Kanjhawala case: Victim cremated amid tight securityFive men who were allegedly in the car have been booked for culpable homicide among other sections. All five accused were sent to a three-d...
04 Jan, 2023, 02.09 PM IST
Family at New Delhi crematorium for comedian Raju Srivastava's last ritesThe last rites will take place at Kashmere Gate's Nigam Bodh Ghat.
22 Sep, 2022, 11.57 AM IST
Daughters of CDS General Rawat immerse ashes of parents in Ganga in HaridwarGeneral Bipin Rawat was cremated side by side on the same pyre with his wife Madhulika Rawat with full military honours at Brar Square crem...
11 Dec, 2021, 03.00 PM IST
As death toll spirals, corpses wait in 20-hour queues for last rites at Delhi crematoriumsBy official count, 3,601 people have died this month, of them 2,267 in the last seven days alone in the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemi...
27 Apr, 2021, 05.01 PM IST
High Court seeks information from Maharashtra government, BMC on condition of crematoriums"The Maharashtra government and all other civic authorities will have to come up with some mechanism to address this issue. Bodies cannot b...
27 Apr, 2021, 03.45 PM IST
Second wave of pandemic has put a strain on burials and crematoriums across the countryA crematorium east of Delhi built funeral pyres in its parking lot. A similar situation was seen in Aurangabad where 9 bodies were burnt at...
23 Apr, 2021, 11.25 PM IST
Hathras gang-rape victim cremated in dead of night; kin allege police did it forciblyThe woman was raped in a village in Hathras by four men on September 14. After her condition deteriorated, she was referred to Delhi's Safd...
30 Sep, 2020, 10.51 AM IST
Facing manpower shortage with thousands of healthcare workers infected by COVID-19, AAP govt tells HCA plea in HC has sought contempt action against the Delhi government and medical director of LNJP hospital for allegedly not adhering to th...
29 Jun, 2020, 02.43 PM IST
Taking urgent steps for cremation of COVID-19 deceased, Delhi govt tells HCThe Delhi government told the court that 28 such bodies were cremated on Thursday and the last rites of the remaining 35 will be performed ...
29 May, 2020, 01.19 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
Clean crematoriums, graveyards needed: HCDelhi High Court has called for proper maintenance of crematoriums and burial grounds in the capital, saying "departed souls need to be res...
14 Feb, 2016, 11.10 AM 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
No immersion of mortal remains on the banks of Ganga: Uma BhartiUnion Water Resource Minister Uma Bharti today said immersion of mortal remains would not be allowed on the banks of the holy river.
28 Oct, 2014, 01.22 AM IST
Gang-rape victim cremated in Delhi; PM, Sonia Gandhi received bodyThe body of the 23-year-old gang-rape victim was flown here from Singapore early this morning and cremated within hours.
30 Dec, 2012, 01.16 PM IST
Delhi gang rape: Constable Subhash Tomar killed during protest at India Gate crematedSubhash Tomar, the Delhi Police constable who this morning succumbed to injuries sustained during the violence at India Gate on Sunday, was...
25 Dec, 2012, 06.04 PM IST
Ponty Chadha: Om Prakash Chautala among 700 at cremationAfter the first post-mortem was done at the AIIMS, the bodies of both the brothers were taken to the Chattarpur farmhouse, where they were ...
19 Nov, 2012, 05.05 AM IST
- Delhi to get CNG crematorium for pets
The CNG crematorium, first of its kind, will come up at Karawal Nagar in north-east Delhi, which would also house a dog hospital.
30 Jun, 2008, 01.03 PM IST