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  Friends forever: UP man jumps into friend's funeral pyre, dies

  Uttar Pradesh | May 27, 2023 23:51 IST

  People standing during the funeral tried to pull him out of the pyre and rushed him to the district hospital, from where Ananad was referred to Agra Medical College.

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  Maharashtra: Bodies of 8 coronavirus victims cremated on one pyre

  India | April 07, 2021 14:40 IST

  On Tuesday, 716 new cases of coronavirus were reported in the Beed district, raising its tally to 28,491. The district has so far recorded 672 deaths due to the disease, as per official data.

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  When families refuse to lit pyre of COVID-19 patients in Punjab

  India | April 07, 2020 13:41 IST

  In Punjab as family members have been staying away to perform the last rites of suspected or confirmed coronavirus disease, it is government functionaries who have been coming forth and doing rituals religiously.

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  UP Police retrieve woman's body from funeral pyre

  India | October 28, 2019 12:21 IST

  The woman identified as Poonam died under mysterious circumstances on Sunday and on receiving information from common friends, her father Rajpal and brother Satyavir reached her home in Chola Chauki village and found her lying dead on a cot.

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  Hyderabad: Man beaten up, thrown on pyre over sorcery suspicion

  Crime | September 20, 2019 7:47 IST

  A villager lodged a missing complaint about his brother following a rumour that the family members of the 45-year-old woman, whose cremation was going on, were also burning alive the 26-year-old on the same pyre, police said.

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  Shocking! Woman allegedly commits suicide by jumping into her brother’s burning pyre

  India | July 02, 2016 20:35 IST

  In a shocking incident, a 28-year-old woman, who was heartbroken with her brother’s death, allegedly committed suicide by jumping into his burning pyre in Rajashtan’s Dungarpur district.

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  Akshay's son Aarav lighted Rajesh Khanna's funeral pyre

  Bollywood | July 20, 2012 9:07 IST

  Mumbai, Jul 19: It was grandson Aarav who lighted Rajesh Khanna's funeral pyre at the Pawan Hans crematorium in Ville Parle today. Ten-year-old Aarav Bhatia, son of Twinkle and Akshay Kumar, was born in September,