crematoriums
- World
China’s crematoriums fill up amid rise in COVID-19 cases: Report
Beijing: As COVID-19 cases continue to rise at a meteoric pace in China, crematoriums throughout the country are getting packed and people are forced to wait for hours to get their loved…
- World
China shifts how it counts Covid deaths as crematoriums fill up
Beijing: Facing growing scepticism that it is downplaying Covid deaths, the Chinese government defended the accuracy of its official tally by revealing it had updated its method of counting fatalities caused by…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: GHMC to revamp crematoriums for people of all religions
Hyderabad: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) is planning to construct crematoriums that could aid people from Muslim, Hindu and, Christian communities perform the last rites on the same site. The construction…
- India
Employees at crematoriums, cemeteries demand priority in vaccinations
New Delhi : With the increase in deaths due to COVID-19 in the country, employees at crematoriums and cemeteries have urged the government to give them vaccination on priority as they are…
- Hyderabad
1,000 tonnes of free firewood for crematoriums in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: The Telangana State Forest Development Corporation on Tuesday decided to provide 1,000 tonnes of firewood free of cost to crematoriums in and around Hyderabad in view of the high demand for wood…
- India
COVID-19: Left to fate, 2 Muslims cremate bodies of Hindus in Bhopal
Hyderabad: Two Muslim workers of the Bhopal Municipal Corporation have been performing the last rites of Hindu coronavirus (COVID-19) victims whose kin have refused to cremate the bodies due to fear of getting…
- Hyderabad
Telangana high court strongly condemns TIMS conduct
Hyderabad: The Telangana high court strongly condemned the state government over the pathetic conditions at the Gachibowli based hospital Telangana Institute of Medical Sciences (TIMS). In the plea submitted in the High…
- India
India’s COVID-19 crisis in pictures
India is going through a difficult situation as the second wave of the COVID-19 has hit the country hard with daily cases going past 3 lakh and the death toll also taking…
- Photos
In Pics: COVID-19 deaths in Delhi
New Delhi: Mass cremation of COVID-19 victims at Old Seemapuri Crematorium as coronavirus cases surge, in New Delhi, Friday, April 23, 2021. (PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist) New Delhi: Mass cremation of COVID-19 victims…
- India
#ResignModi trends as public blame PM for monstrous COVID-19 wave
Hyderabad: In early March, with a heavy sense of optimism, union health minister Harsh Vardhan declared that India is in the ‘endgame’ of the COVID-19 pandemic. The country was reporting merely 11,000…
- India
COVID-19: As bodies pile up, crematoriums overburdened in cities
Hyderabad: An unprecedented situation has gripped the country, which is currently struggling with the second wave of COVID-19 cases. The grim situation is pushing the death toll further up by the day,…
- Photos
Photos: Bodies lined up for cremation across country amid Covid-19 spike
Surat: Bodies of COVID-19 victims lined up for cremation at the Ashvini Kumar crematorium, in Surat, Thursday, April 15, 2021. (PTI Photo) Ambulances, carrying bodies of COVID-19 victims, parked outside Hindon river…
- Top Stories
Crematorium furnaces in Gujarat melting due to surging COVID-19 deaths
Surat: Metal structures of furnaces at some crematoriums in Surat have started melting or breaking as they are being used round-the-clock due to the rush of bodies amid the COVID-19 pandemic, officials…
- Telangana
TS govt constructed 8,001 crematoriums, 12,301 dump yards in villages: Minister
Hyderabad: Telangana Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Minister Errabelli Dayakar Rao on Wednesday informed the Assembly that the state government has constructed 8,001 Crematoriums and 12,301 dump yards in villages by spending…
