UP police additional director general (ADG), prosecution cell, Ashutosh Pandey said the courts also expedited the matter when charges were framed in nine cases against Ansari, a five-time former MLA from Mau.

The 100th edition of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Mann Ki Baat was heard by thousands of BJP workers at 30286 booths in 16 organizational districts of Kashi region, including Varanasi on Sunday, said Kashi region BJP spokesperson Navratan Rathi.

Party candidates admit that at various places people have been reminding them about the issue, some even announcing a poll boycott in protest against the alleged indifferent approach of the local administration and municipal corporation on the issue.

The number of children with an allergy or asthma goes up during season change, particularly when allergens or pollutants are high in the air, said doctors.

The urban local bodies' elections are slated to take place in two phases on May 4 and May 11.

Guddu Muslim, involved in the murder of a lawyer and two police guards, has been evading police for over two months.

Two multi-specialty hospitals with 400-bed capacity each are set to be built in Lucknow and on the Varanasi-Mirzapur border, following investments promised at the Uttar Pradesh Investors? Summit in February. The state government has vowed to ensure the process is not delayed, and healthcare providers have called for a single-window clearance system to speed up the approvals process. Medanta and Apollo are among the chains that already operate in the state.

Parveen is currently believed to be guarding her husband’s illegal empire, comprising benami properties, shell companies, worth hundreds of crores.

He said in Gorakhpur roads were below the drainage level that led to water logging and BJP had failed to address the problem. The much-awaited Gordhiya Nala project was yet to be completed, he added.