Cremation

Villagers In Bihar Carry Man's Body To Bank, Demand Funeral Money From Account

Cities | Agence France-Presse | Thursday January 7, 2021

The corpse of a farmer in Bihar village was carried to the bank by his neighbours to demand money for his cremation, the police said on Thursday.

Senior Congress Leader Motilal Vora Cremated With Full State Honours In Chhattisgarh

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday December 22, 2020

Congress stalwart and former chief minister of undivided Madhya Pradesh Motilal Vora was cremated with full state honours on Tuesday in his hometown in Chhattisgarh in the presence of prominent political leaders.

Thousands Mourn Tarun Gogoi, Assam's Great Unifier

India News | Reported by Ratnadip Choudhary, Edited by Harish Pullanoor | Thursday November 26, 2020

Assam's longest-serving Chief Minister, Tarun Gogoi, was cremated today after a multi-faith funeral procession, symbolising the cardinal value of ethnic and religious harmony that he always wanted Assam to uphold.

Former Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Cremated With Full State Honours

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday November 26, 2020

Assam bade an emotional farewell to its beloved former chief minister Tarun Gogoi on Thursday, as his final rites were performed with full state honours at the Nabagraha Cremation ground in Guwahati.

Bengal Covid Patient Comes Home Days After Being Declared Dead

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday November 22, 2020

In a bizarre incident, an elderly coronavirus patient was brought back home in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district by his family members, a week after they received "his body" from a COVID hospital and cremated it.

Hathras Cremation "Rights Violation" Of Woman, Her Family: High Court

India News | Reported by Arvind Gunasekar, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Tuesday October 13, 2020

The High Court in Uttar Pradesh today said the cremation of the 20-year-old woman in Hathras by the state authorities, though done in the name of law and order, "is prima facie an infringement upon the human rights of the victim and her family".

"What If It Was A Rich Girl": High Court Questions Hathras Cremation

India News | Reported by Kamal Khan, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Tuesday October 13, 2020

Questions about financial and class divide were brought up today by the High Court in Uttar Pradesh, which was examining the conduct of the police in the Hathras case.

Rajasthan Priest, Burnt Alive Over Land, Cremated As Family Ends Protest

India News | Reported by Harsha Kumari Singh, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Saturday October 10, 2020

The Rajasthan priest who died Thursday evening, due to burn injuries sustained after he was attacked by a group of men over a land dispute, was cremated on Saturday after his family relented and allowed the last rites to be performed

Ram Vilas Paswan's Cremation Held In Patna, Leaders Pay Last Respects

India News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Saturday October 10, 2020

Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan was given a state funeral and cremated at Patna's Janardhan Ghat this afternoon, with his son and LJP chief Chirag Paswan performing the last rites

Family Of Rajasthan Priest, Burnt Alive Over Land, Refuses To Cremate Him

Cities | ANI | Saturday October 10, 2020

Family members of a priest, who died due to burn injuries after he was attacked by a group of people over a land dispute in village in Rajasthan on Thursday night, have refused to perform the last rites of his body till all their demands are met by the state government.

Former CBI Director Ashwini Kumar Cremated In Shimla

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday October 8, 2020

Former CBI Director Ashwani Kumar, who was found hanging at his residence in Shimla, was cremated at a crematorium here Thursday.

Security Measures At Hathras Woman's House Include CCTV, Police Presence

India News | Reported By Arun Singh, Edited By Anindita Sanyal | Wednesday October 7, 2020

Multiple security measures that include five closed-circuit television or CCTV cameras and police guards have been arranged for the protection of the family of the 20-year-old woman whose alleged gang rape, torture and subsequent police cremation in absence of her family have triggered outrage across the country.

On Hathras Cremation, UP Cites "Intel Inputs, Violence" In Supreme Court

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Tuesday October 6, 2020

Hathras victim's late-night cremation to avoid large-scale violence in morning, UP government tells Supreme Court, cites intel inputs

Hathras Gang Rape Case Updates: Late-Night Cremation Done To Avoid "Large-Scale Violence": UP To Top Court

India News | Tuesday October 6, 2020

The Hathras victim was cremated in the middle of the night "to avoid large-scale violence" the next morning, the Uttar Pradesh government told the Supreme Court today, citing intelligence inputs of "major law and order problems".

Hathras Case: Special Team SIT Visits Crime Scene, Report Likely Tomorrow

India News | Reported by Arun Singh, Mukesh Singh Sengar; Edited by Shylaja Varma | Tuesday October 6, 2020

A Special Investigation Team or SIT probing the alleged gang rape and torture in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras of a young Dalit woman, who died last week, reached her village this morning. The probe panel, formed by the Yogi Adityanath government, visited the scene of the crime and the cremation, and is likely to submit its report tomorrow.