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Kailash Mansarovar Yatra deadline: Check important dates, new prices and other detailsThe Ministry of External Affairs has announced the registration for the 2026 Kailash Mansarovar Yatra is open until May 19. Devotees must m...- Ghaziabad couple organises destination wedding at Shamshan ghat in Uttarakhand, sparks outrageA Ghaziabad couple's wedding at a riverside cremation site in Almora, Uttarakhand, has ignited public fury. Decorated for ceremonies with m...
- Why Vikings Buried Their Horses With Them, and What Archaeologists Just Found Is SurprisingNew Viking discoveries in Sylta, Sweden, has offer a glimpse into ancient life. Over 500 iron artifacts linked to horse gear were unearthed...
- 'Shamshan no place for festivities': Kashi Vidvat Parishad opposes 'Masane Ki Holi' in VaranasiA council of Sanskrit scholars, the Kashi Vidvat Parishad, has raised objections to the 'Masane Ki Holi' tradition in Varanasi. They claim ...
- 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...
- NHRC notices to all states, UTs; seeks response on steps taken to ensure dignity of deadThe report from them also must specify steps that are taken or proposed to be taken regarding the issuance of directives to the private hos...
- Covid-19 or not, floating body in river a custom in many villagesTradition plays a big role behind people dumping the bodies in the Ganga, said MP Singh, the district magistrate of Ghazipur where at least...
- 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...
- UP and Bihar governments step up patrolling along river banks after recovery of bodiesVillagers along the UP-Bihar border told ET that there has been an increase in the sighting of floating bodies amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
- 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.
- 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...
- 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...
- Eco-friendly cremations gaining acceptance in ChinaCremation of the deceased instead of traditional practice of burials is gaining increasing acceptance in China with nearly 50 per cent of t...
- Eco-friendly cremations gaining acceptance in ChinaChina is promoting eco-friendly burials ahead of the traditional Qingming holiday, when Chinese pay respect to their dead ancestors.
- 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.
- Delhi gang-rape: Police approached the officials of crematorium late last nightThe cremation plans were kept a secret till the last moment as police apprehended a large gathering may cause problems.
- Modernisation of commercial business of organising last ritesThe commercial business of organising last rites is modernising as fast and as radically as many other enterprises in a society with growin...
- UK Hindu wins right to open cremationAn elderly man of Indian descent won the right to be cremated on a traditional funeral pyre in Britain, after a ruling by the Court of Appe...
- UK court to decide on open-air cremations for HindusThe Hindus, Sikhs and Jains in Britain are keenly awaiting the outcome of a judicial review on the country's cremation laws that currently ...
- UK court to decide on open-air cremations for HindusThe Hindus, Sikhs and Jains in Britain are keenly awaiting the outcome of a judicial review on the country's cremation laws that currently ...
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