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Scores of funerals held across Myanmar

Nay Pyi Taw: Scores of funerals were held across Myanmar on Sunday after the daily death toll resulting from clashes between protesters and the military junta rose to its highest-ever level. The funeral…

Photo: Indian housemaid laid to rest in Al Khobar

By Irfan Mohammed Jeddah: The body of a poor woman of Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh who was working as a housemaid in Saudi Arabia has finally buried. Her last rites were…

Telangana: 22 members of extended family test positive for COVID-19

Hyderabad: A post-funeral gathering has turned out to be a virtual super spreader in Telangana with 22 members of an extended family testing positive for COVID-19. As many as 38 people who stayed…

Photos: Funeral of Ram Vilas Paswan

Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar pays tribute to the mortal remains of Union Minister and Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) leader Ramvilas Paswan, who passed away on Thursday evening, before his cremation,…

20-yr-old Asma comes back to life just before funeral rites

Meerut: A young woman patient, who was declared dead by doctors in Delhi, came back to life while she was being taken home for the funeral. The curious incident has been reported…

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Man who arranged 267 COVID victims’ funerals feels let down

New Delhi: Amid the grave fear of coronavirus infection, a man obsessed with helping others has performed funeral of 267 Covid-19 victims. He continued on the mission even at the cost of contracting…

Maulana Naseeruddin’s sons booked for performing funeral

Hyderabad: Saidabad police have booked a case against two sons of Maulana Naseeruddin for allegedly violating the Government guidelines in performing funeral. Police claim that the cleric had died with COVID-19. According…

Maulana Naseeruddin’s funeral performed in Sayeedabad

Hyderabad: Funeral prayers of Maulana Mohammed Naseeruddin was performed at Sayeedabad Ujale-Shah Eid Gah grounds and the burial (Tadfeen) was carried out at the abutting graveyard. Scores of public and his followers…

4,100 booked for lockdown violation at god-man funeral in UP

Kanpur: Nearly 4,100 people have been booked for lockdown violation in Kanpur. These are the devotees of Shobhan Sarkar, the ‘gold digger’ saint who died on Wednesday. The saint was laid to rest…

COVID-19 effect: Yogi says can’t attend father’s funeral

Lucknow/New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s father Anand Bisht died on Monday and will be cremated in Haridwar at a funeral which will not be attended by the CM, who said…

Funeral without family: Hyd man laid to rest by health workers

HYDERABAD: In a sad and shocking case, health workers in Hyderabad performed the funeral of a 74-year-old Khaja Hameeduddin, who became the first person in Telangana to die of the deadly coronavirus. Soon after…

UP Police retrieve woman’s body from funeral pyre

Bulandshahr: The Uttar Pradesh Police have retrieved the body of a woman from a burning pyre here, after which it was sent for post-mortem. The woman identified as Poonam died under mysterious…

Jagan orders State funeral for Kodela

Amaravati: The body of senior TDP leader and former Assembly Speaker Kodela Sivaprasada Rao will be cremated with full state honours, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, has said. The…

Muslims perform last rites of Brahmin uncle with all rituals

A splendid example of social brotherhood has been seen in Amreli district of Gujarat where three Muslim brothers cremated their Brahmin uncle according to Hindu rituals. According to the Times Of India…

Nigeria: Boko Haram attacks on funeral; 70 killed

Abuja: At least 55 villagers were killed in three separate attacks by Boko Haram militants in Nigeria’s northeastern state of Borno, an official said. Babagana Umara Zulum, Governor of Borno state, told…

Two days mourning, state funeral announced for Dikshit

New Delhi: The Delhi government announced two-day state mourning for former Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, who died on Saturday, and also to accord her a state funeral. “Delhi government has decided to…

Sleepwell founder, ex-MP Sheela Gautam dead at 88

Lucknow: Sheela Gautam, a four-time BJP MP from Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh and the founder-chairperson of the famed mattress company Sleepwell, has died in the national capital, officials have confirmed. She was…

Pulwama: Funeral of local militant died in an encounter

Shopian: The funeral prayers of Aqib Ahmad who was killed in an encounter was performed in his ancestral village Hillow, Shopian (South Kashmir). According to the sources, he was a local militant…

Shopian Encounter: Funeral of Local Militant Aqib offered

Pulwama: People gathered to offer the funeral prayers of a Local Militant Aqib of Batnoora Village in District Pulwama (South Kashmir). Aqib along with his two associates got killed in an encounter…

Yemen rebels hold mass funeral for victims of strikes

Sanaa: Yemeni rebels held a mass funeral Thursday for civilians killed in strikes in a northern region caught in a battle between insurgents and local tribes. The Huthi rebels’ Saba news agency…

Himachal CM, Nadda attend CRPF martyr’s funeral

Shimla: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur and Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda on Saturday visited the native village of CRPF trooper Tilak Raj, who was killed in the terror attack…

Veteran actor Kader Khan’s funeral held in Canada

Mississauga [Canada]: The funeral of veteran actor Kader Khan, who passed away at the age of 81 on January 1, was held here on Wednesday. The last rites were performed in the…