Poor mentality: Himanta Biswa Sarma slams Congress for politicising Manmohan Singh's 'last journey'Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma criticized Congress for politicizing the funeral of former PM Manmohan Singh. The former PM was given a state ...
30 Dec, 2024, 07.13 AM IST
Manmohan Singh's last journey to commence from Congress HQ at 9.30 am on SaturdayFormer prime minister Manmohan Singh's final journey will start from the Congress headquarters to the cremation ground at 9.30 am on Saturd...
27 Dec, 2024, 02.13 PM IST
Searching for clean air in Delhi-NCR? Harsh Goenka suggests an unexpected location- Gurgaon cremation groundHarsh Goenka noted that the air quality of a cremation ground in Gurgaon is better than the city and Delhi. Gurgaon authorities have taken ...
29 Nov, 2024, 09.54 AM IST
CDS General Bipin Rawat, wife Madhulika cremated with full military honoursGen Rawat, his wife, and 11 other defence personnel were killed when a Mi17V5 helicopter carrying them crashed near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu o...
10 Dec, 2021, 07.54 PM IST
Cost of death: How and why funeral rates have gone up across this Covid-wracked countryThe past few weeks have been harrowing for the 49-year-old funeral arranger at Delhi’s Sarai Kale Khan cremation ground. There were days wh...
22 May, 2021, 11.00 PM IST
Plea to increase cremation, burial sites in national capital: HC seeks Centre, Delhi govt standA bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Jasmeet Singh issued a notice to the Centre, Delhi government, National Disaster Management ...
04 May, 2021, 12.38 PM IST
Delhi crematoriums, graveyards struggle to manage resources as Covid-19 kills 409 in just 13 days"At this rate, we will run short of land in a month," he tells at the Qabristan Ahle Islam near ITO. "Since last week, on an average 10-15 ...
14 Apr, 2021, 09.08 PM IST
MCDs allege under-reporting of COVID deaths in Delhi, AAP accuses BJP of 'politicising' issueAccording to Delhi government data, the total number of coronavirus deaths in the city was 8,512 as on November 23, while the civic bodies ...
25 Nov, 2020, 05.06 PM IST
Hathras case: Security beefed up at Jantar Mantar as hundreds gather to protestSenior lawyer Prashant Bhusan, actor Swara Bhasker, CPI(M) leaders Brinda Karat and Sitaram Yechury, and AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj are a...
02 Oct, 2020, 07.20 PM IST
Delhi needs additional beds and land for burialIn a letter written to the magistrates on Monday, the DDMA has asked them to identify on "top priority" indoor air conditioned rooms, prefe...
01 Jun, 2020, 10.55 PM IST
Cremation of coronavirus victim a challenge tooThe management of Nigambodh Ghat crematorium was reluctant to allow cremation of the body until municipal health officials arrived. The fam...
15 Mar, 2020, 10.51 AM IST
Nation bids adieu to former finance minister Arun JaitleyThe 66-year-old leader passed away at the AIIMS on Saturday. He was undergoing treatment at the hospital, where he was admitted on August 9.
25 Aug, 2019, 04.14 PM IST
Surjit Singh Barnala cremated with full state honoursHis son and ex-MLA Gaganjit Singh and grandson Samarpratap Singh jointly lit the pyre.
15 Jan, 2017, 06.34 PM IST
Emotions to logistics, city not ready for eco-friendly ritualsA visit to over 2,000 cremation grounds across the country showed people are not ready to move to non-wood methods of incineration.
05 Feb, 2016, 01.21 PM IST
Supreme Court tells Agra municipal to shift crematorium to protect Taj MahalThe bench, headed by Chief Justice of India in waiting, TS Thakur, on Monday gave civic authorities three weeks to take a call.
17 Nov, 2015, 02.33 AM IST
Delhi Gymkhana Club founder Dilbagh Singh passes awayOne of the well-known faces of Delhi club cricket and founder of famous Delhi Gymkhana Club Dilbagh Singh today passed away.
18 Aug, 2014, 10.21 PM IST
- BJP attacks P Chidambaram for Ramlila crackdown
Death of Rajbala, injured in Ramlila crackdown, has given the BJP another weapon to beat the Manmohan Singh government with.
28 Sep, 2011, 03.06 AM IST