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Where will Dick Cheney be buried? Here's what we know about former VP's burial

Former Rep. Liz Cheney walks past her fathers casket after speaking a tribute, during the funeral for former Vice President Dick Cheney.
Updated on Nov 21, 2025 09:01 am IST

‘No conclusion can be drawn till…’: Karnataka minister on Dharmasthala case

The complainant (in the mask), who is a former sanitation worker, claimed that he had worked in Dharmasthala between 1995 and 2014.
Published on Aug 23, 2025 04:42 pm IST

Dharmasthala case: SIT launches fresh search at foothills of Bahubali Betta

On August 8, the SIT, accompanied by an anonymous complainant, conducted searches at two sites.
Updated on Aug 09, 2025 08:56 pm IST

Dead rest uneasy as graveyards run out of space

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The Pankesha Baba graveyard in Ghatkopar with an area of 1.5 acre, caters to a Muslim population of over 20 lakh, extending to areas of Pantanagar, Golibar, Vikhroli and Powai. They have requested the civic body to join the recreational ground adjacent to the cemetery for more space. (HT Photo)
Updated on Aug 17, 2023 04:49 pm IST

Konthagai burial site reveals ancient practices of Keeladi

While the ninth phase of excavations are underway in Keeladi, it is season four in Konthagai (HT Photo)
Updated on Aug 03, 2023 12:53 am IST

Anshuman Jha visits Bruce Lee’s burial site: It was a spiritual experience for me

ANshuman Jha is preparing for the second part of Lakadbaggha
Updated on Jul 21, 2023 01:59 pm IST

Dutch archaeologists find 4,000-year-old shrine

A view shows the 4,000-year-old Stonehenge-like sanctuary discovered in Tiel.
Published on Jun 23, 2023 10:16 am IST

Taliban reveal burial place of founder Mullah Omar, nine years after death

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told AFP Sunday that senior leaders of the movement attended a ceremony at his gravesite. (AFP PHOTO/Taliban Government)
Published on Nov 07, 2022 01:34 am IST

Prejudice versus humanity

The government will need to ramp up security presence both in medical facilities and outside as they conduct screening operations. But at the end, this is not just a question of legal safeguards; it is a moral imperative that we respect and protect those who are saving lives at great risk to their own
Updated on Apr 23, 2020 04:51 pm IST

Chandigarh woman held for killing son had also choked infant daughter to death last year

Police exhuming the body of five-month-old Kusum in Sector 25; (right) mother Roopa, 22
Published on Jan 30, 2020 01:07 am IST

High spirits: Study shows cannabis first used in funerals 2,500 years ago

The subject of early drug use in Central Eurasia has long intrigued historians and archaeologists, and the findings of the study appear to tally with an account by the ancient Greek historian Herodotus.
Updated on Jun 13, 2019 10:51 am IST

Delhi’s Lingayat community in search of a burial ground in city

A priest at a Lingayat Community Temple in Noida. The Lingayats do not cremate the dead. Instead, the departed are buried in deep pits in a sitting, meditative position.
Published on Mar 17, 2019 05:53 am IST

Muslims to run out of burial sites in Delhi in a year: Report

With an aim to retain power the fourth time, CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan will lead a ‘Jan Ashirvad Yatra’ from Ujjain from July 14 to seek blessings of common people.
Updated on Nov 23, 2018 10:42 pm IST

Ahead of HC verdict on Karunanidhi burial site, EPS pays last respects to Kalaignar

Tamil Nadu chief minister E Palaniswamy pays last respects to former Tamil Nadu chief minister M Karunanidhi at Chennai’s Rajaji Hall on Wednesday.
Updated on Aug 08, 2018 11:47 am IST

China’s Tomb Sweeping festival gets new age twist

A family pays her respects at the grave of an ancestor in Hong Kong on April 5, 2018.
Updated on Apr 05, 2018 07:55 pm IST