After the Bharatiya Janata Party announced his candidature from the Jaunpur constituency, Uttar Pradesh, in the upcoming Lok Sabha election, Kripashankar Singh expressed confidence in winning the seat.
Under the Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Scheme, the Uttar Pradesh government is set to complete a total of 407 development projects spanning more than 29 districts in the state, said officials.
The Uttar Pradesh government is now accelerating road construction in rural areas of Ayodhya, Azamgarh, Chitrakoot, Deoria, Hapur, Jaunpur, Kushinagar, Lakhimpur Kheri, Maharajganj, Mau, Pilibhit, Prayagraj, and Shahjahanpur districts.
While issuing the threat, the accused allegedly demanded Rs 2 lakh and claimed that he will leave for Malaysia with his men once he will get the money, the police said.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday, the sixth day of the election campaign for the upcoming Urban Local Body elections, held public meetings ahead of the municipal elections in Moradabad, Pratapgarh, Jaunpur, and Varanasi.
Uttar Pradesh is moving in the right and positive direction, said Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday, adding, the state's youth do not currently experience an identity crisis.
A 17-year-old girl, who went missing from Jaunpur in UP after an altercation with her mother, was rescued near a brothel area in the national capital, informed Delhi police officials on Tuesday.
The Uttar Pradesh police in Jaunpur arrested two persons for allegedly slapping a Child Development Project Officer during a discussion on food grains distribution, it said on Friday.
Not only 'Banarasi Paan', but Mathura's 'Peda', Agra's 'Petha' and Kanpur's 'Sattu' and 'Bukunu' would also get GI tags as part efforts of Uttar Pradesh government to provide wider recognition to local goods.