Allahabad, Nov 29 : Former Prime Minister V. P. Singh’s funeral procession has begun from his ancestral house Aish Mahal in Allahabad. He will be cremated at the Sangam today.

The former Prime Minister passed away on Thursday afternoon after a prolonged illness.

A special aircraft flew Singh’s body here on Friday afternoon.

His eldest son Ajeya Singh will perform the last rites.

The Allahabad High Court has reserved its judgment on the issue of sugar price fixation by the state government of UP. The petition was filed by the sugar mill association challenging the validity of government's move to fix sugarcane prices unilaterally. It is to be noted that state government has fixed the price of sugar cane as Rs 140 per quintal for session 2008-09 which was rejected by millers.

The state is the second largest produce of sugarcane in the country having large number of cane crushing mills.

Allahabad, Nov 29: Former Prime Minister V P Singh who passed away on Thursday afternoon after a prolonged illness, will be cremated at the Sangam in Allahabad today.

Varanasi/Allahabad, Nov 9 : Hindu devotees took a holy dip in the river Ganges at Varanasi and Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh to mark the onset of the auspicious marriage season on Sunday.

Hindus believe that by taking a holy dip on the occasion of ''Devotthan Ekadashi'' (11th day of lunar fortnight of Kartika month in Hindu calendar) makes their married lives hassle free and for those intending to get married, the marriage would get solemnized without any difficulties.