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Rs 4.11 cr largesse for Magh Mela pilgrims

Lucknow, Apr 16 (UNI) Uttar Pradesh Government has sanctioned Rs 4.11 crore largesse for the convenience of the pilgrims thronging the holy city Allahabad during the religious tempest Magh and Ardh Kumbh Mela.

According to the Urban Development Department, the state government had sanctioned Rs 4.11 crore for the construction of a rest house near the 'Mela' site.

A team under the leadership of 'Mela' officer, Allahabad, had been constituted to keep an eye over work efficiency.

With regard to the selection of the construction site, orders had been issued to avoid flood-hit areas.

UNI ATI RC ND1905

Three NATO soldiers killed in Afghan clashes

Kabul, July 28: Three NATO troops and an Afghan soldier have been killed in two separate clashes with insurgents in Afghanistan, the alliance said. The identities of the NATO soldiers were not given. Two of the NATO soldiers and the Afghan were killed yesterday in an area of eastern Nuristan province in a clash with Taliban rebels. Thirteen NATO soldiers were wounded in that incident. The third NATO soldier was killed in.....
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