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Topic: Gorakhpur

Studies show joblessness leads to yearning for strong-armed leadership. Look at Gorakhpur

In ‘To Kill A Democracy’, Debashish Roy Chowdhury and John Keane write there are 3 million people in Gorakhpur, yet it has just one engineering college and university.

Why the road to finish UP’s Saryu canal project went via jail, Dubai & a messy marriage

PM Modi inaugurated 6,623-km long Saryu canal project this month. The delayed project was first conceptualised in 1978. This is the story of UP govt's push since 2017 to get it going.

Dr Kafeel Khan sacked 2 years after govt inquiry cleared him of negligence charges

Kafeel Khan was first suspended in the encephalitis deaths case in August 2017. He was suspended again in 2019, but the HC stayed this suspension.

Hindu Yuva Vahini helped Yogi into CM’s chair. Now its Gorakhpur office lies deserted

While Hindu Yuva Vahini office-bearers say its role has changed since pro-Hindutva govt came to power in UP, its office doesn’t open every day, and former members allege ‘deception’.

Encephalitis cases decline steeply, yet Gorakhpur medical system feels the strain   

So far, until October this year, just the BRD College in Gorakhpur has recorded 291 cases of AES, and 30 cases of Japanese Encephalitis. 

‘No mother should see such day’: Stories of despair in CM Yogi’s Gorakhpur as UP fights Covid

Gorakhpur is among 10 worst-hit districts in UP. Hospitals are out of beds and medicines, in the district that has previously drawn attention for poor medical infrastructure.

Kafeel Khan’s name included in list of 81 ‘history-sheeters’ in UP’s Gorakhpur district

In video message, Kafeel says it’s ‘good’ that now 2 security guards will keep an eye on him, so he can save himself from fake cases.

CDS Bipin Rawat told Gorakhpur students to rediscover culture but forgot military tradition

If institutions under Gorakhnath Math are not part of the military’s restricted list, then I am sure neither would be institutions run by Darul Uloom Deoband.

Even ‘Dr Kafeel Mishra’ or ‘Dr Kafeel Kumar’ would have done the same thing, Kafeel Khan says

'They made me naked, made me lie down, used batons and sticks to hit me… I couldn’t sit for so many days,' Dr Kafeel Khan tells ThePrint days after release from jail.

Congress plans campaign for Dr Kafeel Khan’s release with signature drives & hunger strikes

As part of the campaign, Congress started collecting signatures Friday. The party said this is also an effort to show Muslims in UP that Congress stands with them.

On Camera

In Bihar, BJP is courting upper castes—a clear shift from its 2020 strategy

With two parties led by Dalit leaders now part of NDA, the BJP is hopeful of winning a large number of reserved constituencies.

Boom to bust: Haunted by Ketan Parekh saga, 117-yr-old Calcutta Stock Exchange’s future lies in limbo

CSE, one of India’s oldest bourses, is edging towards a voluntary exit. It could never recover from market manipulation scam that caused a payment crisis at exchange back in 2001. 

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.