Sheila Dikshit Cwg Corruption

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...

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.

Under pressure over the severe indictment by the Shunglu Committee, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today said its finding was "self contradictory" and criticised the panel for lack of understanding on the city government's role in conduct of the Commonwealth Games.       Rejecting the findings of the PM-appointed ...

Organising Committee (OC) chief Suresh Kalmadi is not happy with Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit's remarks targeting the OC for corruption.Reacting to Dikshit's comment, Kalmadi said, "Delhi Chief Minister Mrs. Shiela Dikshit's aspersions on corruption in the Organising Committee Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi are most disappointing and uncalled...

Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has made it clear that now that the Commonwealth Games are over, allegations of corruption will be probed on the specific orders of the Prime Minister.   In an exclusive interview to NDTV, she said that all those guilty of corruption must be punished as that is something the government owes to the people. H...

Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has made it clear that now that the Commonwealth Games are over, allegations of corruption will be probed on the specific orders of the Prime Minister.  In an exclusive interview to NDTV, she said that all those guilty of corruption must be punished as that is something the government owes to the people. (Re...

Commonwealth Games Federation President Michael Fennell met Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and Organising Committee Chief Suresh Kalmadi on Thursday morning. It is the second day of his two-day visit to Delhi to inspect the CWG venues. He's scheduled to hold a press briefing later in the evening. Fennell spent all of Wednesday inspecting the v...

BJP on Wednesday said Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit should be sacked for "lying" on the issue of alleged diversion of SC/ST funds to Commonwealth Games-related projects and a case should be registered against her."All we are saying is that Dikshit is lying. She has committed a criminal offence. She has misled the masses under oath. She should...

Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit stonewalled all queries by media persons in connection with the allegations of financial bungling in the Commonwealth Games (CWG) projects in the national capital on Sunday."I have nothing to say," she said when reporters sought her comments on the issue.Dikshit was here to receive the Lokmanya Tilak award confer...

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...

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.

Under pressure over the severe indictment by the Shunglu Committee, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today said its finding was "self contradictory" and criticised the panel for lack of understanding on the city government's role in conduct of the Commonwealth Games.       Rejecting the findings of the PM-appointed ...

Organising Committee (OC) chief Suresh Kalmadi is not happy with Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit's remarks targeting the OC for corruption.Reacting to Dikshit's comment, Kalmadi said, "Delhi Chief Minister Mrs. Shiela Dikshit's aspersions on corruption in the Organising Committee Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi are most disappointing and uncalled...

Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has made it clear that now that the Commonwealth Games are over, allegations of corruption will be probed on the specific orders of the Prime Minister.   In an exclusive interview to NDTV, she said that all those guilty of corruption must be punished as that is something the government owes to the people. H...

Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has made it clear that now that the Commonwealth Games are over, allegations of corruption will be probed on the specific orders of the Prime Minister.  In an exclusive interview to NDTV, she said that all those guilty of corruption must be punished as that is something the government owes to the people. (Re...

Commonwealth Games Federation President Michael Fennell met Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and Organising Committee Chief Suresh Kalmadi on Thursday morning. It is the second day of his two-day visit to Delhi to inspect the CWG venues. He's scheduled to hold a press briefing later in the evening. Fennell spent all of Wednesday inspecting the v...

BJP on Wednesday said Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit should be sacked for "lying" on the issue of alleged diversion of SC/ST funds to Commonwealth Games-related projects and a case should be registered against her."All we are saying is that Dikshit is lying. She has committed a criminal offence. She has misled the masses under oath. She should...

Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit stonewalled all queries by media persons in connection with the allegations of financial bungling in the Commonwealth Games (CWG) projects in the national capital on Sunday."I have nothing to say," she said when reporters sought her comments on the issue.Dikshit was here to receive the Lokmanya Tilak award confer...