New Delhi: Minister of State for Home Affairs RPN Singh on Friday said it would not be right to ban the Indian Premier League (IPL) in view of fresh revelations in the spot fixing scandal, and promised to act tough against guilty. "If there is a problem somewhere, it does not mean the whole organisation should be shut. It will not be right as so many people in the country watch IPL. We need to clean it up," he said.
Terming the scandal "unfortunate", the minister said any official found guilty will be punished. "It is unfortunate that such an incident has come to light. The Delhi and Mumbai police are probing the case. Even if a senior official is found guilty, he will not be spared," Singh said.
Three cricketers and several others have been arrested for spot fixing matches in the ongoing sixth edition of IPL. Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president N Srinivasan has also come under attack after his son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan, chief executive of Chennai Super Kings team, was summoned by the Mumbai police in connection with the spot fixing scandal.
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01:21 PM, May 24, 2013
New Delhi: Amid mounting complaints to Rahul Gandhi, Congress on Monday removed all the eight zonal presidents in Uttar Pradesh including two Union Ministers RPN Singh and Jitin Prasada and CWC member Rasheed Masood and brought in local leaders in their place. Zonal presidents who faced the axe included senior leaders like PL Punia and Rajaram Pal, MP and state leaders Vivek Singh, Anugrah Narayan Singh and Bijendra Singh. They...
06:50 PM, May 20, 2013
New Delhi: Amidst demand for expeditious trial of terror cases involving Muslim youth, the Union Home Ministry has asked all states to set up fast track courts to take up such cases for speedy disposal. Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said the Centre has sent an advisory to all states and is also trying to find out how many Muslim inmates (involved in terror cases) were in jail and for...
06:50 PM, May 15, 2013
After his party colleague Shakeel Ahmed's controversial tweet on Bangalore blast came under fire, Congress leader and Minister of State for Home Affairs RPN Singh said Ahmed's tweet was his personal opinion and that Congress party does not politicise terror attacks. ...
05:28 PM, Apr 17, 2013
Rampur: Dismissing claims that the Congress is misusing CBI to target its opponents, Minister of State for Home Affairs RPN Singh on Sunday said the central agency was impartial and even the ruling party leaders were not spared. "It (CBI) is purely and completely impartial and does not entertain pressure from any influential person," said Singh. The Congress leader said it was due to CBI's "impartial" character that the party...
04:49 PM, Mar 31, 2013
Even as Minister of State for Home Affairs RPN Singh assured the guilty will be punished in the Kunda killings that have rocked Uttar Pradesh and its government, the BSP chief Mayawati accused the SP of trying to save Raja Bhaiya in whose constituency the murders had occurred. ...
05:29 PM, Mar 06, 2013
In a written answer, Minister of State for Home Affairs RPN Singh said, 81 people were arrested for cyber crimes, of which 42 were arrested under the Information Technology (IT) Act and 39 under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) between 2009 and 2011. ...
06:59 PM, Mar 05, 2013
Altogether 17 panchs and sarpanchs have tendered their resignation in Jammu and Kashmir till last month, Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday. Minister of State for Home RPN Singh said as per information received from the state government, till January 31, following the recent killing of a sarpanch and injury of a female panch in Sopore, 17 panchs and sarpanchs have tendered their resignation. ...
03:53 PM, Feb 26, 2013
Even as thousands of Indians came out on the streets demanding tough anti-rape laws a few weeks ago following the brutal gangrape of a paramedical student in Delhi, a similar horrific case in Maharashtra's Bhandara district has almost gone unnoticed. Three minor siblings were raped, murdered and their bodies dumped in a well on February 14 but till now no arrests and neither have massive demonstrations taken place for justice....
01:54 PM, Feb 21, 2013
With the Budget Session of Parliament beginning Thursday, the Opposition is all set to take on the government on various issues. "BJP always creates an issue to stall Parliament. If their action results in sexual crime ordinance not being passed, they will have to answer people," MoS Home RPN Singh said. ...
09:57 AM, Feb 20, 2013
Minister of State for Home Affairs RPN Singh has said that the body of Afzal Guru, who was convicted in the 2001 Parliament attack, was hanged and also buried inside Tihar Jail due to security reasons. ...
11:40 PM, Feb 09, 2013
Union Minister of State for Home RPN Singh travelled in DTC buses at night to check security for common people especially women, in the wake of the brutal gangrape and killing of a 23-year-old girl in New Delhi in December. ...
12:46 AM, Jan 18, 2013
MoS Home RPN Singh on Saturday said that he wanted to assure the family of the Delhi braveheart that her killers would be given the harshest of punishment in the quickest of time. ...
08:52 AM, Dec 29, 2012
In an attempt to name and shame rapists, the government has decided to prepare a data base of all rape convicts across the country and their photographs, names and addresses would be made public. Minister of State for Home RPN Singh said he has directed the National Crime Records Bureau to prepare a directory of all rape convicts and upload their photographs, names and addresses on its website. ...
06:39 PM, Dec 27, 2012
Heeding to suggestions from public, Government on December 23 agreed to fast track investigations into sexual offences like rape and increase policing that includes deployment of the force in plain clothes to instill sense of security in the capital. During a meeting with Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and Union Minister of State for Home RPN Singh, the protesters who were outraged over the recent gangrape incident in South Delhi put...
07:47 PM, Dec 23, 2012
The Union Government should make itself seen and heard in ongoing protests against the gangrape of 23-year-old girl, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said on Saturday. ...
06:59 PM, Dec 22, 2012
Police on Saturday while conforming that they have recorded the statement of the Delhi gangrape victim, said that the 23-year-old girl has given a 'very bold statement'. ...
06:41 PM, Dec 22, 2012
BJP leader and Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj on Saturday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to convene a special session of Parliament for amending the existing law to provide death sentence for heinous crimes against women. ...
05:21 PM, Dec 22, 2012
Women protesters at India Gate talking to IBN18 Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai demanded proper security and concrete measures to ensure that they can be safe in Delhi. One of the women protesters said that she did not feel safe even while going to the police to lodge any complaint. ...
03:31 PM, Dec 22, 2012
Minister of State for Home Affairs RPN Singh said that the protesters needed to calm down so that a dialogue from a government representative could happen in an orderly manner. Speaking to CNN-IBN, RPN Singh said, "The protesters need to calm down, only then can a dialogue happen from the government's side in an orderly manner. We can't let the protesters break barricades and run into government property. The government ...
03:27 PM, Dec 22, 2012
