Star wars: Bhojpuri actors faceoff in BJP fortress GorakhpurTtwo Bhojpuri filmstars from BJP and SP are contesting for the Gorakhpur Lok Sabha seat. BJP's Ravi Kishan faces SP's Kajal Nishad. There a...
31 May, 2024, 11.49 AM IST
UP Polls 2022: BJP banks on Yogi to deliver GorakhpurThe BJP has denied tickets to four MLAs. One of these seats, Chauri Chaura, has gone to alliance partner Nishad Party and Shravan Nishad is...
28 Feb, 2022, 12.35 AM IST
Battle for UP: SP candidate seeks blessings from BJP leaders in fight against YogiIn another similar photograph, Shubhawati Shukla is seen taking the blessings of former BJP MP and retired Lieutenant General, Prakash Mani...
17 Feb, 2022, 09.32 AM IST
UP polls: BSP releases list of 54 candidates, fields Khwaja Samsuddin against AdityanathThe Bahujan Samaj Party has fielded Santosh Tiwari from Fazilnagar assembly constituency in Kushinagar district. Tiwari will take on Samajw...
05 Feb, 2022, 01.17 PM IST
Yogi Adityanath second UP CM to contest from Gorakhpur districtSingh had contested from Maniram assembly seat of the Gorakhpur district while being a Chief Minister. There was a mixed reaction from poli...
17 Jan, 2022, 01.20 PM IST
BJP has already sent Adityanath home, says Akhilesh after UP CM fielded from GorakhpurSpeaking to reporters here, the SP chief said, "As far as contesting elections is concerned, earlier it was said that he (Adityanath) will ...
15 Jan, 2022, 03.56 PM IST
Gorakhpur polls centre on Praveen Nishad votersNishad Party has considerable influence 350,000-odd Nishad voters of Gorakhpur and the BJP expects to gain from bringing the party into the...
18 May, 2019, 08.31 AM IST
National security and Kashmir focus of Amit Shah's roadshowsDuring his speech after the roadshow in Ballia, Shah focused on the issue of national security and attacked Congress strategist Sam Pitroda...
17 May, 2019, 09.28 AM IST
BJP announces Ravi Kishan as its candidate from Gorakhpur, Praveen Nishad from Sant Kabir NagarThe party also declared sitting MP Praveen Nishad as its candidate from Sant Kabir Nagar by dropping Sharad Tripathi, who had beaten a loca...
15 Apr, 2019, 04.22 PM IST
NISHAD boss meets Yogi Adityanath in big political churn ahead of pollsThough Akhilesh promised a swift decision, NISHAD party workers were upset their party symbol or name did not figure on the alliance’s camp...
30 Mar, 2019, 11.06 AM IST
Brand Adityanath suffers a dent after defeat on home turfBJP's Gorakhpur candidate Upendra Shukla lost by nearly 22,000 votes. Party sources say Shukla was the central leadership’s choice and not ...
15 Mar, 2018, 07.46 AM IST
Is the BJP poll juggernaut slowing? Lessons for the party from setbacks in UPThe results may raise questions over the BJP’s micro-planning for booth management in its organizational structure.
14 Mar, 2018, 08.31 PM IST
Voting for Phulpur, Gorakhpur bypoll tomorrowTight security arrangements have been made with nearly 6,500 personnel of central armed para-military forces deployed, apart from PAC and h...
10 Mar, 2018, 05.38 PM IST
BJP names candidates for three Lok Sabha by-elections in UP, BiharGorakhpur has been represented in the Lok Sabha by the head of the Goraksh peeth since 1989.
20 Feb, 2018, 08.09 AM IST
BJP announces candidates for UP Lok Sabha by-pollsThe two Lok Sabha seats fell vacant after CM Yogi Adityanath & Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya resigned as members following their appointme...
19 Feb, 2018, 07.56 PM IST
Gorakhpur: NISHAD candidate to fight on SP symbolBJP claimed its win in Gorakhpur was “merely a formality” given the influence of chief minister Yogi Adityanath on his erstwhile seat.
19 Feb, 2018, 07.56 AM IST
Congress, Samajwadi Party to contest UP Lok Sabha bypolls separatelyDecision may have brightened BJP's prospects in Gorakhpur and Phulpur Lok Sabha constituencies, for which the by-elections are taking place.
18 Feb, 2018, 07.40 PM IST