Seven ministers also took the oath of office and secrecy along with her.
With the Comptroller and Auditor General reportedly accusing Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit of irregularities in awarding certain Commonwealth Games contracts, the Delhi government on Wednesday stoutly rejected the allegations, saying she never "intervened to favour" any firm and all due processes were followed in finalising the contracts.
Kerala Governor Sheila Dikshit on Monday met President Pranab Mukherjee and Home Minister Rajnath Singh amid indications that she may put in her papers if shunted out of the southern state.
Dikshit, a former three-time chief minister of Delhi, however, added that there was a feeling that the PM is doing it all for politics.
It is unlikely that Delhi's outgoing chief minister will be able to make a comeback in politics. For her, the innings is truly over, writes Pankaj Vohra.
Lovely hailed the BJP leadership, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, for giving him and his colleagues the opportunity to join the party when they felt lost.
Targeting the Sheila Dikshit government, activist Arvind Kejriwal Friday alleged that power distribution companies in the capital "fudged" their records and "committed fraud" to show losses in their revenue while actually making profits.
Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit said she was happy with the preparations for the Commonwealth Games.
Opening a new front against outside supporter Congress, the Delhi government on Monday wrote to the President seeking action against former Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit for alleged irregularities in regularising unauthorised colonies in the metropolis.
In his absence, the party stares at uncertainty as many of its other senior leaders are either in jail or in political obscurity.
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Monday took exception to Commonwealth Games CEO Mike Hooper's reported comments on the capital's population, saying it was "very unkind and undiplomatic".
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.
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.
Calling the gangrape of the paramedical student as "horrendous", Sheila Dikshit said the Supreme Court's observation that women in Delhi are not safe was "telling" and says it all.
Ajay Maken was unhappy with her handling of the power situation in New Delhi.
According to reports, Dikshit's political secretary Pawan Khera sent a legal notice to Kejriwal for allegedly using filthy language against the chief minister.
A helpline for women set up with great fanfare by beleaguered Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit through advertisement in newspapers on Monday morning appeared to be "helpless" as it was not working.
Dikshit will take on BJP's sitting MP Manoj Tiwari and Aam Aadmi Party's Dilip Pandey.
Why her own party's top brass was cold to campaigning in the capital. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com
Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party President Vijender Gupta was on Monday summoned by a court here on Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit's complaint for his prosecution for allegedly defaming her.
Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday dared Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit for a public debate with him on issues relating to "inflated" power and water bills and women's safety among others.
Vijay Jolly, who is contesting against Delhi chief minister Sheela Dikshit in the assembly polls, blamed Dikshit for using extra-constitutional means to fight her battle against him.
Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday set the ball rolling for a direct electoral fight against Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit in the coming Delhi assembly elections. At a convention of Aam Aadmi Party workers, Kejriwal also chose to attack the Bharatiya Janata Party, saying the party fielded weak candidates against Dikshit in the previous polls and challenged BJP's Delhi unit chief Vijay Goel to contest against him and Dikshit.
The Congress vice president said the Indian Army works for the country and there was no need for any political leader to make comments against the army chief.
'Sweetheart' and 'darling' have been Sheila Dikshit's favourite words for decades -- they go well with her trademark warm, grandmotherly smile. And now, the capital has reciprocated. Dikshit has become the 'darling of Delhi'.On December 8, she became the only chief minister of Delhi to enter into a third successive term. In the 123-year history of the Congress, she is the third chief minister to have this record.
"After weeks I ate onions today with bhindi," Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said on Saturday, admitting that the skyrocketing price of the vegetable had affected her kitchen too.
Congress chief ministerial candidate for Uttar Pradesh Sheila Dikshit on Sunday narrowly escaped with minor injuries after a makeshift platform on an open mini-truck collapsed during a roadshow
Retaining its supremacy with a spectacular victory in the civic polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday night sought the resignation of Sheila Dikshit as Delhi Chief Minister, owning moral responsibility for Congress' electoral drubbing, saying the poll results are people's mandate against her "corrupt" government.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has described as 'irrelevant' some portions of the Shunglu committee report which indicted Delhi government for alleged Commonwealth Games irregularities, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said on Friday.
Dikshit, who resigned from the Chief Minister's post after Congress' drubbing, said her party will analyse what went wrong in the election.
Embattled Organising Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi on Sunday hit back at the Delhi Chief Minister Shiela Dikshit, saying her aspersions on corruption in the OC were 'most disappointing and uncalled for' and that she must indulge in self-reflection on corruption in her own departments.
In a case of grandstanding-gone-very-wrong, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, while launching her government's flagship scheme Dilli Annashree Yojna, claimed that a family of five can fulfill all their needs with a cash subsidy of Rs 600 per month. Rediff.com's Priyanka spoke to the aam aadmi in the affluent Nizamuddin East area in New Delhi, where Dikshit lives, and found reactions ranging from disbelief to disappointment at the chief minister's view.
Manoj Tiwari is the only sitting MP whom the BJP has retained.
Identifying "unbridled influx" of migrants into Delhi as a major challenge, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Thursday blamed the burgeoning population for putting existing infrastructure under strain and sought help from the Centre to deal with the situation.
As the tragedy of the building collapse in east Delhi unfolded, a blame-game has begun between the Delhi government and Municipal Corporation of Delhi. Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit directly putting the onus on the civic body for the accident and the Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled agency denied the charge.
Former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit was on Saturday slapped with a fine of Rs 3 lakh by a court for failing to appear before it in a defamation case filed by her against Bharatiya Janata Party leader Vijender Gupta.
A day after a man brutally assaulted a young girl who resisted rape attempt, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Wednesday targeted Delhi Police once again, saying women do not feel safe here and "fears have risen" following the incident.
Former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Wednesday sought quashing of the trial court order to lodge FIR against her in a graft case, contending in the Delhi high court that such proceedings cannot be continued against a Governor.
The simple 1,500 square feet house will be in some contrast to the spacious 12, Tughlaq Lane Lutyens Delhi bungalow that was Rahul Gandhi's home for 19 years.
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