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Topic: Gorakhpur

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.

‘Bid to please Yogi?’ Oppn tears into proposal to change ‘Muslim’ names of wards in CM’s Gorakhpur

Around 50 wards, including 10 new ones, are to be named after Hindu gods, freedom fighters & other historic personalities. BJP says names kept 'keeping emotions of public' in mind.

Gorakhnath temple attack accused took oath of Ansar ul-Tawhid, linked to ISIS: UP Police

The UP ATS said that Murtaza allegedly transferred a total of Rs. 8.5 lakhs to different accounts in Europe and US “to support the terror activities of the organisation via ISIS supporters.”

Suspect in Gorakhnath Math attack is ‘self-radicalised introvert, wanted to join IS but could not’

Ahmed Murtaza, accused in Gorakhpur Math attack, allegedly acted alone but intelligence and police agencies investigating whether case could be symptom of ‘IS expansion’ in India.

Not ruling out terror angle UP hands over Gorakhnath temple incident to anti-terror squad

Prashant Kumar, additional director general of police (Law and Order), said, 'A man forcibly tried to enter the temple premises & attacked the on-duty personnel with a weapon.'

On Camera

Imtiaz Ali obsesses over vulgarity, misses Chamkila’s cultural resistance against purity

Peter Manuel's ‘Cassette Culture’ showed the booming Bhakti music during the '80s and '90s when Anoop Jalota, Gulshan Kumar achieved success by singing the sanitised Bhajans.

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

India and Japan hold 10th round of consultations on disarmament, non-proliferation, and export control

The two sides also discussed ways to strengthen cooperation in outer space security, conventional weapons, and export control

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.