Vinod Kumar Singh

UP: Education Minister opposes anti-encroachment drive

A Uttar Pradesh minister has sparked controversy by opposing the anti-encroachment drive by Gonda district authorities. Minister of State for Secondary Education Vinod Kumar Singh has accused district authorities of harassing people. ...  

12 new ministers inducted in UP government

In the first expansion of his ministry after coming to power, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday inducted 12 new ministers, including Vinod Kumar Singh who was dropped after he allegedly manhandled the Chief Medical Officer in Gonda. ...  

'UP govt to provide police, education jobs to youths'

Gonda: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday said his government would soon start recruiting unemployed youths in education and police departments to provide them jobs. "Appointments in education and police departments will be started soon and youths will be given jobs", Yadav said while talking to reporters in Gonda. Yadav said his government was already giving unemployment allowance to youths and now planned to employ them by filling...  

CMO abduction case: No FIR against UP minister yet

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,...  

Gonda 'abduction' case: CMO, DM, SP transferred

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...  

No decision on filing FIR yet: 'Abducted' UP CMO

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...  

UP: 'Untraceable' Gonda CMO returns to office

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...  

UP: CMO still in hiding, family says they are scared

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...  

Falsely implicated by rivals: UP Minister

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...  

UP CMO 'abduction': Minister Vinod Kumar Singh resigns

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...  

UP CMO 'abduction': Pressure grows on Akhilesh to act

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...  

UP Minister tries to abduct Chief Medical Officer

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...