scorecardresearch
Add as a preferred source on Google
Monday, February 23, 2026
TopicGorakhpur

Topic: Gorakhpur

Delayed again, why the ambitious Gorakhpur nuclear plant project in Haryana is yet to gather speed

Union Power Minister Khattar has announced new timeline for the 2,800-MW project, now delayed by a decade from its original target.

Gorakhpur’s 1st woman pilot, foodie & in love. Uncle says boyfriend was jealous, pushed her into suicide

Air India pilot Srishti Tuli died by suicide on 25 November. Aditya Pandit, her boyfriend, is now in police custody, facing abetment charges. His lawyer dismisses all allegations.

Why legacy of Purvanchal’s don-neta Hari Shankar Tiwari is at centre of SP’s Brahmin outreach

Akhilesh Yadav is trying to capitalise on perceived anger within a section of Brahmins in Uttar Pradesh over demolition drive by Yogi govt in Hari Shankar Tiwari's village.

Caught between his mass appeal & internal apprehensions, how RSS is conflicted about Yogi Adityanath

UP CM is seen as ‘outsider not bred in RSS ways’, but is also widely admired as Hindutva administrator. Lacking an outfit behind him, he’s said to be in succession battle with Amit Shah.

HP governor urges public representatives to help troubled Gorakhpur university, new V-C assures action

Rajya Sabha MP Radha Mohan Das Agrawal has offered his assistance, new V-C Poonam Tandon says cleanliness, issues faced by women students will be her priority after she takes charge.

Amarmani Tripathi’s release ties many ends—Yogi’s prison friendship, Brahmin-Thakur vote bank

'Brahmin lion of Purvanchal is coming back'—Tears, triumph, and toasts marked the Adityanath govt’s order to release the four-time MLA and his wife serving life sentence in the 2003 Madhumita Shukla murder case.

Gorakhpur is Yogi’s new ‘I have a dream’ city. Metro, manufacturing, and mafia-free

If Saifai’s growth was the brainchild of Mulayam Singh Yadav and Greater Noida is credited to Mayawati, then Gorakhpur is Yogi Adityanath’s karmabhoomi.

‘Har Ghar Camera’— In Gorakhpur village, 103 CCTVs crack down on crime & romance

Nakaudi Khas village prides itself as the London of Gorakhpur because of the ‘third eye’ watching every move of residents thanks to ‘Har Ghar Camera’ police scheme.

Gita Press at 100—the cultural powerhouse made Hinduism relatable, affordable, portable

Gita Press has found the most formidable patron in PM Narendra Modi, who is scheduled to visit Gorakhpur next week. The Hindi publishing house's moment in the national story has never been more aligned. 

Yogi Maharaj’s Gorakhpur darbar is a one-stop solution for everything — grooms and goons

It takes two people to do Yogi’s job at the darbar in his absence. Temple manager Dwarka Tiwari and retired SDM Vinod Kumar Thakur.

On Camera

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Suspected brake failure leads to Tejas accident after landing, airframe likely to be written off

The IAF, so far, remains mum on this accident which has led to grounding of the fleet for safety checks.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.