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24 Nov 2018

No space will be left for Muslim burials after 1 year: Delhi Minority Commissi

There will be no space left for Muslim burials in the national Capital after a year, a Delhi Minorities Commission (DMC) report said, seeking remedial measures like allocation of land and provision of temporary graves. The report was released by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. As per records, there are 704 Muslim graveyards in various parts of Delhi, out of which only 131 are functional. Of the functioning 131 graveyards, 16 are not operational due to litigation while 43 others are encroached upon by different entities, the report said. Most graveyards in the city are small, measuring 10 bighas or less and 46 percent of them measure five bighas or less.

08 Mar 2018

Man presumed dead wakes at morgue, dies 'again' during funeral preparation

Huang was reportedly suffering from terminal stomach cancer and when his wife noticed he was not breathing, she assumed he had passed on.

28 Feb 2017

Muslims should be cremated, there's no space to bury 20 cr people: BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj

Sakshi Maharaj, who is known for making making inflammatory remarks, has courted a controversy as he remarked that a law should be enforced to stop the construction of graveyard and that Muslims should be cremated since there is not enough land for graveyards.

07 Mar 2016

Facebook to become world's biggest virtual graveyard by 2098: Study

This will happen because the website refuses to delete dead users and instead turns the account into a "memorialised" version.

24 Nov 2015

Japanese woman feared murdered in Bangladesh; buried as Muslim

A 60-year-old Japanese woman living illegally in Bangladesh is feared to have been murdered and buried in a graveyard here as a Muslim after she went missing last month, police said on Tuesday as they arrested five people in this connection.

23 Nov 2015

Kerala forests turn 'graveyard' of wild jumbos; 270 dead since January

As many as 40 per cent of the dead animals were males and 60 per cent were females, the figures released by Thrissur based Heritage Animal Task Force said.

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