New Delhi: The delegation of US Congressman and business leaders visiting the country left for home on Sunday after a 10-day trip of India. "After visiting Golden Temple and Jallianwala bagh in Amritsar, the visiting US delegates were accorded a warm adieu," BJP national committee member and convenor of BJP overseas affairs Vijay Jolly said in a release.
During the visit, US Congressman Aaron Schock from Illinois, Cathy McMorris Rodgers from Washington and Cynthia M Lummis from Wyoming - along with seven US business leaders - met Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and invited him to visit America, Jolly said.
"A video live conference between Modi and US former speaker Newton Leroy 'Newt' Gingrich was also organised. In Karnataka, they had a meeting with Governor HR Bhardwaj and Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar," Jolly said.
The Congress party has alleged that the US Congressmen had been paid $18,000 (Rs.9 lakh) to visit Modi, a claim the BJP denied. ...
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05:47 AM, Apr 08, 2013
The CBI on Monday told the Allahabad High Court that it has sought additional information from the UP Police's Special Task Force to probe into the murder of two chief medical officers in the state and hoped to complete it by March-end if the requisite data is given to it in time. ...
02:06 PM, Jan 21, 2013
Gonda: Surrounded by security, afraid to speak, Gonda CMO Dr SP Singh isn't sure what to do next. The man who abducted the CMO for not toeing his line may have resigned from his post - but Uttar Pradesh Minister of State for Revenue and Rehabilitation Vinod Kumar Singh alias Pandit Singh still rules Gonda. Such is his fear that the CMO hasn't dared to file a complaint against him,...
08:28 AM, Oct 14, 2012
Gonda: In a major development in the Gonda CMO 'abduction' case, Chief Medical Officer SP Singh was on Saturday transferred. SP Singh, who was untraceable since Monday night after being allegedly abducted by Minister of State for Revenue Vinod Kumar Singh, joined back work on Saturday. The District Magistrate and Superintendent of Police of Gonda were also transferred on Saturday along with the CMO. Speaking to CNN-IBN on Saturday, SP...
06:52 PM, Oct 13, 2012
Gonda: Chief Medical Officer of Uttar Pradesh's Gonda district SP Singh, who had been "untraceable" since Monday night after being allegedly abducted by Minister of State for Revenue Vinod Kumar Singh, on Saturday said that he has not taken a call on filing an FIR against the minister yet. "I have not taken decision on filing FIR," said Singh. The Gonda CMO had claimed that the former minister had been...
01:41 PM, Oct 13, 2012
Gonda: Chief Medical Officer of Uttar Pradesh's Gonda district SP Singh, who had been "untraceable" since Monday night after being allegedly abducted by Minister of State for Revenue Vinod Kumar Singh, on Friday made a dramatic appearance at his office in Gonda in the evening. CMO Singh held a meeting with the officials of the district administration and police, sources in the CMO office said. Singh later said that he...
08:43 AM, Oct 13, 2012
Lucknow: The controversy over the alleged abduction of Gonda CMO SP Singh doesn't seem to be ending any soon with the CMO still in hiding and his alleged abductor Samajwadi Party leader Vinod Kumar Singh claiming innocence. But the CMO's family is still living under fear and doesn't want SP Singh to join back work. "We don't want him to continue working. We just want him back," said his son...
08:14 PM, Oct 12, 2012
Lucknow: Four days after Gonda CMO SP Singh was allegedly kidnapped by Uttar Pradesh Minister for Revenue and Rehabilitation Vinod Kumar Singh for not agreeing to include certain names in the list of contractual doctors, the minister resigned on Friday. Minister Vinod Kumar Singh alleged that the district magistrate was behind the entire case and the Samajwadi Party was forced to act in the case. Speaking to CNN-IBN, Singh who...
01:34 PM, Oct 12, 2012
Lucknow: Under pressure after allegations of abducting Gonda CMO SP Singh, Uttar Pradesh Minister for Revenue and Rehabilitation Vinod Kumar Singh resigned on Friday. Vinod Kumar Singh said he was resigning on moral grounds as the Akhilesh Yadav government in the state wanted to conduct an inquiry into the case. He also demanded a probe into the CMO's role. Meanwhile, the CMO continues to be in hiding. While speaking to...
10:59 AM, Oct 12, 2012
Lucknow: Pressure has been building on Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav to check what's being called the return of 'goondaraj' in the state. Interviews for appointments of doctors in government health centres in Gonda have been postponed after allegations that UP Minister of state for revenue and rehabilitation Vinod Kumar Singh threatened and abducted Gonda CMO Dr SP Singh. The UP government says interviews won't be conducted till a...
09:36 AM, Oct 12, 2012
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday formed a two member high power inquiry committee to look into the CMO abduction case of chief medical officer of Gonda SP Singh and the role of Samajwadi Party Minister Vinod Singh.The committee has been asked to submit its report in next two days. "A two-member committee led by Additional Director Health has been set up to look into the matter and submit...
07:52 PM, Oct 11, 2012
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday summoned the 'abducted' Chief Medical Officer of Gonda, SP Singh. Singh was allegedly kidnapped by Minister of State for Revenue and Rehabilitation Vinod Singh and roughed up by his goons for not including the name of his friends in the list of newly recruited doctors under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM). The harassed CMO somehow escaped to Lucknow. The Uttar...
12:27 PM, Oct 11, 2012
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has ordered a high-level inquiry into the alleged abduction of the chief medical officer (CMO) of Gonda SP Singh by Minister of State for Revenue and Rehabilitation. "A two-member committee led by Additional Director Health has been set up to look into the matter and submit its report by tomorrow," Minister for Health and Family Welfare Ahmad Hassan said. Sources in the government said Chief...
12:04 PM, Oct 11, 2012
New Delhi: In a bizarre case of kidnapping which shows why hooliganism is still a major challenge in Uttar Pradesh, a Samajwadi Party Minister allegedly abducted the Chief Medical Officer of Gonda in an attempt to force his friends names into the list of contractual doctors under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM). Sources say when the CMO told the minister Vinod Kumar Singh alias Pandit Singh, that the appointment...
06:50 PM, Oct 10, 2012
Lucknow/New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is expected to file its closure report in the YS Sachan death case in the Allahabad High Court on Friday. Sources say that the CBI has called it a case of suicide based on the forensic report. Sachan, the former deputy Chief Medical Officer of Lucknow, was found dead in a jail toilet last year. He was accused of involvement in the...
11:36 AM, Sep 28, 2012
Lucknow/ New Delhi: The mysterious death of Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr YS Sachan was a case of suicide and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is set to file a closure report on it. Sources say the CBI is convinced that Sachan, who was found dead inside a Lucknow jail toilet in June 22, 2011, committed suicide based on forensic report submitted by a doctor at AIIMS....
01:01 PM, Sep 26, 2012
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday conducted raids in three places in Uttar Pradesh in connection with the NRHM scam. The raids were conducted at the residential premises of former UP health minister Anant Mishra in Lucknow and Kanpur. The action came after an FIR was filed by the CBI nearly two days ago in connection with the appointment of nearly 100 Chief Medical Officers (CMOs)....
08:48 AM, Jun 02, 2012
Lucknow: The CBI on Tuesday filed its chargesheet in connection with the murder of two Chief Medical Officers of Lucknow accusing two shooters and the person who hired them of murder and criminal conspiracy. In its charge sheet filed before the special judicial magistrate, the agency has alleged that shooters Anand Prakash Tiwari and Vinod Sharma had murdered the then CMOs Dr VK Arya and BP Singh. The agency has...
04:46 PM, May 29, 2012
Lucknow: The Central Bureau Of Investigation (CBI) is likely to file a chargesheet in connection with the murders of former Chief Medical Officers VK Arya and BP Singh on Tuesday accusing two shooters and the person who hired them of murder and criminal conspiracy. The investigative agency in its first chargesheet in the sensational murders of two CMOs is also likely to name a former Health officer in the criminal...
10:39 AM, May 29, 2012
Lucknow: A packet containing a white substance suspected to be sulphas was recovered from the possession of former Chief Medical Officer of Lucknow AK Shukla during frisking in the jail. Shukla, who was arrested by the CBI in connection with the murder case of another CMO VK Arya on Sunday night, was remanded in 14-days judicial custody by a court on Monday. After being handed over by the police, a...
12:03 PM, May 08, 2012
