Kapil Sibal retains Chandni Chowk seat

June 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Only 11 out of 100 students going to school in India reach graduation levels - this is a recipe for disaster, says new Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal as he pushes the cause of primary and secondary education. "The figure is startling.

June 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - HRD Minister Kapil Sibal announced on Monday that the government has decided that it will not accept any further applications of aspiring deemed universities and would conduct a thorough review of the functioning of such universities. "The ministry will set up its own committee, which will visit the deemed universities.

May 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Veteran Congress leader Kapil Sibal was Thursday given charge of the human resource development ministry, while two other MPs from the capital, Ajay Maken and Krishna Tirath, were named ministers of state for home and for women and child development, respectively. Sibal, who represents Chandni Chowk constituency, replaces Arjun Singh as the HRD minister in the portfolio allocations announced late Thursday.

May 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress made it a clean sweep in the national capital winning all the seven seats. Delhi Chief Minister Shiela Dikshit's son and Congress candidate Sandeep Dikshit defeated Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Chetan Chauhan, a former Test cricketer, by a whopping 241,051 votes.

May 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress was leading in six of the seven parliamentary constituencies in the national capital, about two hours into the counting of votes Saturday. Those leading were -- Kapil Sibal from Chandni Chowk, Sandeep Dikshit from East Delhi, Ramesh Kumar from South Delhi, Krishna Tirath from Northwest Delhi, J.P.

May 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress party was leading in all seven parliamentary constituencies in the national capital, after three hours of vote counting Saturday. Those leading were Kapil Sibal from Chandni Chowk, Sandeep Dikshit from East Delhi, Ramesh Kumar from South Delhi, Krishna Tirath from Northwest Delhi, J.P.

May 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - As voters of the national capital congratulated themselves Friday for having showed up in large numbers for the Lok Sabha balloting the day before, the candidates were smiling too, each one thinking the high turnout augured well for him or her. Delhi recorded 53 percent polling for its seven Lok Sabha seats - higher than the average turnout in the last two elections to parliament.

May 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Echoing Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi, senior party leader Kapil Sibal Tuesday expressed confidence that the party will form the next government, and not sit in the opposition. 'The Congress will not sit in the opposition.

April 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Minister of Science and Technology Kapil Sibal, who is also the sitting MP of the Chandni Chowk constituency, Monday took a break from car rides and instead chose to campaign on the soleckshaw - a different kind of rickshaw - attracting the attention of many. Kicking off his campaign at 8 a.m., Sibal took the driver's seat and rode the rickshaw for a few minutes before taking the passenger's seat and campaigning through the narrow lanes of Chandni Chowk for nearly an hour.

April 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress party's Chandni Chowk MP Kapil Sibal has accused his BJP rival Vijender Gupta of violating the Model Code of Conduct. Sibal released a CD to the press on Saturday to prove his case.

April 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Congress leaders Wednesday blamed the 'failures' of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) for the poor development in the constituencies they are contesting from. 'In my constituency, have you seen how dirty it is? It is all because of the BJP's failures at the municipal corporation.

March 28th, 2009 The Congress has 12 spokespersons on its panel, but Delhi journalists suddenly find they are not as accessible as they used to be for a quote or two on phone. This is so because some of them have been nominated for the elections and are busy campaigning in far-flung areas.

March 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Congress has released its list of six candidates for general elections in Delhi, including Union Ministers Ajay Maken and Kapil Sibal. Sibal will contest from Chandani Chowk seat, while Ajay Maken will try his luck from New Delhi parliamentary constituency.

March 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - After several rounds of discussions and intense lobbying, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday released a list of its seven candidates for the national capital in the general elections, with two sitting legislators getting tickets. Those who made it to the list are - BJP general secretary Vijay Goel from the New Delhi constituency, Chairman of Standing Committee, Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) Vijendra Gupta from Chandni Chowk, Jagdish Mukhi from west Delhi, Ramesh Bidhuri from south Delhi, Meera Kanwaria from northwest Delhi, Chetan Chauhan from east Delhi and B.L.

January 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan will attend the London premiere of Akshay Kumar's comic caper 'Chandni Chowk To China' (CC2C) Monday. Amitabh, who is in London for make-up tests for his forthcoming venture 'Pa', received an invitation from Akshay for the premiere over a phone call from Toronto, Canada.