The Chief Minister said public roads are used by workers, traders, patients and emergency services, and blocking them creates problems for ordinary people.
A disturbing murder came to light at Lucknow's Gomti Nagar station after railway staff found the dismembered, headless body of an unidentified woman packed inside a locked box.
In Shravasti, UP, a married Hindu woman has accused a man named Irfan of trapping her in a fake relationship, drugging her, and recording obscene videos.