Govind Singh to leave Amar Ujala for Hindustan

Excecutive editor of Amar Ujala Govind Singh has put in his papers. Singh is moving to Hindustan where he will be add to the long list of editros who have moved on to from Amar Ujala after the exit of Shashisekhar. They include Pratap Somvanshi, Sudhansu Srivastava, Rajendra Tiwari, KK Upadhyaya and Ashok Pandey. This development comes in the wake of Narendrapal Singh joining as excecutive editor at Amar Ujala. Yashwant Vyas who is at present with Dainik Bhaskar name is doing the rounds in Jaipur and Noida as new group editor of Amar Ujala, however Bhaskar management is said to be in talks with him so as to convince him about remaining with the group and take on new responsibilites. On the other hand Ajay Upadhyaya who was till now denying any association with Amar Ujala is said to have joined in as consulting editor.

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