Sharjah, Oct 23 (IANS/WAM) A leading bank in the United Arab Emirates has launched a no-profit financing service for Haj pilgrims to help its needy clients perform the holy journey.

CHANDIGARH - Punjab has sought Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's intervention in US President Barack Obama's proposed visit to the Golden Temple in Amritsar which ran into trouble over the issue of what headgear he should wear to enter the Sikh shrine.