cremation

Ambala, March 31 A 33-year-old woman died at her home in the Ambala Cantonment area after allegedly consuming tea, prompting police to halt her cremation following allegations of foul play by her brother, officials said on Tuesday.The woman, identified as Roshni, lived in a rented house with...

Mumbai, March 29 Industrialist and former Raymond Group chairman Vijaypat Singhania was cremated in Mumbai on Sunday.Singhania, who headed the company from 1980 to 2000, died after a brief illness on Saturday evening. He was 87.His sons Gautam, who currently leads Raymond, and Madhupati led...

Chandigarh, March 24 An official of the warehousing corporation who died by suicide after accusing former Punjab minister Laljit Singh Bhullar of harassing him was cremated in Amritsar on Tuesday, with top opposition leaders from the state among those present.Earlier in the day, the...

Mumbai, March 20 – Garima Malhotra, the mother of renowned Bollywood designer and filmmaker Manish Malhotra, passed away peacefully on Thursday at the age of 94.Manish Malhotra shared a picture of his late mother on Instagram, expressing his deep love and grief. He wrote, "Love and Miss you...

Mumbai, March 20 – Garima Malhotra, the mother of renowned Bollywood designer and filmmaker Manish Malhotra, passed away at the age of 94 on Thursday.As her last rites were performed at the Santacruz crematorium on Friday, as per Hindu traditions, several members of the film industry came to...

Umaria (MP), March 18 A tigress died on Wednesday in the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve (BTR) in Madhya Pradesh, with officials citing illness as the preliminary cause of death.The deceased tigress was five years old, officials said.Dr Anupam Sahay, field director of BTR, said that on the evening...

Jaipur, March 18 – Shocking and rare bee attacks have created panic in the Begun subdivision of Chittorgarh in Rajasthan, resulting in the deaths of two people and over 40 injuries, turning a funeral into a scene of chaos.The incident began on Tuesday when Jamnalal (also known as Jamnesh), an...

Panaji, March 17 Goa Governor P. Ashok Gajapathi Raju, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, and other senior leaders paid tribute to former Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on the occasion of his death anniversary.Several leaders gathered at Parrikar's memorial at Miramar Beach, where he was...

New Delhi, March 13 Amidst protests over alleged casteist remarks against an AAP councillor, the MCD general house meeting made some key decisions on Friday and approved the proposal to introduce cremation using cow dung cakes at two of the city's crematoria.During the meeting, the civic body...

Pune, March 9 The Pune Municipal Corporation has temporarily closed the city's gas crematoriums following restrictions on the use of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) components such as propane and butane amid the ongoing conflict in West Asia.LPG is a mixture of propane and butane.The US-Israel...

Pune, March 8 The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has temporarily closed gas crematoriums in the city following restrictions on the use of LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) components such as propane and butane, officials said on Sunday.According to the civic body, the Ministry of Petroleum and...

Nagpur, March 7 Flight Lieutenant Purvesh Duragkar, who died in a Sukhoi fighter jet crash, was cremated with full military honors in his hometown, Nagpur, on Saturday, officials said.The remains of the Indian Air Force officer were consigned to flames at Manewada Ghat in the presence of...

New Delhi, March 4 The Editors Guild of India on Wednesday condoled the death of veteran journalist H K Dua, saying he was widely respected for his deep understanding of Indian polity and sharp insights.Dua not only upheld the highest values of media ethics, but was also a vocal champion of...

Thane, March 3 A CISF soldier from Dombivli in Maharashtra's Thane district died of a heart attack while undergoing training in Hyderabad, an official said on Tuesday.Basant Singh (35), a resident of the Anmol Nagari housing complex in Dombivli West, collapsed on Sunday after participating in...

Latur, March 3 The last rites of renowned educationist and former Rajya Sabha member Dr Janardan Waghmare were performed at his village in Maharashtra's Latur district on Tuesday.State Minister Babasaheb Patil, Congress MLA Amit Deshmukh, NCP's Sanjay Bansode, MP Shivaji Kalge, among other...

Jaipur, February 28 – The last rites of Chalti Devi, the mother of Rajasthan Assembly Leader of the Opposition Tika Ram Jully, were performed on Saturday evening in her ancestral village, Kathuwas (Behror).Jully lit the funeral pyre of his 90-year-old mother, and he became emotional during the...

Varanasi (UP), February 28 Holi was celebrated with ashes from a funeral pyre at Manikarnika Ghat here on Saturday, the second day of Rangambhari Ekadashi.Event organizer Gulshan Kapoor said that devotees had been preparing for the celebration since morning. The auspicious sound of the shehnai...

Patna, February 28 – India's first President, Dr. Rajendra Prasad, was remembered on the occasion of his 63rd death anniversary, and a tribute ceremony was held in Patna on Saturday.Leaders, public representatives, and officials paid floral tributes at his memorial at Bans Ghat, located on the...

Chandigarh, February 23 A day after two police personnel were found shot dead at a checkpoint in Gurdaspur near the Indo-Pak border, a Pakistan-based gangster posted a purported video on social media showing an unidentified shooter firing at one of the cops at close range.The same unverified...

Guwahati, February 20 Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday criticised Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for attacking Gaurav Gogoi over alleged links with Pakistan, asserting that dragging his family and children into the matter is "wrong politics".After paying respects to...