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Telangana B Tech student helps with last rites of Covid victims
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], June 6 (ANI): A final year B Tech student in Hyderabad has come forward to assist in conducting the last rites of those who succumbed to the Covid-19 virus in Telangana, amid the disastrous second wave which led to a sudden spike in the state's death toll.
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J-K to provide monthly pension, annual student scholarship to Covid victim
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], May 29 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir's Administrative Council under the chairmanship of Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha has approved financial assistance to families who have lost their sole earning members to Covid-19.
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Red Cross performs final rites for orphan, COVID victims in Andhra's Srika
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Srikakulam (Andhra Pradesh) [India], May 27 (ANI): Red Cross volunteers on Thursday performed final rites for an orphan and three Covid victims in Srikakulam.
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Well-paid nurse quits job to cremate unclaimed bodies in Odisha
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], May 24 (ANI): A well-paid nurse, Madhusmita Prusty, quit her job some time back and began to help her husband in cremating COVID-19 and unclaimed dead bodies in Bhubaneswar.
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Centre solely responsible: Rahul Gandhi on bodies of COVID victims found i
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 23 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday hit out at the central government, stating that it was the their responsibility that people are leaving their loved ones in the Ganges river.
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Odisha police perform last rites of two Covid victims whose kin feared inf
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Mayurbhanj (Odisha) [India], May 21 (ANI): Odisha police performed the last rites of two persons who died of Covid-19 and whose family members were afraid of coming near the bodies due to fear of infection in Mayurbhanj on Thursday.
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Almora admin sets up cremation ground for Covid victims in forest area
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], May 21 (ANI): After locals raised objections over cremating bodies of Covid victims at traditional crematoriums, the Almora district administration has set up a new cremation ground near government land in open forest areas.
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K'taka Min BC Patil announces Rs 50,000 compensation for 18 people who die
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka)[India], May 16 (ANI): Karnataka Minister of State for Agriculture BC Patil on Sunday announced a compensation of Rs 50,000 each to the families of those who have succumbed to COVID-19 in Hirekerur assembly constituency.
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Ashes of cremated Covid-19 victims pile up at Ghazipur crematorium as rela
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): Ashes of Covid-19 victims who were cremated are piling up at the Ghazipur crematorium here as relatives are hesitant to collect them due to the fear of contracting infection, said the chief priest and cremation manager.
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National Mission for Clean Ganga directs to stop dumping of dead bodies in
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 11 (ANI): National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) on Tuesday directed for the "immediately" stop dumping of dead bodies, partially burnt bodies/ unclaimed or unidentified corpses in the river Ganga and its tributaries as reports regarding bloated and decomposed bodies,
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Delhi Police arrest ambulance driver who over-charged for transporting COV
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 2 (ANI): Delhi Police on Sunday arrested an ambulance driver for over-charging for transporting bodies of COVID patients.
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Delhi police perform final rites of COVID-19 victims on humanitarian groun
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 26 (ANI): Amid a grave COVID-19 situation in the national capital, the Delhi Police on Monday performed the last rites of two persons who succumbed to the virus on humanitarian grounds in Dwarka.
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