Cremation
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Zubeen Garg to be cremated with full state honours in Sonapur on September 23
Assam | Sep 21, 2025, 09:35 PM ISTAssam's music icon Zubeen Garg will be cremated with state honours in Sonapur on September 23, leaving behind a lasting legacy celebrated by thousands of grieving fans.
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Farewell Manmohan Singh: Ex-PM cremated with full state honours at Nigambodh Ghat | Updates
India | Dec 28, 2024, 01:49 PM ISTManmohan Singh dies: Former Prime Minister and the architect of the country's biggest economic reform, Dr Manmohan Singh breathed his last at the age of 92 on Thursday night in AIIMS Delhi. He was laid to rest at the Nigambodh Ghat in Delhi today.
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Manmohan Singh death: Last rites of former PM to be performed at Nigam Bodh Ghat today
India | Dec 28, 2024, 06:12 AM ISTManmohan Singh death: Dr Singh, the architect of India's economic reforms and a consensus builder in the rough world of politics, died at AIIMS, Delhi, late on Thursday (December 26). He is survived by his wife and three daughters.
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'Sad time for us, she left us on Chhath': Sharda Sinha's son says cremation will be done in Patna
India | Nov 06, 2024, 02:19 AM ISTSharda Sinha's son Anshuman Sinha said that his mother's mortal remains would be taken to Patna for the last rites as his father was also cremated there.
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Rohit Bal, fashion designer, cremated at Lodhi Road crematorium in Delhi
Entertainment | Nov 02, 2024, 07:04 PM ISTRohit Bal dies: Designer duo Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla said Bal was a "true visionary who will always be remembered and loved". "Rest in Peace, Rohit Bal," read the message on Khosla's Instagram page.
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Uttar Pradesh: Man cremates 40-year-old wife in Gorakhpur, later finds her alive 600 km away
Uttar Pradesh | Jun 23, 2024, 08:59 PM ISTUttar Pradesh news: According to reports, call records showed frequent communication between Phoolmati and a number belonging to one Shubham from Sultanpur.
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Jammu and Kashmir: ITBP jawan killed in Chhattisgarh IED attack cremated in Samba
Jammu and Kashmir | Nov 19, 2023, 04:06 PM ISTKumar died in an IED explosion near Bade Gobra Village while escorting a polling party after the conclusion of the second phase of the Chhattisgarh assembly elections on Friday.
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UP: Asad laid to rest in Prayagraj; father Atiq Ahmed fails to attend ceremony
Uttar Pradesh | Apr 15, 2023, 04:14 PM ISTAsad's maternal grandfather Hamid Ali completed all the rituals along with at least 25 relatives of gangster Atiq Ahmed. The police videographed the entire ceremony.
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Former President Pratibha Patil's husband Dr Devisingh Shekhawat passes away
India | Feb 24, 2023, 02:27 PM ISTDevisingh Shekhawat death: He was 88-year-old and breathed his last at the KEM Hospital. He is survived by his ex-President wife, a son Rajendra Singh Shekhawat, who is a Congress leader, and a daughter Jyoti Rathod.
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Goodbye General! Nation bids final adieu to CDS General Bipin Rawat with full military honours
India | Dec 10, 2021, 07:30 PM ISTGeneral Bipin Rawat Cremation: A huge crowd of people lined up on both sides of the dedicated road route to bid final goodbye to the top Army General.
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Kalyan Singh's mortal remains consigned to flames with full state honours in Bulandshahr
India | Aug 23, 2021, 04:21 PM ISTKalyan Singh passed away at the Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGI) in Lucknow on Saturday night. He was 89.
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Delhi CM meets parents of minor girl who was allegedly raped-murdered in Nangal
News | Aug 04, 2021, 12:48 PM ISTDelhi CM meets parents of minor girl who was allegedly raped-murdered in Nangal, says her loss can't be compensated for but Delhi govt will provide them Rs 10 Lakhs ex-gratia. We'll order magisterial inquiry & appoint top lawyers so that culprits get strict punishment.
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Minor girl dies under suspicious circumstances, parents allege she was cremated without consent
India | Aug 02, 2021, 11:55 AM ISTA nine-year-old girl died under suspicious circumstances, with her parents alleging that she was cremated without their consent.
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Gujarat man sets up firewood bank in UP to help poor perform cremation
Good News | Jul 04, 2021, 11:34 AM ISTSherpuria shifted his base to UP's Ghazipur and set up a firewood bank to provide free wood to the poor families for funeral of their relatives.
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COVID-19 surge raises workload of crematorium staff in Indore
India | May 04, 2021, 09:30 PM ISTCrematorium manager said cremations have to be carried out quickly as many people are not keen to wait at the site for long due to fear amid the pandemic, while in many instances infected kin are unable to make it for the last rites due to isolation and other such reasons.
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Muslim youths help cremate 60-yr-old Hindu man who died of COVID in UP's Balrampur
Good News | May 04, 2021, 05:42 PM ISTMukund Mohan Pandey (60) died on Monday but his family members were hesitating on his cremation as his elder brother, Lalit Pandey, too succumbed to the virus on April 30, local people said.
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Cremation ground divided on caste lines, probe ordered
India | Feb 21, 2021, 01:14 PM ISTA barbed wire was set up across a cremation ground, dividing it into two -- one portion for the upper castes and the other for lower castes.
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Sushant Singh Rajput laid to rest at Pawan Hans crematorium in Mumbai
Celebrities | Jun 15, 2020, 05:36 PM ISTThose who attended the funeral included his father KK Singh and other family members and Bollywood colleagues such as Shraddha Kapoor, Kriti Sanon, Varun Dhawan, Abhishek Kapoor, Krystle D'Souza and more also came to bid adieu to Sushant Singh Rajput.
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Case registered in preventing cremation of former Hazuri Raagi in April
India | Jun 14, 2020, 11:10 PM ISTA case was registered on Sunday against some unknown people for allegedly opposing the cremation of former 'Hazuri Raagi' of the Golden Temple, Bhai Nirmal Singh Khalsa, who had succumbed to coronavirus in April.
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China wary of cremating coronavirus victims, orders funerals must be low-profile
World | Feb 02, 2020, 04:32 PM ISTChina on Sunday banned funerals, burials and farewell ceremonies for the victims of the novel coronavirus in an effort to control the outbreak as the death toll rose to 304 in the country.