Tag: Gorakhpur
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Gorakhpur tragedy: Dr Kafeel Khan absolved of charges after 2 years of suspension and 9 months of jail
Khan was suspended on the accusation that he had failed to take prompt action or warn his superiors about the impending crisis despite knowing about the situation.
September 27, 2019 -
UP CM Yogi Adityanath casts vote in Gorakhpur, says BJP will win
Adityanath was among the first voters in Gorakhpur, which was his constituency for five terms before he became the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.
May 19, 2019 -
BJP’s ‘bure din’ will start after May 23, says Mayawati at Gorakhpur
Mayawati was addressing an election meeting in Gorakhpur on Monday from where Ram Bhuwal Nishad is the SP-BSP-RLD alliance candidate for the Lok Sabha elections.
May 13, 2019 -
Meet Shalini Rai, winner of three special titles at Mrs India-Queen of Substance 2019
Shalini belonged to a conservative family in Gorakhpur. She had joined the Army but could not continue in the job and she was married off early.
April 30, 2019 -
Dancing video of military doctors, patients goes viral, watch and feel ‘Happy’
This is the second such video from the defense services to go viral. Earlier in 2013, a Gangnam Style video shot at the Defence Services Staff College in Wellington had broken the internet.
April 27, 2019 -
PM Modi rolls out PM-KISAN from Gorakhpur, slams opposition over farmer issues
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday rolled out the Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojna, also known as PM-KISAN, in Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur in the presence of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
February 24, 2019 -
Yogi meets BJP leaders in UP’s Gorakhpur, asks them to prepare for 2019 polls
The chief minister stayed at the Gorakhnath temple the whole day. He met with the urban development minister to discuss the condition of the city.
October 17, 2018 -
Gorakhpur terror funding mastermind Ramesh Shah arrested in Pune
Gorakhpur terror funding mastermind Ramesh Shah has been arrested in a joint operation by the Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) of Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra Police, an official said on Thursday. The arrest was made from Pune on Tuesday and he is being brought to Lucknow on transit remand. Inspector General of ATS Aseem Arun said that …
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June 21, 2018 -
Yogi Adityanath launches Gorakhpur-Delhi SpiceJet services
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday formally launched SpiceJet flight services for Delhi at the airport. After reaching Gorakhpur Airport, Adityanath flagged off a Boeing plane of SpiceJet for Delhi, which carried 189 passengers. The 189-seater plane takes 80 minutes to reach Delhi. “The launching fare was Rs 2,999 and 180 seats were …
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March 25, 2018 -
RS polls: Yogi calls SP ‘opportunistic’, cautions BSP
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday took a swipe at SP describing it as “opportunistic”, as it got votes of the BSP in bypolls to Gorakhpur and Phulpur parliamentary seats but failed to transfer its own in the election for 10 Rajya Sabha seats of the state. In his attack on the Samajwadi …
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March 24, 2018 -
Gorakhpur DM among 37 IAS officers shuffled in UP
In an administrative reshuffle, the Uttar Pradesh government has transferred 37 IAS officers including the Gorakhpur district magistrate, a spokesperson said on Saturday. The decision taken by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath comes in the wake of BJP’s embarrassing in the bypolls in Gorakhpur and Phulpur. Among the Indian Administrative Service officers transferred, as many as …
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March 17, 2018 -
No done deal
The voter turn-out was moderate, the verdict almost monumental. It might be premature to conclude a mood-swing in the “heartland”, but the rejection of the BJP in the parliamentary by-polls in UP and Bihar would hearten the Opposition, cause more than heartburn to ruling party supporters convinced that 2019 was a “done deal”. No doubt …
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March 16, 2018 -
Rahul Gandhi hails BSP founder Kanshi Ram on his birth anniversary
A day after Bahujan Samaj Party and Samajwadi Party ran riot in Uttar Pradesh bypolls for Gorakhpur and Phulpur Lok Sabha seats, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday in a tweet remembered Kanshi Ram, the late founder of the BSP on his 84th birth anniversary. Gandhi seems to be warming up to BSP as he …
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March 15, 2018 -
Day after poll drubbing, Yogi cancels engagements to focus on UP
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday cancelled all his engagements and visits for the day to meet officials and focus on the state’s administrative work, a day after the BJP’s shocking defeat in the Gorakhpur and Phulpur bypolls. “The CM (Yogi Adityanath) has cancelled all engagements scheduled for today. He will hold meetings …
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March 15, 2018 -
Overconfidence, last minute SP-BSP alliance undid us: Adityanath
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday conceded that the Samajwadi Party-BSP alliance and overconfidence led to BJP defeat in the Gorakhpur and Phulpur Lok Sabha seats. In his first reaction to the BJP’s rout by the Samajwadi Party, Adityanath said the result will be reviewed threadbare by the party. “Other than overconfidence, the …
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March 14, 2018 -
UP bypoll results: SP, BSP purge saffron surge; how far will Mayawati-Akhilesh bonhomie go?
In a stunning reversal of fortunes, the likely impact of which may be visible in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party suffered a drubbing in Uttar Pradesh. The Samajwadi Party, ably supported by the Bahujan Samaj Party, wrested the Phulpur and Gorakhpur seats from the BJP. In Gorakhpur, Praveen Kumar Nishad of …
March 14, 2018 -
Electorate angry, will keep electing non-BJP candidates: Rahul Gandhi
After BJP’s performance in the by-elections for three Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, Congress Chief Rahul Gandhi said that results prove the “electorate is very angry against the BJP and will vote for the non-BJP candidates”. “The Congress will look forward to ‘navnirman’ in Uttar Pradesh, it won’t happen overnight,” he added. …
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March 14, 2018