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Gorakhpur: City in Uttar Pradesh, India
Gorakhpur is a city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, along the banks of the Rapti river in the Purvanchal region. It is situated 272 kilometres east of the state capital, Lucknow. It is the administrative headquarters of Gorakhpur district, North Eastern Railway Zone and Gorakhpur division. The city is home to the Gorakhnath Math, a Gorakhnath temple. The city also has had an Indian Air Force station since 1963. Gita Press, the world's largest publisher of Hindu religious texts like Ramayana and Mahabharat, has been established here since 1926.

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In a heart-wrenching series of events following the Kuwait fire incident, families across India received the mortal remains of their loved ones. In Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, tearful and inconsolable..

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LS Elections Results 2024: Gorakhpur Winning Candidate Ravi Kishan Exclusively Speaks to Oneindia [Video]

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UP LS Election 2024: Yogi Adityanath Confident of Modi Govt's Victory, Casts his Vote in Gorakhpur [Video]

UP LS Election 2024: Yogi Adityanath Confident of Modi Govt's Victory, Casts his Vote in Gorakhpur

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Watch an exclusive interview with Ravi Kishan directly from Gorakhpur, where he shares his thoughts on CM Yogi and the upcoming 2024 elections. In this candid conversation, Ravi Kishan becomes a..

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TOI Dialogues: How Yogi government ended mafiaraj in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur

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TOI Dialogues: From land of gang wars, Gorakhpur now key contributor to Uttar Pradesh's growth, says BJP MP Ravi Kishan


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Curtains come down on LS campaigning, action shifts to polling in high-stake seats

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In eastern UP’s axis of power, it’s development vs caste calculus

Gorakhpur, the constituency of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, has transformed from a crime-ridden area to a hub of development projects under his leadership. The district successfully eradicated the..
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‘INDIA bloc is an immature dal, will disappear after polls’

Actor-politician Ravi Kishan, seeking re-election from Gorakhpur, emphasizes BJP's landslide victory prospects based on PM Modi and CM Yogi's works. He criticizes the opposition's personal attacks on..
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In Yogi backyard, a development vs caste battle brews

Gorakhpur witnessed a transformation with the construction of Vikas Bhawan in the late '80s leading to new AIIMS, fertilizer plant, and a zoological garden. The city is home to Goraksh Peeth..
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UP CM offers prayers at Gorakhnath Temple, interacts with children

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath visited Gorakhnath Temple in Gorakhpur, emphasizing the temple's significance in the upcoming 2024 Lok Sabha elections and the battle between Ram devotees..
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Gorakhpur Lok Sabha constituency: Candidates list, voting date, present MP and other details

Gorakhpur will vote on June 1 in the final and seventh phase of the 18th Lok Sabha polls.
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Lok Sabha Elections 2024: PM Modi to lead roadshow in Jabalpur today

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UP news: CM Yogi Adityanath lays foundation of Rs 1,200 crore ethanol plant in Gorakhpur, says farmers' income to rise

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Meet IAS Ravi Kumar NG, UP cadre, who replaced Ritu Maheshwari as Greater Noida Authority CEO

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PM Modi’s retort to Congress, extols contributions of Gita Press in Gorakhpur

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday waxed eloquent about Mahatma Gandhi’s attachment to Gita Press and the latter’s contributions in maintaining Gandhian values. His remarks is seemingly a..
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In first leg of 4-state tour, PM Modi launches projects worth over Rs 20,000 crore in Chhattisgarh & UP

In the first leg of a two-day whirlwind tour across four states, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday visited Raipur in poll-bound Chhattisgarh, Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh besides also making a stop..
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Pics: How world class Gorakhpur railway station will look like; PM Modi to lay foundation stone on July 7

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of Gorakhpur Railway Station redevelopment on July 7. "The station will be redeveloped at a cost of around Rs.498 crore and will provide world..
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PM Modi to visit 4 states including Telangana, Rajasthan on July 7-8, to announce 50 projects worth Rs 50,000 crore

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Was kept in dark, says Adhir Ranjan Choudhury, part of jury for Gandhi Peace Prize

In a dramatic twist to the controversy over the Gorakhpur-based Gita Press being awarded the Gandhi Peace Prize, leader of Congress party in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Choudhury on Tuesday claimed that he..
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Congress slams BJP over Gandhi prize, Amit Shah hails Gita Press

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Gandhi Peace Prize 2021 to be conferred on Gita Press

The Gandhi Peace Prize for 2021 will be conferred on Gita Press, Gorakhpur, in recognition of its "outstanding contribution towards social, economic and political transformation through non-violent and..
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Summer Special Train: Gorakhpur-Dehar Ka Balaji route introduced for peak season travel

Railways introduces a summer special train that will run weekly between Gorakhpur and Dehar Ka Balaji.
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PM Modi to virtually inaugurate third Khelo India University Games today

Khelo India University Games: The competitions will be organised in Varanasi, Gorakhpur, Lucknow and Gautam Buddha Nagar.
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Indian Railways to run special Holi trains between Gorakhpur and Amritsar.
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The 520 km expressway will connect Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur to West Bengal's Siliguri.
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Delhi shocker: Man shoots daughter dead, wife helps dispose of body in trolley bag; cops suspect honour killing

The family is a native of of Baluni in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur and migrated to the national capital after Nitesh Yadav found a job there.
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Gorakhpur: Mother, son die by suicide after consuming poison; property dispute suspected

Due to the argument over the mother's demand for money from the elder son for the younger son, both the mother and the younger son consumed poison.
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1 5 die on way home for Diwali from Hyderabad to UP

Fifteen migrant workers died while 40 others were injured, many of them critically, when the bus they were travelling in crashed into a truck on a ghat road in MP's Rewa district late Friday. From..
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Madhya Pradesh: 14 killed, 40 injured after bus collides with trolley in Rewa

Madhya Pradesh bus accident: The bus was going from Hyderabad to Gorakhpur.
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Video: UP CM Yogi Adityanath feeds milk to leopard cub in Gorakhpur

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was accompanied by BJP MP Ravi Kishan in Gorakhpur.
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Gorakhpur riots: SC dismisses plea challenging denial of sanction to prosecute UP CM Yogi Adityanath


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"PM Narendra Modi has changed politics in the country": BJP president J P Nadda

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Gorakhpur-bound SpiceJet Boeing 737 plane's windshield cracks mid-flight

SpiceJet said in a statement that the ATC was informed about the aircraft, which landed safely at the Mumbai airport.
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Gorakhpur rape victim dies in hospital, police arrest suspect named in video

The victim was undergoing treatment in the Gorakhpur hospital where she died on Monday.
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RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat to visit Lucknow today

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Yogi Adityanath 2.0 swearing-in: A look at the Uttar Pradesh CM's political journey

Yogi Adityanath commenced his political journey in 1998 becoming the youngest MP from Gorakhpur.
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Akhilesh Yadav: Fought hard but failed to send Adityanath 'back to Gorakhpur'


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6th phase UP polls: BJP will win over 80 per cent seats, says Yogi Adityanath after casting vote in Gorakhpur

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday cast his vote in Gorakhpur in the sixth phase polling for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections and said that the Bharatiya Janata Party will win..
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UP elections 2022: CM Yogi’s assembly poll debut today in Phase 6

CM Yogi Adityanath will face his maiden assembly election as a contestant from Gorakhpur, known for its Gorakhnath Math that he heads as the chief priest, when 57 constituencies of Uttar Pradesh vote..
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Rajnath Singh hits out at Samajwadi Party, BSP; says 'Laxmi doesn't visit on cycle or elephant'

Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh launched an attack on the opposition while speaking at a polling rally in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh.
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SP fields late BJP vice-president's widow against Yogi in Gorakhpur


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