Indian Express (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Facing flak for her comments on the murder of a TV journalist, Sheila Dikshit has said her remarks were blown out of proportion.
Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Facing flak for her comments on the murder of a young TV journalist, Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit said her remarks were blown out of proportion.
Hindu (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Thursday came under attack from politicos and women activists for her comments on the murder of journalist Soumya Viswanathan that “one should not be adventurous.” Terming ...
Hindu (Free subscription) | yesterday
NEW DELHI: Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Monday laid the foundation stones for a vehicular underpass at Shanti Path and a foot over-bridge at Africa Avenue here. The first will be a symmetric tunnel with separate vehicular carriageway and ...
IndyBlogs (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
... ludicrous comments made in the aftermath of Soumya's death by Delhi's Chief Minister, Sheila Dikshit, who appeared to critise Souyma for driving home alone at 3am. "I mean one should not be adventurous," claimed the minister who has the privilege of being driven everywhere she goes with a police escort. The reaction from women's groups has understandably been . A little surprisingly, several...
Hindu (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
NEW DELHI: Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit opened a new centre of “Aap Ki Rasoi” at Sultanpuri here on Sunday. Speaking on the occasion, Ms. Dikshit said more such centres would be opened soon. She described the opening ...
India Uncut (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
The most shocking comment of the week comes from Delhi’s chief minister, Sheila Dikshit. A journalist named Soumya Viswanathan was shot dead in Delhi earlier in the week, driving home from work at around 3am, not an unusual time for a journalist to be getting home. She was 25. And Dikshit had the gall to say : All by herself till 3 am at night in a city where people believe...you know...you...
Hindu (Free subscription) | yesterday
Delhi to get new hospital Staff Reporter Chief Minister lays the foundation at Bindapur NEW DELHI: Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Sunday said the Capital had witnessed unprecedented development during the past 10 years, which had helped in substantially improving the living standards of the people. Ms. Dikshit was speaking after laying the foundation stone of a 200-bed hospital at Bindapur....
Hindu (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
NEW DELHI: Mobile cold carts used for selling fruits and vegetables were distributed to 31 identified manual scavengers by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit in Sarojini Nagar here over the weekend as part of an initiative to make the beneficiaries ...
Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
... foremost duty is to develop an amicable atmosphere in the region," Delhi's Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said."Party members have conveyed the need for a judicial probe to Congress president Sonia Gandhi as well. No decision has been taken yet but we hope something will happen," said Dikshit.With polls in six states scheduled for December and general elections planned early next year,...
Indian Express (Free subscription) | yesterday
... amendment for giving Delhi a full statehood status,” he said. Malhotra lashed out at the Sheila Dikshit government for not paying attention to the matter and said, the state is facing a number of technical problems which act as a hurdle for development projects.“For the last 10 years, Congress is sitting mute on the matter despite its promises in this regard,” he charged. Alleging that the...
Hindu (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
IAF airbases to get a facelift Sandeep Dikshit NEW DELHI: The Indian Air Force (IAF) has embarked on a plan to modernise its major air bases, Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Homi Major said here on Friday. The IAF had also installed surveillance devices to make air bases more secure in the wake of terrorist incidents and the creeping urbanisation around their peripheries.The IAF had...
Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Schoolchildren come to see bats and other birds at the CM’s residence twice a week. It helps dispel many of their mythsNEW DELHI: Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit’s neighbours are of the winged kind. And there are over 5,000 of them, mostly bats who have made Lutyens’ Delhi their favourite dwelling place, thanks to the unfettered growth of tall and old trees in the area.There are bats in...
Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
Sheila Dikshit on Thursday came under attack from politicos and women activists for her comments on the murder of journalist Soumya Vishwanathan that 'one should not be adventurous.'
Indian Express (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit came under attack from politicos and women activists for her comments on the murder of journalist Soumya Vishwanathan that 'one should not be adventurous.'
