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Need for skill development among women: Dikshit

August 28, 2009 India

Skill development among women is essential and will boost their confidence, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said Friday after launching a masters course in gender and developmental studies at the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU). She said there is a need for skill development among the fairer sex and “would instil confidence”. The chief [...]

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Dikshit seeks central help to cut Bawana power plant delay

August 26, 2009 Business

Worried over the impending delay in commissioning the 1,500-MW power plant in Delhi, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Wednesday met union Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh and sought his help for completing the project ahead of the 2010 Commonwealth Games. The foundation of the Bawana gas power plant was laid by Prime Minister [...]

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Civic body not to blame for chaos after rains, says Delhi mayor

July 29, 2009 India

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), which was blamed by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Tuesday for the chaos in the national capital after heavy rains Monday, sought to pass the responsibility to other agencies. “Unfortunately, time and again, we are being blamed even for the problems that are happening in Public Work Department (PWD) and [...]

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Dikshit, Mayor apologise for monsoon chaos, two dead

July 29, 2009 India

Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and Mayor Kanwar Sain Tuesday offered public apologies after the season’s heaviest monsoon downpour a day earlier left two people dead and exposed the poor civic facilities of a city bracing for the 2010 Commonwealth Games. Authorities blamed each other for the stinking mess following some seven hours of heavy [...]

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Delhi government to sell pulses at subsidised rates

July 28, 2009 India

Delhiites, hit by a sudden rise in prices of pulses, can heave a sigh of relief with Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Tuesday launching 80 retail outlets across the capital where pulses will be sold at subsidised rates. Dikshit said Chana Dal in 1 kg packet would be available at Rs.34, Moong Dhuli at Rs.58, Urad [...]

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Street vendors will have permanent space: Sheila Dikshit

July 28, 2009 India

Now street vendors will have a permanent space to sell their wares, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said here Tuesday. “We have plans for providing the street vendors of the city with permanent platforms, proper roofs and water connections,” Dikshit said while addressing hundreds of street vendors who had come from all over the country [...]

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Nature trail at Dikshit’s residence will be biodiversity park

July 21, 2009 India

Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Tuesday said the nature trail at her official residence here would be developed as a biodiversity park. Dikshit said this after launching the Delhi plantation drive from her official 3, Motilal Nehru Place residence where a number of school children planted different species of saplings. “With plantation of large number of [...]

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And now, Delhi to take anti-piracy measures

July 16, 2009 India

After Maharashtra, it is now the turn of Delhi to come down on audio-video piracy, with Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit assuring a film industry delegation Thursday that she will take necessary steps to curb the menace. “We met the chief minister and explained to her the problem. She said that she will take necessary steps [...]

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Delhi government for energy efficient buildings

July 15, 2009 India

The Delhi government will promote energy efficient buildings with white roof and CFL bulbs. Starting from its secretariat, the Delhi government will undertake a slew of measures to conserve power in buildings under its jurisdiction. The plan to build what it called “cool roofs” painted white was finalised at a meeting between Delhi Chief Minister [...]

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NGO to educate kids in state-run juvenile homes: Dikshit

July 13, 2009 India

Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Monday said that an NGO will now be roped in to impart “better services” in the form of informal and vocational education to women and children in the ten state-run homes for juveniles and others in the capital. Dikshit, after the cabinet meeting, said: “It has been decided to involve [...]

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