Everything you need to know about Gorakhpur: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Gorakhpur: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
At least 20 people killed and many injured when two buses collided from a bus coming from opposite direction and fell into ditch in Gorakhpur district
Lucknow, April 29 (IANS) At least 20 people were killed, while over 12 others were injured Sunday when two buses collided in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur district, around 265 km from the state capital, police said.
Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh), April 29 (ANI): At least 18 people were killed on Sunday, when two buses rammed into each other on a busy road in Gorakhpur.
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Gorakhpur, Apr 9 (ANI): The threat of Japanese encephalitis loomed large over Uttar Pradesh Gorakhpur District, claiming at least 45 lives, even though the administration has upgraded healthcare centres to ensure rehabilitation and cure for the affected.
Lucknow, March 31 (IANS) Continuing its bureaucratic reshuffling, the Uttar Pradesh government Friday shifted nine Indian Administrative Service (IAS), eight Indian Police Service (IPS) officers, 25 Provincial Civil Service (PCS) and 19 Provincial Police Service officers.
Gorakhpur, Mar 11 (ANI): Supporters of Samajwadi Party candidate Chinta Yadav, who lost her election to an independent candidate from Campiyarganj seat in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur District, vandalised and sabotaged houses, vehicles, while injuring several people.
Gorakhpur, Mar 11 (ANI): Supporters of Samajwadi Party candidate Chinta Yadav, who lost her election to an independent candidate from Campiyarganj seat in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur District, vandalised and sabotaged houses, vehicles, while injuring several people.
Gorakhpur, Mar 4 (ANI): As the festival of colours, Holi is round the corner the demand for Chinese water toy guns has increased in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur town.
Gorakhpur, Mar 4 (ANI): As the festival of colours, Holi is round the corner the demand for Chinese water toy guns has increased in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur town.
Gorakhpur, Feb 29 (ANI): The contamination of drinking water is becoming a major cause of worry for residents in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur city, which is witnessing a dramatic increase in the spread of waterborne diseases.
Gorakhpur, Feb 29 (ANI): The contamination of drinking water is becoming a major cause of worry for residents in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur city, which is witnessing a dramatic increase in the spread of waterborne diseases.
Gorakhpur, Feb 26 (ANI): The copper industry in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur District is witnessing a dark phase as dearth of craftsmen in the region has resulted in drastic fall in business.
Gorakhpur, Feb 15 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Yogi Adityanath has slammed Law Minister Salman Khurshid for practising divisive politics through Muslim reservation amid crucial assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh.
Lucknow, Feb 11(ANI): A total of around 59 percent voters on Saturday cast their vote for the 59 seats in nine districts in the second phase of assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh.
Gorakhpur/Mau, Feb 11 (ANI): At least 67 voters in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur District opted for the 'Right to Rejection' by filling up Form 17 (A) under the Rule 49-O in The Conduct of Election Rules, during the ongoing polls as they believed that none of the candidates were suitable to represent them.
Lucknow, Feb 11 (ANI): Over 35 percent of electorate cast their vote till noon in the second phase of Uttar Pradesh assembly elections as no untoward incident were reported so far.
Lucknow, Feb 11 (ANI): Polling for the second phase of assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh for 59 seats began at 7 a.m. this morning and will continue till 5 p.m.
The second phase of Uttar Pradesh (UP) Assembly Election 2012 for 59 seats spread in 10 districts begins Saturday morning amid tight security that will decide the fate of 1,098......
Sunauli/Maharajganj, Feb 10 (ANI): With Uttar Pradesh entering the second phase of assembly polls tomorrow, security has been stepped up along the India-Nepal border to avoid any untoward incident.
Lucknow, Feb 10 (ANI): Polling for the second phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections for 59 seats in 10 Districts would be held on Saturday.
New Delhi/Gorakhpur/Ahmedabad, Feb 9 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said the Congress-led UPA Government must stop harassing the Narendra Modi Government in Gujarat.
Moradabad/ Gorakhpur/ Shahjahanpur, Feb 8 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has accused the Congress, the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) of protecting militants and extremist groups during their respective regimes in Uttar Pradesh.
Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh), Feb.5 (ANI): Several people sustained injuries after Congress and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) activists traded blows in a violent scuffle in poll-bound Gorakhpur on Saturday.
Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh), Feb.5 (ANI): Several people sustained injuries after Congress and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) activists traded blows in a violent scuffle in poll-bound Gorakhpur on Saturday.
Gorakhpur/ Faizabad, Feb 4 (ANI): New data released by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) has revealed that at least 35 percent of the candidates contesting the assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh are tainted.
Gorakhpur/ Faizabad, Feb 4 (ANI): New data released by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) has revealed that at least 35 percent of the candidates contesting the assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh are tainted.
Gorakhpur, Feb 3 (ANI): Lashing out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the 2G spectrum case, Union Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal has demanded an apology from the party after the Supreme Court gave a clean chit to the Prime Minister on the issue.
Gorakhpur, Feb 3 (ANI): Lashing out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the 2G spectrum case, Union Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal has demanded an apology from the party after the Supreme Court gave a clean chit to the Prime Minister on the issue.
Lucknow/Aligarh/Gorakhpur, Jan 20 (ANI): With Uttar Pradesh assembly elections right around the corner, the political mercury has soared across the state, as parties and leaders engage in a war of words on a range of issues.
Gorakhpur, Jan 13 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Yogi Adityanath, who had earlier threatened to quit the party over the induction of sacked Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader Babu Singh Kushwaha, has now declined to campaign in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh.
Gorakhpur, Jan 7 (ANI): Enthusiastic supporters await the arrival of Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur District, as they hope that he would bring in development and prosperity in their area.
Gorakhpur, Oct 28 (ANI): Residents celebrated Diwali for the second day with a message of world peace on Thursday.
Gorakhpur, Oct 22 (ANI): Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has said that we need to formulate a central coordination organisation to tackle Japanese Encephalitis.
Lucknow, Aug 14(ANI): Ahead of the 65th Independence Day, the dilapidated condition of freedom fighters' memorials in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, drew sharp criticism from the locals.
Gorakhpur, Aug 3 (ANI): Japanese encephalitis, a viral disease, continue to affect locals in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur District.
Gorakhpur, July 10(ANI): Zoologists in Uttar Pradesh's Deen Dayal Upadhyaya University have prepared a crop-specific organic fertilizer or vermicompost to get one of the best options available for the treatment of organics-rich solid wastes.
Gorakhpur, May 25 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Nitin Gadkari has said his party will continue their agitation against corruption at higher level.
Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh), Mar.24 (ANI): Students of the Anjuman Islamia Madrasa in Gorakhpur have objected to the United Nations-mandated attack on Libya by allied forces, claiming the offensive is against humanity.
Gorakhpur, Mar.7 (ANI): Families of Indians stranded in Libya fear for their relatives after reports of shelling and lack of essentials emerged from the strife-torn nation.
Gorakhpur, Feb 4 (ANI): Women residing in different villages of Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur District have formed around 160 self-defence groups to fight against exploitation and sexual harassment.
Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh), Dec.27 (ANI): The forest officials along with the help of the local police launched a search operation in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur district on Sunday against a panther that has injured nine people so far.
Gorakhpur, Nov.23 (ANI): Yoga guru Baba Ramdev has said corruption is India's biggest problem and needs to be uprooted.
Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh), Oct. 29 (ANI): Potters in Gorakhpur are happy lot these days as their business has picked up ahead of Diwali.
Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh), Oct.11 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh police raided illicit liquor manufacturing units and made several arrests in Gorakhpur district over the weekend.
Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh), Oct.9 (ANI): Lok Abhiyan, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) has opened a bank for the poverty-ridden children in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur District. The Lok Abhiyan has taught the children how to earn and also save money.
Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh), Oct.7 (ANI): A lady who plans to contest village council polls in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur District, has lodged a strong protest against people with criminal backgrounds contesting the same.
Gorakhpur, Sep 22 (ANI): Security has been tightened along the Indo-Nepal border in Gorakhpur to prevent the entry of anti-social elements ahead of the long-awaited verdict on the Ayodhya title case by the Allahabad High Court on September 24.
Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh), Sep. 18 (ANI): The encephalitis outbreak continues to affect local residents even after the administration has upgraded healthcare centers to ensure rehabilitation and cure for the affected.
Gorakhpur, Sep 5 (ANI): At least 220 are feared dead following an outbreak of encephalitis in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur District.
Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh), Aug 14 (ANI): On the eve of India's 64th Independence Day, the dilapidated condition of freedom fighters' memorials here has drawn sharp criticism from the citizens.
Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh), Aug 7 (ANI): Diarrhoea outbreak is under control after authorities in Gorakhpur city of Uttar Pradesh distributed medicines and spread awareness about the disease.
Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh), Aug 4 (ANI): At least two people have died of diarrhoea over the past two weeks in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur District.
Gorakhpur, July 30 (ANI): The villagers in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur District are unable to take advantage of the Health Smart Cards that have been provided to them by the Central Government under the 'Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojna' (National Health Insurance Scheme).
Gorakhpur, July 27 (ANI): Students of 'madrasas' in Gorakhpur are not getting the benefits of the central government's Mid-Day Meal scheme.
Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh), July 24 (ANI): Facing heavy losses, the artistic and highly acclaimed embroidery business in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur city, is in dire straits after being caught in an endless abyss of rising prices and low incomes.he local workers said the advent of modern technology and machinery has phased out the market for handmade products churned out by the centuries-old embroidery industry, which has spelt a doom for the business.
Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh), July 7 (ANI): With the Uttar Pradesh Secondary Education Council (Uttar Pradesh Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad) changing its secondary and higher secondary curriculum for the year of 2010-2011 and 2012, students and teachers here are in a state of bother this year.
Gorakhpur, June 28 (ANI): Farmers in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur region are worried over increase in diesel and other petroleum prices.
Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh), June 3 (ANI): With the vaccination programme not successfully completed in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur District, the children here are under the threat of Japanese Encephalitis this year.
Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh), Apr 25 (ANI): Locals in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur District are flocking a temple to offer prayers to a Hindu deity as they believe the wrath of the Goddess has led to an outbreak of chickenpox in the region.
Gorakhpur, Mar 9 (ANI): Jail inmates from various district jails in Uttar Pradesh appeared for the board examinations at the Gorakhpur district Jail on Monday.
Gorakhpur, Mar. 5 (ANI): Due to lack of awareness, people in Uttar Pradesh are still reluctant to donate their eyes, despite efforts by various NGOs to spread information about eye donation.
Gorakhpur, Jan 27 (ANI): Five persons, including a policeman in-charge of an armoury, have been arrested for allegedly trading police ammunition in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur district.
Gorakhpur, Jan 26 (ANI): Growing negligence and State Government's apathy is deterring the young high school and college students in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur from joining to the National Cadets Corp (NCC) alongside their academic studies.
Gorakhpur, Jan 21 (ANI): A cremation ground is usually a place visited under compulsion, but Muktipath in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh has surprisingly become a tourist spot.
Gorakhpur, Jan 21 (ANI): A cremation ground is usually a place visited under compulsion, but Muktipath in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh has surprisingly become a tourist spot.
Khushaal Nagar (UP), Jan 21 (ANI): Hookah is no longer the luxury of the riches but now become the savior for many in Uttar Pradesh's Khushaal Nagar village.
Gorakhpur (UP), Dec 26 (ANI): Successful execution of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur district has stopped the rural masses from migrating to urban areas.
Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh), Dec 4(ANI): Yet another case of HIV positive discrimination has been reported from an obscure village in Uttar Pradesh, where a patient has been kept away and also ostracized by the ignorant villagers.
Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh), Dec 1(ANI): In a major step devised to combat terrorism and fraud in the country, around 20 million mobile phones without the IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) was blocked on Tuesday as the deadline set by the Union Government came to an end.
Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh), Nov 12 (ANI): Trained dogs today took part in an inter-frontier dog squad competition organized by the SSB (Armed Border Force).
Gorakhpur, Nov 11 (ANI): China is allegedly using the traditional Indo- Nepal trade route to dump its low cost and less durable consumer goods in India.
Gorakhpur, Oct 19 (ANI): Hundreds of Hindus participated in the festival 'Deep Mahotsav' with utmost devotion by lighting traditional earthen lamps at the famous Surajkund temple in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur district on Sunday.
Gorakhpur, Oct 16 (ANI): The Gorakhpur Environmental Action Group, a voluntary organization, has started a massive AIDS and HIV awareness campaign in the Sardarganj and Campierganj areas of Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh.
Gorakhpur (UP), Oct 9 (ANI): Sericulturists in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur district are hit hard, as the government is unable to provide adequate price for silk cocoons and proper infrastructure to them.esides, saplings of Mulberry trees, on which the silk worms are grown, have not been planted.
Gorakhpur, Oct 4 (ANI): Acute encephalitis that causes inflammation of the brain, is on a rise, which has so far claimed 331 lives in Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh.
Gorakhpur (UP), Oct 3 (ANI): Scores of weavers explore money-spinning opportunities in Gorakhpur, the traditional weaving wheel have come to a stop.
Gorakhpur, Sep 2 (ANI): Sheela, six months pregnant, is like any other expecting mother, except that the child in her womb does not belong to her. When she gives birth three months later, the baby will be handed over to the biological parents.
London, August 25 (ANI): Health officials have said that at least 200 children have died in an outbreak of Japanese encephalitis in northern India.
Susta (Nepal)/Gorakhpur (UP), Aug 24 (ANI): The disputed region of Susta Indo-Nepal border has become a safe haven for criminals who are a threat to wildlife as they indulge in activities like poaching, and smuggling of timber and cane.
Gorakhpur (UP), Aug 18 (ANI): Japanese Encephalitis has claimed eight lives in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur district.
Gorakhpur, Aug 14 (ANI): Japanese Encephalitis has claimed four lives in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur district.
Gorakhpur (Uttra Pradesh), Aug.12 (ANI): Family members of the martyrs of India's freedom struggle in Gorakhpur have expressed their lament over official apathy towards them.
Kharpokhra/Bagaha (Bihar), July 3 (ANI): A railway bridge collapsed in Kharpokhra in Bihar, disrupting railway services.
Lucknow, May 23 (IANS) A 19-year-old college student fatally shot himself in the stomach after being scolded by his parents over studies in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur district, police said Saturday.
Gorakhpur (UP), May 14 (ANI): Mohammed Arif Siddiqui, a philatelist from Gorakhpur of Uttar Pradesh boasts of having collection of hundreds of postal stamps on scores of themes ranging from freedom fighters and kings to Prime Ministers as well as several others.
Gorakhpur, May 10 (ANI): A Muslim in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur area has acquired big popularity for his inclination to sing praises of Lord Rama from Ramayana, the religious text of Hindus, with utter devotion.
Sonouli Border (UP), Dec 10 (ANI): Despite the frequency of terror attacks in India, security along the Indo-Nepal border has largely gone unchecked.
Uttar Pradesh is one of the most important states of the country in terms of agricultural production. More than 85% of its population is rural based and depends
Gorakhpur, Dec.1 (ANI): A large number of farmers in Gorakhpur, who were traditionally engaged in sugarcane cultivation in the Uttar Pradesh province, have taken to banana farming for better returns.
"Who said agriculture is a business of loss. I am saving more than Rs 80,000/- (about USD 1,750) every year and providing bread & butter to my 11 family members who are dependent on me," said Prabhavati Devi
Lucknow, Nov 11 (IANS) A case of looting and dacoity has been filed against a former state minister in Uttar Pradesh, the police said Tuesday.
During the last one decade, Indian state of Uttar Pradesh has been witness to many climatic changes. Eastern Uttar Pradesh has faced severe floods, while Bundelkhand region has faced one of the worst famines of the last decade.
Lucknow, Oct 3 (IANS) In yet another case of counterfeit currency seizure in Uttar Pradesh, a Reserve Bank of India (RBI) team raided the currency chest of Union Bank of India (UBI) in Gorakhpur district Friday and recovered fake notes with a nominal value of Rs.35,000, the police said.
Gorakhpur, Oct.2 (ANI): Charkha, the spinning wheel propagated by Mahatma Gandhi which has been a symbol of freedom movement, has no takers today, with weavers drifting to take to modern methods of weaving yarn.
Allahabad, Sept 27 (ANI): The Chief Judicial Magistrate of Gorakhpur has been directed by the Allahabad High Court to pass an order for another FIR against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Yogi Adityanath and his supporters for allegedly inciting a mob to loot and set afire shops belonging to minority community.
Lucknow, Oct 3 (IANS) In yet another case of counterfeit currency seizure in Uttar Pradesh, a Reserve Bank of India (RBI) team raided the currency chest of Union Bank of India (UBI) in Gorakhpur district Friday and recovered fake notes with a nominal value of Rs.35,000, the police said.
Gorakhpur, Oct.2 (ANI): Charkha, the spinning wheel propagated by Mahatma Gandhi which has been a symbol of freedom movement, has no takers today, with weavers drifting to take to modern methods of weaving yarn.
Allahabad, Sept 27 (ANI): The Chief Judicial Magistrate of Gorakhpur has been directed by the Allahabad High Court to pass an order for another FIR against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Yogi Adityanath and his supporters for allegedly inciting a mob to loot and set afire shops belonging to minority community.
Gorakhpur, Sept 23 (ANI): Authorities in flood-hit Gorakhpur district of Uttar Pradesh sounded red alert after Nepal released water from the Ghagra River and advised evacuation from vulnerable areas as a precautionary measure on Monday.
Darihath Village (Uttar Pradesh), Sept 17 (ANI): Floods might have receded, but villagers are faced with a new problem of trying to cope with the disease outbreak, as an aftermath of floods in Uttar Pradesh.
