Remains of Jewish-American World War II hero missing for 80 years brought home. How were remains identified?Two US organizations worked with the German Embassy in Israel to help identify Baskind's remains, which had been mixed in a mass grave in C...
02 Jun, 2024, 12.22 AM IST
Tripura BJP MLA Surajit Datta dies after a prolonged illnessSurajit Datta, a BJP MLA from Tripura, died after a long illness. He was elected seven times from the Ramnagar Assembly Constituency and wa...
28 Dec, 2023, 05.27 PM IST
Manipur Violence: 23 bodies buried, another burial likely next weekA mass burial was conducted in Phaijang village, Manipur, for the bodies of 23 individuals who died during ethnic clashes. Four of the bodi...
15 Dec, 2023, 11.18 PM IST
Top epidemiologist sounds alarm bells on Covid spike in ChinaAccording to Feigl-Ding, the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) goal is "let whoever needs to be infected, infected, let whoever needs to die,...
20 Dec, 2022, 08.42 AM IST
It was terrifying: David Warner on COVID-19 situation in India during IPLWarner and fellow Australians involved in the IPL flew to Maldives after the tournament was suspended last month and entry for travellers f...
02 Jun, 2021, 09.57 PM IST
Now, bodies found buried near Ganga in UP's UnnaoThe district administration initiated a probe after visuals of a large number of bodies found buried under the sand at the Buxar ghat of vi...
14 May, 2021, 07.15 AM IST
China deletes social media posts mocking India after backlashTies between China and India have been rocky in recent months. A border dispute that killed dozens last year and hurt economic ties between...
02 May, 2021, 04.37 PM IST
Issue norms to avoid actions like Hathras cremation: Allahabad high court to UP govtThe HC directed that no officer unrelated to the investigation should make public statements on the alleged offence as it can lead to “unne...
14 Oct, 2020, 07.37 AM IST
Nepal: Mass cremations as quake body count risesLocated near the 5th century Pashupatinath Temple is experiencing a surge in bodies being brought in, officials said.
28 Apr, 2015, 10.42 PM IST
Landslide toll climbs to 75, 100 more people feared buriedMass cremations of the victims are being carried out at the village after identification of bodies by relatives.
02 Aug, 2014, 12.07 PM IST
Uttarakhand: 23 more bodies cremated in Kedarghati23 more bodies were cremated at Gaurikund and Junglechatti last night, DIG Amit Sinha under whose supervision the exercise is being underta...
04 Jul, 2013, 02.05 PM IST
Rescue operations in Uttarakhand pick pace as weather clearsMass cremation of bodies in Kedarnath, was on, as authorities were racing against time to minimise risks of epidemic outbreak.
28 Jun, 2013, 11.49 AM IST
Uttarakhand chief secretary raises estimate of missing 10-fold from 350 to 3,000The official number of the missing in the Uttarakhand disaster sharply rose from 350 to 3,000 on Thursday, intensifying fears that the deat...
28 Jun, 2013, 01.24 AM 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
Bad weather halts rescue operations in BadrinathPriests carried out the last rites of the victims, which had resumed yesterday after they were suspended because of inclement weather.
27 Jun, 2013, 02.48 PM IST
Mass cremation delayed, 1,000 rescued, 7,000 still strandedThe death toll rose to 822 with 142 bodies being found, including 127 in Kedarnath, the epicentre of destruction, officials said.
25 Jun, 2013, 10.53 PM IST
- Bodies of 20 Gujjar agitators cremated
The bodies of 20 people killed in alleged police firing during the Gujjar agitation on May 24 were on Saturday cremated en masse at a funer...
07 Jun, 2008, 09.29 PM IST