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Uma Bharti says BSP-SP alliance will benefit BJP in 2019 LS polls
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Jhansi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Feb 22 (ANI): Union Minister for Drinking Water and Sanitation, Uma Bharti on Friday hit out at the alliance of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and Samajwadi Party and said it will benefit the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) in the coming Lok Sabha elections.
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Uma Bharti takes break from active politics to focus on Ram temple, Ganga
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh), [India], Dec 4, (ANI): Union Minister for Drinking Water and Sanitation and senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Uma Bharti on Tuesday announced to take a break from active politics to focus on the issue of Ram temple and cleaning of Ganga river. She also said
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Cong conspired with Pak to defeat PM Modi: Uma Bharti
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Damoh (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Nov 20 (ANI): Ahead of the Madhya Pradesh elections, Union Minister for Drinking Water and Sanitation Uma Bharti on Monday said launched a scathing attack on the Congress party and said that their leaders have joined hands with Pakistan in order to defeat Prim
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Jharkhand to soon become Open Defecation Free
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Rajmahal (Jharkhand) [India], Nov 5 (ANI): Union Minister for Drinking Water and Sanitation Uma Bharati on Sunday said that with the present rate of sanitation coverage in Jharkhand, the state will become Open Defecation Free (ODF) on its upcoming foundation day, on November 15.
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Ram Temple construction is my dream: Uma Bharti
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], Nov 4 (ANI): Union Minister for Drinking Water and Sanitation Uma Bharti has advocated the construction of a Ram Temple at the disputed site in Ayodhya, and said she is ready to provide any assistance required from her end.
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Uma Bharti retracts claim of informing Gadkari about GD Agarwal's health
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 11 (ANI): Union Minister for Drinking Water and Sanitation Uma Bharti on Thursday expressed shock over environmentalist G. D. Agarwal's death on twitter, adding that she had anticipated the same and had earlier alerted Union Minster for Road Transport and Highways Niti
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Notice to Centre, Delhi govt on water, sanitation facilities for traffic p
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 4 (ANI): The Delhi High Court has issued a notice to the Centre and the Delhi government on a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking drinking water and sanitation facilities for the Traffic Police.
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Rural sanitation coverage rises 89% under Swachh Bharat
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 3 (ANI): The Swachh Bharat Mission Gramin (SBM-G) progress report conducted by the World Health Organisation (WHO) for the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation has said that India's rural sanitation coverage escalated to 89.07 percent till August 2.
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Centre aims to make UP open-defecation free state
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Jhansi, (Uttar Pradesh) [India] April 19: The Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation (MDWS) along with the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) and National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) have united and taken up the task of making India's most populous state of
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Menstrual hygiene integral part of government's sanitation programme: Uma
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb.17 (ANI): Union Minister for Drinking Water and Sanitation Uma Bharti has announced that she, Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi and Minister for Textiles and Information and Broadcasting Smriti Irani, have decided to look into the problem of menstrual
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Uma Bharti admitted to AIIMS
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 3. (ANI): Union Drinking Water and Sanitation Minister Uma Bharti was reportedly admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here on Saturday.
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Centre deplores UN Rapporteur's comments on Mahatma Gandhi, sanitation pro
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 10 (ANI): The Central Government on Friday deplored the insensitivity towards Mahatma Gandhi shown by Leo Heller, the United Nations Special Rapporteur (UNSR) on human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation.
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