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- India
MP: Authorities destroy samadhis in Gen Rawat’s in-laws home
Bhopal: Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Gen Bipin Rawat’s brother-in-law Yash Vardhan Singh on Tuesday alleged that on the day when the last rites of the top military officer were performed, some…
- India
UP: Rising water level in Ganga River exposes more graves
Prayagraj: Incessant rains and rising water level in the Ganga river have brought back haunting images of floating bodies in the waters. The increasing water level has exposed the bodies buried in the…
- India
Muslim group in TN performs last rites of COVID-19 victims of other faiths
Chennai: During the COVID-19 pandemic, volunteers of the Tamil Nadu Muslim Munnetra Kazhagam have come forward to bury people who died of COVID-19 and whose family does not have the resources to conduct…
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Muslim woman turns cremator at a Hindu crematorium
Thiruvananthapuram: Subina Rahman is a 29-year-old Commerce graduate with a husband and an eight-year-old son and she is now doing a job which most people will shy away from. She is busy working…
- Bangalore
Faith no bar, help just a call away
Businessman Kashif Pasha’s help in organising final rites of a Hindu woman from a helpless North Indian family in Bengaluru has made headlines in the City’s dailies and earned him encomiums from…
- Andhra Pradesh
AP: Tablighis perform last rites of 560 COVID-19 victims
Tirupati: When 26-year-old K. Damodar Reddy lost his battle to COVID-19 at SVIMS Hospital in this temple town, his blood relatives did not come forward to perform his funeral, but a group of…
- India
Saddened by father’s death due to COVID-19, daughter jumps on his funeral pyre
Barmer: In a tragic incident, a 34-year-old woman sustained severe burns here after she jumped on the funeral pyre of her father, who died after contracting COVID-19, police said on Wednesday. Damodardas Sharda…
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UP: Muslim youths help cremate 60-year-old Hindu man who died of COVID-19
Balrampur: A group of Muslim youth helped cremate a 60-year-old Hindu man, who died of COVID-19 here, as his family members were hesitant to go ahead with the ritual for fear of…
- Telangana
Meet the Muslim youth cremating bodies of COVID-19 victims in Telangana
Hyderabad: At a time when even family members and close friends are turning their backs on those dying of COVID-19 due to fear of getting infected, a group of young heroes from…
- Bangalore
K’taka govt to set up 23 open air cremation grounds around Bengaluru
Bengaluru: With the Karnataka hospitals and crematoriums under a lot of strain with the rising number of bodies of COVID-19 victims, the state government has identified land parcels totalling more than 230.5 acre…
- India
Man carries COVID positive wife’s body on cycle after villagers refuse cremation
In a rather heartbreaking incident that sums up India’s current COVID-19 crisis, a man was seen carrying the body of his dead wife on his bicycle after being denied help in his…
- India
A Hindu woman buried in Muslim graveyard to honour her last wish
Mumbai: While some vested interests are trying hard to create communal hatred dividing society on religious lines, there is yet another case of Hindu Muslim affinity in the Pune district of Maharashtra…
- India
Delhi: Bodies being cremated at parking area of Ghazipur cremation ground amid surge in COVID-19 deaths
New Delhi: Amid the spike in the COVID-19 deaths in Delhi, some people were forced to perform the last rites of their relatives at the parking of cremation ground in Ghazipur in…
- India
Long wait at crematoriums in Gujarat amid COVID-19 surge
Ahmedabad: Relatives of COVID-19 victims as well as those who died of other ailments are forced to wait for hours for performing the last rites as many crematoriums in Gujarat are witnessing…
- Hyderabad
GHMC to take up modernizing old crematoria
Hyderabad: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) will initiate works to modernize several crematoria venues, as a part of the state government’s plan to upgrade their facilities. K Taraka Rama Rao, minister…
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