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Floods in 13 UP districts; Ganga flows above danger mark in Varanasi, PrayagrajUttar Pradesh is grappling with severe floods. Thirteen districts are affected due to incessant rainfall. Major rivers like Ganga and Yamun...04 Aug, 2025, 12.00 PM IST- Cremation, Ganga aarti spots shifted in Varanasi as swollen Ganga river inundates lower stepsRecent heavy rains in the area have caused a rise in the Ganga water level, leading to the suspension of cremations on the lower steps of M...31 Jul, 2024, 06.22 PM IST
- Disturbing discovery at Colorado funeral home: 189 decaying bodies raise concerns189 decaying bodies have been discovered at a funeral home in Colorado, raising suspicions of fabricated cremation records and the distribu...20 Oct, 2023, 05.39 PM IST
- Odisha train tragedy: All 28 unclaimed bodies cremated by BMCThe Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has completed the cremation of 28 unclaimed bodies from the triple train accident that occurred...11 Oct, 2023, 12.06 PM IST
- What is water cremation?South African bishop and Nobel laureate for peace, Desmond Tutu was given a water cremation. Now a U.K. provider has floated this idea in B...03 Jul, 2023, 08.56 PM IST
- Former Uttar Pradesh CM Mulayam Singh Yadav to be cremated in Saifai todaySamajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav will be cremated in his native village Saifai in Etawah district today around 3 pm. Mulayam, 82...11 Oct, 2022, 10.09 AM IST
- Ghats go under water in Varanasi, cremations take place on streets, terracesArea from the Assi Ghat to the Namo Ghat are completely submerged, forcing bodies coming for last rites at Harishchandra Ghat and Manikarni...26 Aug, 2022, 07.17 PM IST
- CM directs patrolling to stop releasing of bodies into riverMeanwhile, the National Human Rights Commission has sent notices to the Centre, UP and Bihar government over bodies on the Ganga and has as...15 May, 2021, 07.13 AM IST
- Bhopal crematorium offers bed, breakfast and morePeople, especially those who reach city from neighbouring districts for treatment and those visiting from outside the city to cremate body ...08 May, 2021, 10.19 AM IST
- Explore alternative cremation, NGT tells CentreThe National Green Tribunal has directed the Union environment ministry and the Delhi government to initiate programmes to provide alternat...02 Feb, 2016, 08.47 PM IST
- National Green Tribunal asks govt to explore alternatives to traditional cremationBench headed by Justice U D Salvi said there was a need to adopt environment-friendly methods like electricity and CNG to change mindset of...02 Feb, 2016, 04.20 PM IST
- Government working on including criminal provisions in law on River GangaThe government is in the advanced stages of preparing the final draft of a law, which will incorporate criminal provisions, in its bid to a...18 May, 2015, 06.37 PM IST
- 'Directions issued in UP to check dumping of bodies in rivers'The recovered bodies were disposed off in accordance with social traditions to avoid environmental degradation and outbreak of diseases.19 Mar, 2015, 03.17 PM IST
- Varanasi too has its share of bodies floating in GangaThe unearthing of over 80 human bodies in the Ganga in Unnao may have the country mystified, but a research report on year-on-year disposal...17 Jan, 2015, 02.34 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
- Committee formed to check cremation pollution in Ganga: Uma BhartiSeveral Hindus prefer to get cremated on the banks of river Ganga on ghats of Varanasi and Haridwar for salvation.26 Sep, 2014, 04.40 PM IST
- Mass cremation process on, rescue from Badrinath haltedAmid fears of epidemic outbreak, the mass cremation process in Kedarnath, worst-hit in the Uttarakhand flash floods, was expedited.27 Jun, 2013, 04.01 PM IST
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