Date:12/11/2007 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/11/12/stories/2007111257510100.htm

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First Indian Haj flight arrives in Jeddah

Dubai: Indian officials have made all necessary arrangements for Haj pilgrims as the first plane from India carrying 259 faithfuls arrived in Jeddah from Lucknow.

The Indian flag carrier with 259 Haj pilgrims, which arrived in Jeddah from Lucknow on Sunday, was received by the Indian ambassador to Saudi Arabia M O H Farooq. Indian officials told PTI that three more flights, one each from Srinagar, Nagpur and Kolkata, are arriving on Sunday. Ausaf Sayeed, Indian Consul-General in Jeddah, told PTI that all arrangements for receiving the pilgrims had been made. — PTI