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08 May 2022

Thailand man cremates wife after living with her dead body for 21 years

A 72-year-old man from Bangkok lived with his wife's dead body for 21 years. He finally cremated her as he was worried that he could die without holding a funeral. His wife died due to a brain aneurysm after experiencing high blood pressure.

01 May 2022

Man pours petrol in lit pyre in Pune during cremation, 11 injured

In a bizarre and tragic incident reported from Maharashtra's Pune, a man poured petrol during the cremation and the act left at least 11 people injured with severe burns, reported PTI.

15 Jan 2022

Vishal Dadlani's father cremated, pens emotional eulogy

Music composer Vishal Dadlani penned an emotional eulogy after the cremation of his late father Moti Dadlani on Saturday.

CDS Bipin Rawat

11 Dec 2021

CDS Bipin Rawat's daughters immerse ashes of parents in Ganga in Haridwar

CDS General Rawat and his wife Madhulika Rawat were killed in an IAF chopper crash General Bipin Rawat was cremated side by side on the same pyre with his wife Their daughters performed the last rites on December 10

14 Apr 2021

DNA: Young people are getting more infected by the second wave of coronavirus

According to a new information, young people are getting more infected with coronavirus than older people. In Delhi, 65% of the coronavirus cases which are being reported every day are those people whose age is below 45 years.

16 Dec 2020

DNA: Sri Lanka's final decision on funeral!

The Sri Lankan government had decided in April 2020 that the bodies of every person who died of Coronavirus would be burned only, irrespective of their religion. For more information, watch the video.

18 May 2020

Delhi Police performs last rites of elderly woman amid coronavirus lockdown

Delhi Police, which has recently rechristened itself has ‘Dil Ki Police’, showed its humane side by performing the last rites of an elderly woman who died amid the ongoing coronavirus lockdown.

Major Anuj Sood

05 May 2020

Major Anuj Sood martyred in Handwara encounter cremated in Chandigarh

Besides Army officer's family members including his wife, his father, and sister, senior Army officers were also present during the cremation.

Rifleman Gamil Kumar Shrestha

22 Oct 2019

Martyred soldier Rifleman Gamil Kumar Shrestha cremated in Varanasi on Tuesday

Martyr Rifleman Gamil Kumar Shrestha lost his life on October 19 after Pakistan resorted to unprovoked firing along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir Tangdhar sector.

23 Aug 2019

Video shows TN Dalits struggling to cremate body, state allocates burial land

According to district officials, it has been immediately decided to allocate 50 cents government land for a crematorium, pending further approvals.

26 Nov 2017

Faridabad municipal corporation's new rule: No cremations without Aadhaar

In a bizzare move, the Faridabad municipal corporation has reportedly has decided that no cremations will be allowed unless the deceased person's Aadhaar card is produced.

05 Nov 2016

Breaking the tradition, four daughters carry bier of father on their shoulders to Varanasi ghat

Breaking the age old tradition wherein only men performed the last rites, four sisters here have set an example by carrying the bier of their father on their shoulders to the Harishchandra ghat here for cremation.

27 Sep 2016

Odisha: Daughters dismantle own roof top to collect wood for mother's funeral

After the shocking incident of Dana Majhi who carried his dead wife`s body for 10 kms in Odisha`s Kalahandi district, another tragic incident has surfaced in the state where daughters had to dismantle the roof of their home to collect wood for their mother`s funeral.

20 Sep 2016

Uri attack: Martyr Chandrakant Galande cremated with full military honours amid cries of 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai' - SALUTE!

Indian Army soldier Chandrakant Shankar Galande - who was martyred in a terror attack in Uri on Sunday - was cremated with full military honours here on Tuesday morning, officials said.

05 Sep 2016

Why flood-hit Varanasi doms getting few dead to cremate

The Ganga was in spate and the neighbourhoods on its banks in this soulful but chaotic city deluged. And the doms, who cremate the dead to earn their living, are also submerged in gloom -- and wish for intervention, or a little sympathy, from their local MP: Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

11 Aug 2016

Shame! Dalit forced to cremate wife's body in front of house in MP

A Dalit man in Madhya Pradesh`s Morena district cremated the body of his wife in front of his house, claiming he was not allowed to use the cremation ground by upper caste people.

24 May 2016

Soldier killed in Kashmir gun battle cremated with full honours

Thousands of people on Tuesday bade a tearful farewell to Pandurang Mahadev Gawade, a soldier martyred in a gun battle in Kashmir, as his last rites were performed with full military honours at his Amboli village in this district, officials said.

07 Apr 2016

LK Advani's wife Kamla Advani cremated

Kamla Advani died on Wednesday at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences following a heart attack.

02 Mar 2016

Shah Rukh Khan attends father-in-law Ramesh Chandra Chibber's funeral

Shah Rukh Khan is in Delhi to attend the last rites of his father-in-law Colonel Ramesh Chandra Chibber.

09 Feb 2016

`Dead` Chinese baby awakes just before cremation

A Chinese baby boy who was declared dead and spent the night in a morgue showed signs of life just as he was about to be cremated, local TV reported.

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