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Workers at Nigambodh Ghat crematorium ensure dignity in death to COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): With Delhi reeling under the impact of second wave of COVID-19 which has seen rise in fatalities, the workers at city crematoriums have their hands full. They continue to serve in high risk of exposure to coronavirus by assisting families in performing the
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71 bodies retrieved from Ganga in Buxar, Bihar asks UP government to be vi
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], May 12 (ANI): Bihar Minister Sanjay Kumar Jha has said 71 bodies have been taken out from the Ganges in Buxar district and their last rites performed and a net has been placed in the Ganga in Ranighat, bordering UP and Bihar, to stop any similar incident from happenin
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Delhi cop helps perform 1100 cremations, even postpones daughter's wedding
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 7 (ANI): For more than 20 days, 56-year-old Delhi Police Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI), Rakesh Kumar, has been performing the last rites of people who had no one to cremate them at the national capital's Lodhi Crematorium amid the devastating second wave of COVID-19
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Tirupati MLA performs last rites of 21 people who died due to COVID
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], May 5 (ANI): YSR Congress leader and Tirupati MLA Bhumana Karunakar Reddy on Tuesday performed the final rites of 21 people who had died due to COVID-19.
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Delhi Police helps people in performing last rites of COVID-19 victims
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 29 (ANI): Amid a rapid surge in COVID-19 cases across the country, the Delhi Police is going an extra mile to help citizens in distress and is helping in cremating people who died due to coronavirus.
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Muslim community comes forward to perform last rites of pandit woman in Sr
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], April 28 (ANI): The last rites of a Hindu pandit lady, Raj Dulari Vishen, a resident of Karan Nagar, Srinagar, were performed on Wednesday by the Muslim community after her demise in the morning.
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COVID victim's body taken to cremation ground in auto-rickshaw in Ludhiana
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], April 26 (ANI): The body of a COVID-19 victim was allegedly taken on an auto-rickshaw to the cremation ground for the last rites in Punjab's Ludhiana.
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Delhi police perform final rites of COVID-19 victims on humanitarian groun
Updated : 4 years, 11 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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Kumaraswamy slams Karnataka govt for not making proper arrangements for la
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], April 23 (ANI): Janata Dal (Secular) leader and former Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Friday alleged that the state government has failed to ensure proper arrangements for conducting the last rites of COVID patients who died due to non-availability
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Delhi: Bodies being cremated at parking area of Ghazipur cremation ground
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 19 (ANI): Amid the spike in the COVID-19 deaths in Delhi, some people were forced to perform the last rites of their relatives at the parking of cremation ground in Ghazipur in the national capital.
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Nitish Kumar condoles demise of former Bihar education minister Mewalal Ch
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], April 19 (ANI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar condoled the demise of JD-U MLA and former Bihar Minister Mewalal Choudhary, said the Bihar Chief Minister's Office (CMO) on Monday.
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Tamil actor Vivek cremated with state honours in Chennai
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 17 (ANI): Popular Tamil actor and comedian Vivek, who passed away earlier today at the age of 59, was laid to rest on Saturday in Chennai with state honours.
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