Sheila Dikshit Commonwealth Games

Pointing at yet another purported scam under the Sheila Dikshit regime, Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government has asked its Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) to probe alleged irregularities worth Rs 184 crore in the construction of the Ring Road bypass ahead of the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

The anti-corruption bureau today registered a First Information Report of FIR in an alleged Rs 31-crore scam crafted around expensive street-lighting for the Commonwealth Games in 2010. The FIR was registered on the complaint of Arvind Kejriwal, who heads the Aam Aadmi Party government.

Arvind Kejriwal, the chief minister of Delhi, has made his second move this week to target Sheila Dikshit, his predecessor and senior Congress leader, for alleged corruption. Mr Kejriwal asked anti-corruption officials today to file an FIR or First Information Report against Ms Dikshit for an alleged role in the Rs 31-crore scam crafted around expe...

Arvind Kejriwal's government has ordered for an FIR or First Information Report to be filed against former chief minister Sheila Dikshit for her alleged role in a scam linked to the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, sources say.

Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit wrote a letter, dated March 28, 2011, to Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, making an angry defence in the Commonwealth Games scam case and slamming the report of the Shunglu Committee which probed alleged irregularities in organising the event.

Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit had shot off an angry letter to Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh last year over the Commonwealth Games scam. NDTV has access to the letter, dated March 28, 2011, in which Ms Dikshit makes an angry defence in the case, slamming the Shunglu Committee report.

A Delhi court is expected to hear a case against Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit in connection with the Commonwealth Games scam. During the last hearing, the judge had asked the police why they had not filed an FIR to begin investigations in the case. The police has to file its reply today.

There is war over the Commonwealth Games and the report of the government's auditor on it. In Parliament, where heated words were exchanged between the Opposition and the Treasury benches in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) shouting slogans against Congress president Sonia Gandhi alleging that she had a role in appoi...

The Delhi government has come out in defence of Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit. State Education Minister Arvinder Singh Lovely, speaking to the media, said Ms Dikshit's name was not directly mentioned anywhere in the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report on the Commonwealth Games that was presented in the parliament on Friday. He said that t...

The explosive Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report on the Commonwealth Games dominated Parliament today with the Opposition demanding the resignation of Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit. Mrs Dikshit, the report finds, cost the government hundreds of crores through mismanagement.

A day before Parliament resumes, BJP top leaders met today to discuss the Comptroller and Auditor General's (CAG) report on the Commonwealth Games held in Delhi last October.

A report on the Commonwealth Games has been tabled in Parliament, placing Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit in the line of fire. The report, 800 pages long, is the work of the government's auditor, and gives Mrs Dikshit a failing grade largely on account of the massive over-expenditure for the Games.

The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report on the Commonwealth Games 2010 has been tabled in Parliament. It reportedly indicts Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit for overspending in the Games.

The Delhi government today said it is not true that Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit intervened to allow an ineligible company serve as a supplier of street lights during the Commonwealth Games last year.

Delhi's chief secretary PK Tripathi today clarified that the Chief Minister played no part in Space Age being awarded a contract for street lighting in Delhi during the Commonwealth Games.Sheila Dikshit has been blamed for costing the government Rs 31 crore in losses by deciding to use imported equipment for street lighting in the city during the g...

Pointing at yet another purported scam under the Sheila Dikshit regime, Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government has asked its Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) to probe alleged irregularities worth Rs 184 crore in the construction of the Ring Road bypass ahead of the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

The anti-corruption bureau today registered a First Information Report of FIR in an alleged Rs 31-crore scam crafted around expensive street-lighting for the Commonwealth Games in 2010. The FIR was registered on the complaint of Arvind Kejriwal, who heads the Aam Aadmi Party government.

Arvind Kejriwal, the chief minister of Delhi, has made his second move this week to target Sheila Dikshit, his predecessor and senior Congress leader, for alleged corruption. Mr Kejriwal asked anti-corruption officials today to file an FIR or First Information Report against Ms Dikshit for an alleged role in the Rs 31-crore scam crafted around expe...

Arvind Kejriwal's government has ordered for an FIR or First Information Report to be filed against former chief minister Sheila Dikshit for her alleged role in a scam linked to the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, sources say.

Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit wrote a letter, dated March 28, 2011, to Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, making an angry defence in the Commonwealth Games scam case and slamming the report of the Shunglu Committee which probed alleged irregularities in organising the event.

Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit had shot off an angry letter to Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh last year over the Commonwealth Games scam. NDTV has access to the letter, dated March 28, 2011, in which Ms Dikshit makes an angry defence in the case, slamming the Shunglu Committee report.

A Delhi court is expected to hear a case against Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit in connection with the Commonwealth Games scam. During the last hearing, the judge had asked the police why they had not filed an FIR to begin investigations in the case. The police has to file its reply today.

There is war over the Commonwealth Games and the report of the government's auditor on it. In Parliament, where heated words were exchanged between the Opposition and the Treasury benches in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) shouting slogans against Congress president Sonia Gandhi alleging that she had a role in appoi...

The Delhi government has come out in defence of Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit. State Education Minister Arvinder Singh Lovely, speaking to the media, said Ms Dikshit's name was not directly mentioned anywhere in the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report on the Commonwealth Games that was presented in the parliament on Friday. He said that t...

The explosive Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report on the Commonwealth Games dominated Parliament today with the Opposition demanding the resignation of Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit. Mrs Dikshit, the report finds, cost the government hundreds of crores through mismanagement.

A day before Parliament resumes, BJP top leaders met today to discuss the Comptroller and Auditor General's (CAG) report on the Commonwealth Games held in Delhi last October.

A report on the Commonwealth Games has been tabled in Parliament, placing Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit in the line of fire. The report, 800 pages long, is the work of the government's auditor, and gives Mrs Dikshit a failing grade largely on account of the massive over-expenditure for the Games.

The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report on the Commonwealth Games 2010 has been tabled in Parliament. It reportedly indicts Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit for overspending in the Games.

The Delhi government today said it is not true that Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit intervened to allow an ineligible company serve as a supplier of street lights during the Commonwealth Games last year.

Delhi's chief secretary PK Tripathi today clarified that the Chief Minister played no part in Space Age being awarded a contract for street lighting in Delhi during the Commonwealth Games.Sheila Dikshit has been blamed for costing the government Rs 31 crore in losses by deciding to use imported equipment for street lighting in the city during the g...