Satyapal Singh

BJP

DOB 29 Nov 1955

Age 69 years

birth palce Basauli, Baghpat (Uttar Pradesh)

profession Politician

Satyapal Singh biography

A former Mumbai Police Commissioner, Satyapal Singh was the 1980 batch Maharashtra cadre IPS officer who is credited in breaking the backbone of organised crime syndicates in Mumbai in the 1990s. Singh, who is the MP from Baghpat in Western UP was also a Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development; and
Minister of State in the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation in PM Modi’s council of ministers.

In 2016, Singh made an allegation that the UPA government has allured him to frame Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Ishrat Jahan encounter case.

A member of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs and chairperson of the Joint Committee on Offices of Profit, Singh was honoured with Antrik Suraksha Sewa Padak in 2008 for his extraordinary services in Naxal hit areas of Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh during the troubled phase of the ’90s. In January 2014, Singh resigned from the force as Mumbai Police Chief and contested the Lok Sabha elections.

Born on November 29, 1955, in Basauli in Baghpat district of Uttar Pradesh, he is an MSC, a MPhil in Chemistry from Delhi University. He has also secured MBA in Strategic Management from Australia, and an MA in Public administration, including PhD on the naxalite movement. Singh has also written books, including topics like tribal conflict resolution and Naxalism.

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Take care of your body, it's an expensive gift from God: Satyapal Singh to NIT Agartala students

December 08, 2018 11:16 am

Encouraging students to exercise regularly, the union minister said the human body is the best engineering marvel and it was gifted to them by God.

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India gets society for evolutionary biologists, membership open to those interested in mission

August 03, 2018 3:52 am

The society was in the making for a decade and not a response to the politics of the day, they said.

Union minister Satya Pal Singh: Youth needs to be prepared for 'fourth industrial revolution'

July 15, 2018 8:31 am

Satya Pal Singh also said that India lagged behind in human resource development because even after Independence, the country followed the education system which the British introduced.

Hindi to get due importance in new education policy: Satya Pal Singh

May 05, 2018 2:06 am

"Who were the leaders in the country who did not let Hindi get its importance? Soon, a new education policy is coming. It is very unfortunate that people think low of themselves if they don't know English. Like you can't change your mother, you can't change your language also," Satya Pal Singh said

Science Day event backs evolution, Satyapal Singh who doubted Darwin leaves before sessions

March 01, 2018 2:46 am

In January, Singh had said that “Darwin’s theory of evolution is wrong”, and that “it is wrong to say humans evolved from monkeys and such references should be removed from science and history school textbooks.”

What's wrong in Satyapal Singh's argument on Darwin theory: Students quizzed in exam

February 24, 2018 3:52 pm

Singh, the Minister of State for the Human Resource Development, had last month claimed that the Darwin's theory of evolution of man was "scientifically wrong" and said it should not be part of school and college curriculum

Delhi confidential: Not That Modi-ji!

January 25, 2018 4:03 am

Naidu said although the two had worked together and had an excellent relationship, he cannot call Rajnath Singh a friend since he is also the chairman of Rajya Sabha, and would not want to be accused of being partial to Singh.

Darwin theory row: Union Minister Prakash Javadekar tells Satyapal Singh to refrain from 'such comments'

Darwin theory row: Union Minister Prakash Javadekar asks Satyapal Singh to refrain from 'such comments'

January 23, 2018 6:37 pm

Javadekar, the Union Human Resource Development Minister, maintained that science should not be diluted, insisting that the government has no plans to hold a national seminar to prove Darwin's evolution theory wrong.

For the record: Dear minister

January 23, 2018 6:04 am

Scientists respond to MoS HRD Satyapal Singh’s remarks on human evolution.

Need international debate on Darwin's theory of evolution, says Satyapal Singh

January 22, 2018 8:10 pm

He said all kinds of scientists should be invited to the debate, evolutionists and Darwinists, and also "other kind of scientists."

SATYAPAL SINGH VIDEOS

SC gives nod to govt. formation in Arunachal

February 18, 2016 3:54 pm

New Delhi, Feb 18 (ANI): In a major setback to the Congress, the Supreme Court on Thursday vacated the status quo order of maintaining President's Rule in Arunachal Pradesh, thereby giving its nod to government formation in the state. After going through High Court and assembly records, the Supreme Court decided that it doesn't see any reason to interfere with HC order at this stage. Lawyer Satyapal Singh said the SC has transferred the case of revocation of 12 suspended MLA's to Guwahati High Court.

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‘Did Nazis ask Jews to leave?’: Netanyahu defies genocide allegations against Israel

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Netanyahu defends Israel's actions in Gaza, blaming Hamas for using civilians as shields. He criticizes world leaders for appeasing evil and condemns their condemnation of Israel. He addresses recent attacks by Hamas and vows to bring all hostages home. The conflict has led to thousands of deaths, according to Hamas-run authorities.

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