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Police were also investigating whether the explosives were meant for Naxalites.
A Special Task Force team from Lucknow has also rushed to Gorakhpur for further investigation.
Attacking the BJP, Akhilesh Yadav said the specifications of the project had been lowered by the current government.
Since the historic judgment of the apex court that paved the way for the construction of a Ram temple by a trust at the disputed site in Ayodhya, and ruled that an alternative five-acre plot must be found for a mosque in the Hindu holy town, a large number of devotees have been flocking to Ayodhya, several among them making their maiden visit to the city.
Five coaches of the Awadh Express were destroyed in a fire which broke out near Ahmedabad in the wee hours of Monday, railway sources said.
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Sonepur-Gorakhpur passenger train was passing through the Chamua halt when the ultras triggered a powerful bomb causing damage to railway tracks.
Alam, a resident of Gola Bazaar in Gorakhpur, was picked up from Kolkata in December last year for his alleged involvement in the blasts. Alam, an employee at the West Bengal government's Power Department, is presently being interrogated by the police. ''The STF realised its folly during the interrogation. He is expected to be released soon,'' the official said.
Six people were killed in rain-related incidents in Uttar Pradesh where major rivers flowed above the red mark today as showers drenched several parts of the state.
Adityanath also asked the the staff to make the atmosphere in the building healthy and clean by avoiding the use plastic.
Taking cognisance of unlawful activities being carried out by Bajrang Dal in Ayodhya on May 10, the Faizabad police has lodged an FIR against 50 activists and office bearers of the saffron outfit for disturbing peace, law and order and communal harmony, Faizabad SSP Mohit Gupta said.
If you are young and dressed in hip attire, you are bound to go through an extra security check at the hands of security personnel posted in the highly sensitive Kashi Vishwanath-Gyanwapi complex in Varanasi.
The explosives were recovered at around 2 am from the second class waiting room on platform No 1 of the station during a routine search by railway police personnel, sources said.
The objective of the entire programme will be to promote Ayodhya, the birth place of Lord Rama, as a tourist destination.
The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen MP from Hyderabad, chanted "Jai Bheem, Jai Meem, Takbeer Allahu Akbar, Jai Hind", after members from the ruling side shouted slogans of 'Jai Shri Ram', 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai' and 'Vande Mataram'.
Meanwhile, the Congress said that that it is ready to go it alone in Uttar Pradesh in the Lok Sabha election.
'The Congress's policy is it will take benefits from everybody, but when it gets an opportunity, it does not want to share it with others'
'Recently we held a video conference with a host (about 100) of US companies that want to move their base from China to Uttar Pradesh.'
The acquired land complex at Ayodhya has been declared unsafe in a report by the fire department that says its temporary structures do not fulfill safety norms.
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Adding fuel to fire in the recent conversion-row, working president of right-wing organisation Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Pravin Togadia said ancestors of Indian Muslims and Christians were Hindus.
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Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath attributed the impressive show by his party to the "alert voters" who he said rejected the 'mahagathbandhan' (grand alliance) of opposition parties.
He also spoke against demand to ban the use of DJs or music systems during kanwar yatra.
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The train was on its way from Gorakhpur to Mathura.
