest capital in the northeast in the 2024-25 Swachh Survekshan awards, securing the 44th overall position. Guwahati and North Lakhimpur were also honoured under the 'Promising Swachh Shehar' category at the national urban cleanliness survey. Also Read | Maharashtra Govt Allows State Employees To Reach Office 30 Minutes Late To Ease Rush in Mum ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) India's campaign at the World University Games in Germany got off to a mixed start on Thursday, with teenage swimmer Rohit Benedicton providing the day's standout performance by shattering a national record in the men's 50m butterfly, even as other Indian athletes struggled to make an impact across multiple disciplines. The 19-year-old swimmer clocked 24.00 seconds to finish 12th overall and qualify for the semifinals, eclipsing the seven-year-old national ma ...Read More >
Lucknow, Jul 17 (PTI) Uttar Pradesh's capital city has secured the third position in the category of urban spaces with population exceeding 10 lakh, while Prayagraj was adjudged the Cleanest Ganga City in the ninth edition of the Swachh Survekshan. Lucknow also became the first city in the state to achieve a 7-star Garbage Free City rating in the 2024-25 survey. Gorakhpur achieved double success, ranking third in the Safai Mitra Surakshit Sheher category and fourth among cities with a population ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 17 (PTI) The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has secured the 31st position in the 'Medium Cities' category in the ninth edition of the Swachh Survekshan Awards 2024-25. The awards, announced on Thursday, were based on the world's largest urban sanitation survey conducted under the Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban. This edition of the survey saw participation from 4,589 Urban Local Bodies, a significant increase from just 73 participating cities in 2016 when the exercise was firs ...Read More >
Guwahati (Assam) [India], July 17 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma hailed Guwahati, the capital of the state, being recognised as the cleanest capital in the northeast in the 2024-25 Swachh Survekshan awards, securing the 44th overall position. Guwahati and North Lakhimpur were also honoured under the Promising Swachh Shehar category at the national urban cleanliness survey. CM Sarma also emphasised Guwahati huge leap forward from being the dirtiest to the cleanest capital in th ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 17 (PTI) The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has secured the 31st position in the 'Medium Cities' category in the ninth edition of the Swachh Survekshan Awards 2024-25. The awards, announced on Thursday, were based on the world's largest urban sanitation survey conducted under the Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban. This edition of the survey saw participation from 4,589 Urban Local Bodies, a significant increase from just 73 participating cities in 2016 when the exercise was firs ...Read More >
KOLKATA: An FIR has been lodged against Hasin Jahan, the estranged wife of cricketer Mohammed Shami and Arshi Jahan, Hasin's daughter from her first marriage at Suri in Birbhum district in West Bengal. A few days ago, a conflict erupted over a plot of land in the Sonator area under ward no. 5 of Suri Municipality. The land reportedly belongs to Arshi and it is alleged that neighbor Guddu Bibi was trying to encroach that land. It is alleged that after the construction work started on the land o ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has bagged the top position in the 'Super Swachh League' of Swachh Survekshan Awards, in the category of cities with a population of 50,000-3 lakh, for its exemplary work in urban sanitation, waste management, and green initiatives. Meanwhile, Noida has emerged as the cleanest city with a population of 3-10 lakh in the same category. On the other hand, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) secured 31st position in the 'Medium Cities' category ...Read More >
Srinagar, July 17: In a major achievement under the Swachh Survekshan 2024, Jammu has been declared the cleanest city in Jammu & Kashmir. The announcement was made today by the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs (MoHUA), Government of India, based on a detailed survey conducted in April and May 2025. Jammu Municipal Corporation not only topped the UT rankings but also earned the prestigious 3-Star Garbage-Free City (GFC) certification. It was further honoured with the 'Promising Swachh Shehar' ...Read More >
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