Sheila Dikshit
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Sheila Dikshit stunned as party failed to read Delhi's mood
India | Dec 08, 2013, 04:40 PM ISTNew Delhi: “Bewakoof hain na (we are idiots, right?)”, retorted Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today when asked if her party failed to read the mood of the city which it had ruled for 15 years.Dikshit,
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Bolt from the blue for Dikshit, stares at uncertain political future
National | Dec 08, 2013, 04:40 PM ISTNew Delhi: After ruling Delhi for 15 consecutive years, three-time Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Sunday stared at an uncertain political future after she bore the ignominy of losing to fledgling AAP's Arvind Kejriwal in
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"I was a fool", admits Sheila Dikshit
National | Dec 08, 2013, 03:43 PM ISTNew Delhi: Outgoing Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit today quipped "Main bewaqoof hoon" (I was a fool), when she was asked whether she failed to understand the mood of the people of Delhi.Dikshit made this
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Delhi polls: We respect the verdict of people, says Sheila Dikshit
National | Dec 08, 2013, 01:39 PM ISTNew Delhi: Outgoing Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit today accepted her party's defeat in the Delhi assembly polls."While we respect the people's verdict, we would also like to thank all the people of Delhi for
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Delhi polls: We respect the verdict of people, says Sheila Dikshit
India | Dec 08, 2013, 01:09 PM ISTNew Delhi: Outgoing Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit today accepted her party's defeat in the Delhi assembly polls."While we respect the people's verdict, we would also like to thank all the people of Delhi for
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Delhi awaits a political Super Sunday
National | Dec 08, 2013, 06:27 AM ISTNew Delhi: The outcome of the Delhi assembly elections - arguably the most exciting among the five states that went to polls in Nov-Dec - will be out Sunday, with the fate of 810 candidates
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I don't believe in surveys: Sheila Dikshit
National | Dec 07, 2013, 06:21 PM ISTNew Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has said that she does not believe in election surveys ."We don't work on the basis of surveys. I would say respectfully, I don't believe in these surveys,"
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Don't believe in exit polls: Sheila Dikshit
National | Dec 05, 2013, 09:31 PM ISTNew Delhi: A day after opinion polls showed Congress faring poorly in Delhi, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today said she neither believes in exit polls nor agrees with projections made about her losing power. “I
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Delhi witnesses record turnout in tight triangular contest
India | Dec 04, 2013, 10:19 PM ISTNew Delhi: A record 66 per cent Delhiites voted today in the fiercely fought assembly polls, considered the litmus test for Congress ahead of the next year's Lok Sabha elections, as arch rival BJP and
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Sheila Dikshit will fare well in Delhi polls: Rahul Gandhi
National | Dec 04, 2013, 05:04 PM ISTNew Delhi: Rahul Gandhi is confident that Delhi Chief Minister Sheila dikshit will fare well in the Delhi assembly elections."Sheila Dikshit has done a lot of good work for Delhi, so she will do well,"
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Live reporting: Delhi registers record 65.86 percent polling
National | Dec 05, 2013, 08:08 PM ISTNew Delhi: The national capital registered its highest-ever voter turnout of 65.86 per cent in the keenly contested Assembly polls with men and women coming out in almost equal numbers to vote.Delhi's Election Commission today
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Sheila Dikshit with a six-point plan to ensure women's security in Delhi
India | Dec 02, 2013, 07:44 AM ISTNew Delhi: In an attempt to ensure a fourth term, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today endorsed a six-point plan, 'Delhi Womanifesto', to ensure women's security and promised to work tirelessly to implement it within the
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Sheila Dikshit backtracks on alliance with AAP
National | Nov 29, 2013, 11:15 AM ISTNew Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Thursday backtracked on alliance with Arvind Kejriwal led AAP within hours of not ruling out post-poll tie-up with AAP in case of hung assembly."Won't comment on alliance with
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PM too busy to attend rally in Delhi: Dikshit
National | Nov 29, 2013, 11:22 AM ISTNew Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was too busy to address a public rally in Delhi, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said Thursday.Asked whether Manmohan Singh would address a campaign rally in the capital, Dikshit said:
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Sheila Dikshit to 'hangout' with Delhi citizens on Google
India | Nov 28, 2013, 08:19 PM ISTNew Delhi: With some opinion polls showing her trailing behind other contenders, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit is set to go interactive on Google Plus Hangout - an instant messaging and video chat platform -
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Delhi elections: Kejriwal may defeat Sheila, BJP in New Delhi, says TNS survey
National | Nov 27, 2013, 10:51 AM ISTNew Delhi: If a survey by TNS done for The Economic Times is to be believed, Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal may cause the biggest upset in Delhi assembly elections by defeating incumbent chief
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Sheila Dikshit has assets worth Rs 2.7 crore
India | Nov 15, 2013, 07:07 AM ISTNew Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has declared assets whose value has more than doubled during the past five years, reaching around Rs 2.7 crore.Harsh Vardhan, Chief Ministerial candidate of BJP, along with his
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Sheila Dikshit is a crorepati, assets up 40 pc in five years
National | Nov 15, 2013, 06:42 AM ISTNew Delhi: The value of assets owned by Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit grew over 40 percent in the last five years, to Rs.18 million, according to an affidavit submitted by her Thursday.Chief minister candidate
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List of Congress candidates for Delhi polls announced
India | Nov 12, 2013, 08:26 AM ISTNew Delhi: The Congress on Monday evening released the list of 56 candidates for the 70-member Delhi assembly. All sitting MLAs have been given tickets. Following is the list of candidates: Narela-Jaswant Singh, Timarpur-Surender Pal
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List of 62 BJP candidates for Delhi polls, Vijender Gupta to take on Sheila Dikshit
National | Nov 06, 2013, 09:43 PM ISTNew Delhi: The BJP today released the list of 62 candidates for the Delhi assembly polls, leaving four seats for NDA ally Shiromani Akali Dal. Party general secretary Ananth Kumar announced that the list contains