Punjab

The Swachh Bharat Toilet Locator is the brainchild of Vipul Ujwal and Sonali Giri, a Punjab-cadre IAS couple who were driven by their own frustratingly futile search for a toilet in Delhi’s Connaught Place.

Sehar Bajwa started an after-school centre for learning called Anmol Shiksha in Dera Bassi, Punjab, with the help of two single mothers who volunteered to teach.

At a time when interest in formal education in classical music is declining, this peaceful Punjabi village is setting an inspirational example for the entire country; every child raised in the village of Bhaini Sahib has been taught the fundamentals of Indian classical music!

During Partition, there were people in India and Pakistan who did not just refuse to join the murderous mobs but took enormous risks to save people of other religious communities. Here are the little known stories of these real life heroes from both countries.

India Post will soon launch Post Shoppe to sell handicrafts, handlooms and tribal artifacts along with other articles at a centre in Bhopal.

Not only will this novel idea control the growth of an extremely invasive and toxic weed, it will create a sustainable source of income too.

Amrik Singh and Amandeep Kaur, residents of Kot Hrnam Das in the Amritsar area, decided to celebrate the birth of their daughter with much fanfare, setting an example for two men who were unhappy because their wives had delivered girls.

Sandeep Riat, a 34-year-old entrepreneur has emerged a winner with her laudable determination and sheer hard work.

Shaped like aeroplanes, ships, kangaroos and more – water tanks on the roofs of several houses in Punjab are not mere concrete structures to store water, but more of creative figures with emotional values attached to them.

Mukhtiar Singh, a resident of Patti in Tarn Taran district of Punjab, is protesting against drug addiction in the state in a unique way.