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  Shunglu Names Lt Governor, Delhi CM For CWG Irregularities

  India | March 25, 2011 19:23 IST

  New Delhi, Mar 25: The Prime Minister-appointed Shunglu Committee has found procedural violations by Delhi Lt Governor Tejinder Khanna and Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit for alleged inadequacies in executing projects related to 2010 Commonwealth Games.

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  Oppn For Resignation Of Delhi CM, Action Against Lt Gov On CWG

  India | March 25, 2011 19:45 IST

  New Delhi, Mar 25 : Opposition today demanded resignation of Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and sought action against Lt Governor Tejendra Khanna stating that theyhave been indicted by the Shunglu Committee that went into

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  Jat Stir: Dikshit Hopes Centre Will 'Do The Needful'

  National | March 24, 2011 7:21 IST

  New Delhi, Mar 23: Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today hoped that the Centre would do the "needful" to pacify the agitating Jats who threatened to cut off the capital from the rest of north

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  Don't Be Just Mute Spectators, Dikshit Tells Delhiites

  India | March 10, 2011 17:16 IST

  New Delhi, Mar 10: Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today rued the indifferent attitude of passersby when a 21-year-old college girl was shot dead in broad day light here and asked the civil society to

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  Why Sheila Dikshit Says, Delhi Is Unsafe For Women

  India | March 09, 2011 16:03 IST

  New Delhi, March 9:  On an average, at least one woman is molested every day in Delhi, The Times of India reports. And it was because of these incidents that the chief minister of Delhi

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  Dikshit Meets Sonia On Chauhan's Issue

  India | March 02, 2011 13:38 IST

  New Delhi, Mar 2 Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today met Congress President Sonia Gandhi and is understood to have briefed her on the order of the Delhi Lokayukta recommending removal of city PWD Minister Raj

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  Rs 2 Lakh To Kin Of Dead In Building Collapse

  India | November 16, 2010 12:24 IST

  New Delhi, Nov 17 : Delhi Government today announced an ex-gratia of Rs two lakh each to the families of those killed and Rs one lakh to those injured in the east Delhi building collapse.Chief

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  Sheila's Intervention Prevented England, Australian From Pulling Out

  India | October 15, 2010 17:44 IST

  London, Oct 15: England, Scotland and Australia were close to pulling out from the Commonwealth Games, but for the last minute intervention of Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit to salvage the event, a top British

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  NZ Anchor Quits Amid Uproar Over Dikshit Remark

  World | October 10, 2010 16:35 IST

  A controversial New Zealand  TV host, who mocked and mispronounced Delhi  Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit's name prompting India  to lodge a diplomatic protest, on Sunday resigned, acknowledging that he had 'crossed the line.' ‘I am

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  Powerless To Take Action Against Henry For Dikshit Remarks: NZ

  India | October 08, 2010 18:54 IST

  Melbourne, Oct 8 : New Zealand today termed as "insulting" a television host's racist remarks against Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit made on state-run TV that led to a furious official protest from India, even

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  New Zealand TV Host Ridicules Sheila Dikshit's Name

  World | October 06, 2010 15:54 IST

  Melbourne, Oct 6: A prominent New Zealand TV host, already under suspension over a race row involving the Indian-origin Governor General, has courted controversy again by deliberately mispronouncing Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit's name in

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  'Lock Your Rooms', Says CM On Reports Of Theft At CWG Village

  India | September 28, 2010 17:14 IST

  New Delhi, Sep 28 (PTI) "Lock your rooms" is Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit's advice to visiting athletes and officials putting up at the Commonwealth Games Village. She was responding to questions from mediapersons on

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  Complaints Subside, More Athletes Check In

  Other Sports | September 27, 2010 22:55 IST

  New Delhi, Sep 27 : Things began to look up for the crisis-hit Commonwealth Games as complaints about the village subsided and international athletes continued to check in on a relatively controversy-free day for the

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  CGF, Delhi CM Locked In Verbal Duel Over 'Population' Remark

  Other Sports | September 27, 2010 22:51 IST

  New Delhi, Sep 27 : The Commonwealth Games Federation and Delhi government were today locked in a verbal duel with Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit slamming CGF CEO Mike Hooper's reported comment blaming traffic snarls in

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  Dikshit Visits CWG Village As Delhi Govt Takes Over

  Other Sports | September 23, 2010 11:22 IST

  New Delhi, Sep 23:  A day after her government was directed by Union Cabinet Secretary K M Chandrasekhar to take charge of the Commonwealth Games village, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today took stock of

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  CWG Not Collapsing, Says Delhi CM

  Other Sports | September 22, 2010 16:03 IST

  New Delhi, Sep 22: Under mounting attack over preparations for the Commonwealth Games, particularly after collapse of a foot overbridge near the main venue, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Wednesday admitted facing "problems" but

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  Incident Worrisome Do Not Panic, Says Sheila

  India | September 19, 2010 16:26 IST

   New Delhi, Sep 19: Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Sunday  termed the firing on foreign tourists outside Jama Masjid here as a "very sad and worrying" incident but asserted that there was no need

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  As Clock Ticks, Dikshit And Kalmadi Say All Is Well

  India | September 03, 2010 18:11 IST

  New Delhi: As the month-long countdown for Commonwealth Games begins, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and Organising Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi, in the line of fire for tardy preparations, on Friday  voiced confidence that "hitches" will

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  Dikshit Briefs Sonia About Games Preparations

  India | August 14, 2010 21:27 IST

  New Delhi: Under attack for delay in several key Commonwealth Games projects, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Saturday  briefed Congress president Sonia Gandhi about the city's overall preparation for the event. Dikshit met Gandhi

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  Corruption Scandal Hits 2010 Games

  India | July 30, 2010 21:39 IST

  New Delhi:  Only two months before India's big sporting moment, the Commonwealth Games (CWG) have been hit by hard by a huge corruption scandal and some tough questions from Cabinet Secretary K M Chandrasekhar, who