The person who ordered the cake for Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit's 75th birthday on March 31 was clearly unsure about her age. ...
03:12 PM, Apr 01, 2013
After drawing strong criticism for asking Delhiites to cut use of power if they cannot pay high electricity bill, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit was in a damage control mode on Monday as she said her comments were taken out of context. ...
07:19 PM, Feb 25, 2013
Former beauty queen and Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan feels strongly about safety of women in the country and says a lot needs to be done to make them feel secure. ...
10:32 AM, Feb 21, 2013
Unhappy over functioning of the police in Delhi, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has sought Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's intervention in ensuring better security for women. She has also said that situation remained unchanged even after the massive public outcry in wake of brutal gangrape incident in the city. ...
11:39 PM, Feb 13, 2013
Delhi government's new helpline number for women in distress was launched on Monday but it seems 181 only works from MTNL landlines and Airtel mobiles. It could not be accessed from an Idea or Vodafone mobile connection. ...
04:18 PM, Dec 31, 2012
Even before the new helpline number for women, 181, could get operational, there is confusion over the launch of it. While Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit was slated to inaugurate it on Monday afternoon, the government ad said that the helpline was already in place. ...
11:42 AM, Dec 31, 2012
As the whole country remains shocked and angry after the brutal gangrape of a 23-year-old girl in a moving bus in the heart of national capital, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has said that the incident has shaken all of us and expressed hope that lessons are being learnt from the shocking incident. ...
08:33 PM, Dec 21, 2012
As protests erupted over the gangrape of a 23-year-old, the Delhi government on Thursday announced a raft of measures including setting up of a round-the-clock control room for women in distress and proposing a stringent law to check crime against them. Briefing about the measures, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said the government plans to bring a stringent law to curb sexual assault on women and requested Additional Solicitor General Indira...
09:11 PM, Dec 20, 2012
The police on Wednesday used water cannons to disperse the crowd protesting outside Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit's house against the gangrape of a 23-year-old student's gangrape. The protestors continued to agitate and said any action by the police will not deter them from protesting. ...
01:30 PM, Dec 19, 2012
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit's convoy on Wednesday met with an accident near Red Fort in old Delhi in which four security personnel and a senior official sustained minor injuries. The Chief Minister, however, remained unharmed. The accident occurred when one of the vehicles in Dikshit's convoy tried to save a cyclist who came in between two cars of the entourage. The car carrying Dikshit had moved well...
05:56 PM, Sep 26, 2012
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Friday held as "maintainable" a complaint against Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and others alleging their involvement in large-scale corruption during the 2010 Commonwealth Games. "I find the complaint maintainable," Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Manish Yaduvanshi said. The court also issued a notice to the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) and Additional DCP of the Economic Offences Wing of Delhi Police to appear in person...
06:45 PM, Aug 31, 2012
New Delhi: Identifying migration as a major challenge facing Delhi, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Friday asked major states to develop infrastructure in their cities so people don't come to the national capital in search of job. Speaking at an interaction with top industry leaders, organised by CII, Dikshit also appealed to the Centre to build more new cities across the country to ease pressure on Delhi. "The state governments...
05:34 PM, Aug 17, 2012
New Delhi: The Operation Clean-up is still on at the Commonwealth Games Village. The administration is fighting waterlogging, malfunctioning lifts, plumbing and electrical repairs. Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit is shying away from another deadline and the next 48 hours could be make or break. The Games Village was meant to be the residence of champions and over 3,000 athletes were supposed to be living here. Instead, this supposed luxurious...
05:12 PM, Sep 27, 2010
