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Allocating 5 Karachi graveyards for COVID-19 burials at 11th hr highlights
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 5 (ANI): Pakistan is so unprepared for the fight against coronavirus that the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) at the 11th hour had to allocate five graveyards in the city for the burial of infection-related deaths.
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Punjab CM directs Rural Development department to identify Shamlat for Chr
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Feb 10 (ANI): Responding to the demand of the Christian community for land for graveyards, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday directed the Rural Development and Panchayats Department to immediately identify 'Shamlat' (common land) to provide
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Tens of thousands turn out in Iranian city for Soleimani's funeral
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Jan 7 (ANI): A sea of black-clad mourners on Tuesday poured into the streets of Kerman to attend the funeral of Qasem Soleimani, the Iranian General killed in a US airstrike in Baghdad last week.
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Kerala church feud: Govt brings in ordinance to resolve burial standoff
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Jan 2 (ANI): In a bid to end the Church feud over burial grounds, the Kerala government on Wednesday proposed an ordinance making burial a right of every Christian at his or her parish cemetery.
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Kerala: Representatives of Jacobite Church continue protests, demand buria
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Dec 5 (ANI): Representatives of Jacobite Church on Thursday continued their protest in front of the Kerala Secretariat demanding the state government to make arrangements for the burial of their 92-year-old devotee Mariyamma Rajan whose body has been kept
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Kerala HC orders burial of bodies of Naxals killed in Palakkad
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], Nov 5 (ANI): The Kerala High Court on Tuesday ordered the bodies of two Naxals who were killed in Palakkad district last week to be buried.
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Assam: Hindu family donates land for Muslim burial ground
Updated : 7 years ago IST
North Lakhimpur (Assam) [India], May 13 (ANI): Breaking religious barriers and going an extra mile to strengthen the bond between two communities, a Hindu family from Lakhimpur district donated a piece of land for expansion of a Muslim burial ground.
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New Zealand prepares to release bodies of terror attack victims
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Christchurch [New Zealand], Mar 17 (ANI): Authorities here on Sunday initiated identification procedures of the bodies of last week's terror attack victims so that their families can claim them for their burial.
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Dog burial, common practice in Neolithic populations: Study
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 16 (ANI): Dog burial was a common ritual in Neolithic populations of north-eastern Iberian Peninsula, recent findings suggest.
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‘Important for us that the body is found’, says Khashoggi's fiancée
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], Feb 9 (ANI): Hatice Cengiz, fiancée of deceased scribe Jamal Khashoggi, on Friday (local time) called for the remains of the body of the former Washington Post columnist, while complaining that the deceased has not even received any proper burial where his loved ones can gri
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UN: Ethnic strife killed nearly 900 people in DR Congo
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Kinshasa [DR Congo], Jan 30 (ANI): The United Nations has said that nearly 900 people lost their lives in the Democratic Republic of Congo last month due to ethnic strife. It said that 15 communal burial sites and 43 single graves have been found near the town of Yumbi.
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Ex-US President George HW Bush's casket arrives in Texas
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Texas [USA], Dec 7 (ANI): The casket of late former United States President George HW Bush arrived at his presidential library here on Thursday, where he would be laid to rest next to his wife and former First Lady Barbara Bush and their daughter Robin Bush.
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