Sandeep Dikshit

Arvind Kejriwal to end two-week fast today

Edited by Shamik Ghosh | Saturday April 6, 2013

Activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal is scheduled to break his two-week long fast at 5 pm today. Mr Kejriwal is protesting against Delhi residents being over-charged for water and electricity because of an alleged conspiracy between the governm...

Lok Sabha debates anti-rape bill, views differ on age of consent

Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday March 19, 2013

Lok Sabha members Tuesday stressed the importance of preventing misuse of the provisions of the anti-rape bill introduced in the house by Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, while opinions diverged on the proposal to keep the age of consent at 18.

Delhi gang-rape protests: Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit says Delhi Police must be held accountable

Edited by Ashish Mukherjee | Sunday December 23, 2012

The protests at India Gate against the gang-rape of 23-year-old medical student Amanat (NOT her real name) degenerated into a show of unrestrained excess by the demonstrators and the Delhi police on Sunday evening, leaving many policemen injured, one...

Amid Gujarat polls, debate over whether Muslims are being politically marginalised

Edited by Prasad Sanyal | Thursday December 13, 2012

His return to power in Gujarat can be taken for granted, but the larger prize for Mr Modi is to be declared the prime ministerial candidate of his party, the BJP. And his sadbhavna or communal harmony tour last year, conducted across the state, tele...

Rahul Gandhi will decide when to join government: Congress

Press Trust of India | Monday October 22, 2012

Amid talk of a Cabinet reshuffle, Congress on Monday said Rahul Gandhi will decide on the issue of joining government.

In clean-up attempt, Congress readies for changes

Sandeep Phukan | Wednesday April 11, 2012

The Congress party is in the mood to revamp its organisation. And this time, it is likely to adopt a bottom-up approach. Party sources say the leadership has directed all it's general secretaries to fill up all the posts of block-level and district-l...

Bag with lakhs found on train is not mine, says Sandeep Dikshit

Siddharth Ranjan Das | Thursday September 15, 2011

Sandeep Dikshit, who is a Lok Sabha MP from Delhi, has said that a bag filled with ten lakhs in cash, left behind by him on a train, does not belong to him. Mr Dikshit's mother, Sheila, is the Chief Minister of Delhi.

Blundering Government searches for escape route from Anna crisis

Sandeep Phukan | Friday August 19, 2011

With Anna Hazare proving to be a magnet for middle-class India, the Government is now trying to tunnel its way out of the morass it has landed in through its mismanagement of the activist and his supporters.

Not guilty, says Sheila in response to Lokayukta

Sandeep Phukan | Friday July 22, 2011

Speaking exclusively to NDTV, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today rejected the Delhi Lokayukta report alleging misrepresentation of facts to get votes.

St Stephen's being run like private property: Sandeep Dikshit

Press Trust of India | Saturday May 28, 2011

Delhi's prestigious St Stephen's College plunged into a controversy with Congress MP and alumni Sandeep Dikshit accusing it of being run like a "private property", a charge vehemently denied by the 130-year-old institution.Dikshit, the east Delhi MP and son of Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, said it ...