Civic polls: Did trifurcation move boomerang?
April 17th, 2012 - 9:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit's hopes to replicate her winning streak in assembly polls in the civic elections came to naught with the Congress ... Read more...
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BJP wins Delhi civic polls, but road ahead not so smooth
April 17th, 2012 - 9:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has retained power in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), but the road ahead will not be so easy."We ... Read more...
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Delhi civic polls: BJP headed for win (Third Lead)
April 17th, 2012 - 3:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was Tuesday headed for a big win in the Delhi civic polls with 49 of its candidates emerging victorious ... Read more...
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Delhi civic polls: BJP heads for big lead (Second Lead)
April 17th, 2012 - 1:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headed for a big lead in the Delhi civic polls with 22 of its candidates winning and the party ... Read more...
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Delhi civic polls: 32 counting centres set up
April 16th, 2012 - 8:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) The Delhi State Election Commission has set up counting centres at 32 places across the city for counting of votes for the recently trifurcated ... Read more...
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Don’t know the candidate, voting for Sheila (Sidelights)
April 15th, 2012 - 6:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) How many people knew the name of the candidate they voted for in Sunday's municipal elections in the national capital? It seems very few, ... Read more...
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Bhagidari will be introduced if Congress wins: Dikshit
April 13th, 2012 - 9:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Friday promised to introduce her government's "successful" Bhagidari scheme into the civic body if the Congress party is voted to ... Read more...
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Court reserves order in case against Dikshit (Lead)
April 9th, 2012 - 9:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) A Delhi court Monday reserved its order on the application for withdrawing a case against Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit for alleged violation of ... Read more...
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Court reserves order in case against Dikshit
April 9th, 2012 - 2:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) A Delhi court Monday reserved its order in a case against Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit over alleged poll code violation in 2008.Metropolitan Magistrate Vijeta ... Read more...
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Sheila Dikshit worried for women’s safety in Delhi
April 7th, 2012 - 11:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Saturday expressed concern about the safety of women in the national capital after being told about tapes made by a ... Read more...
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MCD campaign: BJP banks on stars, Congress on ministers
April 7th, 2012 - 5:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) While the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is set to campaign for the Delhi civic polls with some star members, including yesteryear Bollywood bigwigs, the ... Read more...
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Ahead of Delhi civic polls, Gadkari attacks Congress
April 3rd, 2012 - 6:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Nitin Gadkari Tuesday launched a scathing attack on the Congress-led Delhi government, urging people to defeat the "corruption-riddled" ... Read more...
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‘Clarify on withdrawal of case against Sheila Dikshit’
March 29th, 2012 - 8:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) A Delhi court Thursday asked the locus standi -- the right to address the court on a matter before it -- of Delhi Police ... Read more...
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Dikshit slams Lokayukta, calls his action ‘motivated’
March 27th, 2012 - 7:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 27 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit slammed the state Lokayukta for seeking the review of his recommendations to President Pratibha Patel to censure her, saying his ... Read more...
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Congress releases candidates list for MCD polls
March 25th, 2012 - 11:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 25 (IANS) The Congress Sunday released the list of candidates for elections to the trifurcated Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) which are scheduled to be held April ... Read more...
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Delhi Lokayukta should answer on report: Sheila Dikshit
March 23rd, 2012 - 10:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Friday downplayed the Lokayukta report to Lieutenant Governor Tejinder Khanna, which sought a review of recommendations about censuring Dikshit ... Read more...
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Dikshit expresses shock over auto driver’s murder (Third Lead)
March 23rd, 2012 - 10:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) Expressing shock over an autorickshaw driver being beaten to death after his three-wheeler nicked an Innova car, Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit Friday said the ... Read more...
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Delhi assembly passes vote-on-account
March 21st, 2012 - 10:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 21 (IANS) The Delhi state assembly Wednesday passed a vote-on-account for Rs.30,970 crore to look after the government expenses for the next two months till the regular ... Read more...
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MCD elections: Congress to come up with three manifestos
March 19th, 2012 - 11:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) The Delhi Congress will release three election manifestos for the upcoming polls in the trifurcated Municipal Corporation of Delhi.
"We will issue three manifestos for ... Read more...
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Settle defamation case amicably: Court urges Dikshit, BJP leader
March 15th, 2012 - 6:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Thursday asked Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Vijendra Gupta to settle their dispute related to ... Read more...
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No intention to defame anyone: Sheila Dikshit
March 15th, 2012 - 4:48 pm ICT by IANS
Nwe Delhi, March 15 (IANS) With Delhi BJP chief Vijender Gupta threatening to sue for defamation, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said Thursday she had not intended to defame anyone."Let ... Read more...
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Protesters seek release of Israeli car blast accused
March 13th, 2012 - 12:12 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) Social activists and journalists Monday sat on protest at India Gate here and organised a candle light vigil demanding the release of journalist Syed ... Read more...
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MCD elections: Sheila attacks BJP
March 12th, 2012 - 11:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) Ahead of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi elections, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Monday took on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which dominates the ... Read more...
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Court to hear plea against Dikshit March 29
March 6th, 2012 - 7:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) A Delhi court would March 29 consider an application opposing a police plea to withdraw a case against Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit over an ... Read more...
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Rise in cancer deaths worrying: Sheila Dikshit
March 6th, 2012 - 7:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Tuesday expressed concern over the increase in cancer deaths and stressed the need for preventive measures."Every year, tens of thousands ... Read more...
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Fake marks-sheet: Dikshit’s aide offers to resign (Lead, superseding earlier story)
March 6th, 2012 - 6:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) Congress legislator and chief minister's parliamentary secretary Tarvinder Singh Marwah, who allegedly got his daughter admitted to a Delhi University college using a fake marks-sheet, ... Read more...
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Fake marks-sheet case: Congress legislator offers to resign
March 6th, 2012 - 5:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) Congress legislator Tarvinder Singh Marwah, who allegedly got his daughter admitted to a Delhi University college using fake Class 12 marks-sheet, has offered to resign ... Read more...
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Prosecution is under pressure from Dikshit, says Jolly
March 1st, 2012 - 12:06 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Alleging that "prosecution is under pressure" from Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, Delhi BJP leader Vijay Jolly Wednesday moved a Delhi court to oppose the ... Read more...
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Report on orphanage sex abuse in 10 days: Dikshit
February 24th, 2012 - 10:02 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Feb 24 (IANS) The report on investigation into the sexual abuse and harassment case at the privately-run Arya Orphanage in the city will be completed within the next 10 ... Read more...
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Dikshit is okay with family-first political formula
February 24th, 2012 - 7:33 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Feb 24 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Friday did not rule out a family-first electoral ticket distribution formula for polls in the years to come in the national ... Read more...
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Court defers hearing over Dikshit
February 23rd, 2012 - 9:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) A Delhi court Thursday deferred till March 14 the hearing on a plea seeking a case against Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit over alleged corruption ... Read more...
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Krishna opens new ITO passport office in Delhi
February 23rd, 2012 - 6:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna Thursday inaugurated the new passport office here, equipped with state-of-the-art facilities for processing nearly a thousand applications per day.The sprawling ... Read more...
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Dikshit assures action on CWG lapses
February 21st, 2012 - 11:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Tuesday promised action against those guilty of financial lapses in the preparations for 2010 Commonwealth Games (CWG) here.Dikshit said ... Read more...
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Dikshit favours counter-terror hub
February 21st, 2012 - 3:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) In the face of opposition from various chief ministers to the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Tuesday said it ... Read more...
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Dikshit orders probe into kids’ abuse in orphanage
February 20th, 2012 - 7:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Monday ordered an inquiry in the alleged sexual assault and harassment of children at a privately-run orphanage in central Delhi."We ... Read more...
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