Agencies
Three near-simultaneous bomb blasts have killed 13 people in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh (UP), the state government says.
Nine people were killed in the holy city of Varanasi, UP Chief Minister Mayawati told journalists, and four in the city of Faizabad.
The other attack was in the state capital, Lucknow.
There have been a number of bomb attacks in India this year, which have left well over 100 people dead.
Reports said the blasts occurred within five minutes of each other, near or outside local courts. [Read more]