Congress is set to hold reins for third consecutive term in Delhi legislative assembly. Thanking the people of Delhi for voting in her favour, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit stated that the national capital voted for the party's development agenda.

Speaking from her residence where jubilant party supporters danced to drumbeats and burst firecrackers, Dixit said, "I congratulate the people of Delhi and many many thanks to them for their support and affection for the Congress."

"We went to the polls on the development ground with honesty and unity, and people have voted for that," said the 77-year-old leader said. 

New Delhi, Nov. 12 : Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dixit on Wednesday said that the preparations for the Commonwealth Games is in full swing and promised that facilities for the games would be ready well before the event gets underway in 2010.

New Delhi, Nov. 7 (ANI): A pre-poll survey conducted by Star News and Nielsen has predicted that the Shiela Dixit led-Congress government might get a third chance in Delhi. Residents of Delhi are although unhappy with the Congress government over issues like inflation, deteriorating law and order, terror attacks and lack of drinking water; but this might not be enough for BJP or any other party to form a government in Delhi.

Whenever a film dealing with a social message releases, it becomes a ‘style icon’ to have special screening for political stalwarts.

In the past, films including ‘Taare Zameen Par’ and ‘A Wednesday’ were screened for politicians like Gujarat CM Narendra Modi and Maharashtra CM Vilasrao Deshmukh.

Now the latest film to have such a screening is Madhur Bhandarkar’s ‘Fashion’. The film will be screened for Delhi Chief Minister, Sheila Dikshit on Sunday November 2nd in Delhi.

New Delhi, Oct 5 : Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Sunday said her remarks on TV journalist Soumya Vishwanathan were blown out of proportion and that she was "enoromously horrified" by the incident.

Dikshit, who was widely criticized for her comments on the murder of the young TV journalist, told a private TV channel, "It horrified me enormously. I am a woman myself. I have three sisters; I have two grand daughters. I think what I said was really blown out of proportion."