...
...

cremation ground news

23-year-old hacked to death in Tarn Taran village

After receiving information SHO Baljinder Singh reached the spot and launched an investigation along with a police team. (HT Fi;e)
Published on May 24, 2026 06:14 am IST

Prateek Yadav’s mortal remains consigned to flames in Lucknow

Samajwadi Party MP Aditya Yadav and others carrying the bier of Prateek Yadav, in Lucknow on Thursday. (Mushtaq Ali/HT Photo)
Published on May 15, 2026 07:28 am IST

Wildbuzz | Cobra ended Zahreela’s stunts

Late Rajinder with a non-venomous checkered keelback in his mouth.
Published on Apr 12, 2026 06:02 am IST

Bodies go missing from Odisha burial ground, probe ordered

Bodies go missing from Odisha burial ground, probe ordered
Published on Feb 15, 2026 07:28 pm IST

Greater Noida: Body found at cremation ground

The family of the deceased was later handed over the body. It was cremated on Monday night, with his nephew and sister-in-law completing the last rites and related formalities, police added. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
Published on Feb 11, 2026 05:38 am IST

Bee attack at Jalaun cremation injures 50 mourners

For representation only (HT File Photo)
Published on Feb 05, 2026 10:58 pm IST

Three men thrashed for ‘occult practices’ in Meerut village; two arrested

While one of them managed to flee, the other two were rescued by police and taken into custody for questioning. (For representation)
Published on Oct 12, 2025 08:06 pm IST

Body pulled off pyre in Faridabad after cops suspect foul play in woman's death

Investigators said they rushed to preserve the body for an autopsy after they received a tip-off from the woman’s family.
Published on Oct 03, 2025 12:06 pm IST

Greater Noida authority to build 10-crore cremation ground in Bisrakh

Greater Noida authority to build 10-crore cremation ground in Bisrakh
Published on Sept 21, 2025 04:42 am IST

Hoshiarpur: Body of missing 5-yr-old boy found at cremation ground

Senior superintendent of police Sandeep Kumar Malik said that CCTV footage showed the accused taking away the child on a two-wheeler.
Published on Sept 11, 2025 08:28 am IST

Man assumed dead returns home after family ‘cremated’ him in Gurugram

A senior investigating officer said that the confusion started on August 28 when police recovered a body with a severed head near an abandoned warehouse in Sector 37 police station area.
Published on Sept 06, 2025 08:42 pm IST

Baikunth Dham in Lko to get makeover with more cremation platforms

Work to begin after DPR approval; LMC plans lift for elderly, heritage restoration, eco-friendly upgrades (Sourced)
Published on Jul 04, 2025 07:42 am IST

Youth tries to jump on girlfriend’s pyre, thrashed by mourners

Youth tries to jump on girlfriend’s pyre, thrashed by mourners
Published on Jun 11, 2025 08:40 am IST

Noida authority orders inquiry against its dept over Biodiversity Park

The Biodiversity Park in Sector 91. (Sunil Ghosh/HT Photo)
Published on Jun 03, 2025 06:08 am IST

Kuwait fire tragedy victim cremated in Hoshiarpur

Himmat Rai, who was among those killed in a devastating fire in southern Kuwait’s Mangaf.
Updated on Jun 18, 2024 06:54 am IST

Ludhiana: 25-year-old man jumps into burning pyre

The man was rescued by the onlookers and rushed to the civil hospital. (HT File Photo)
Published on Apr 29, 2024 10:37 pm IST

Four killed, 2 injured after wall of cremation ground collapses in Gurugram

Three men and a minor girl were buried alive and two others were injured in Arjun Nagar after a wall of the Madanpuri cremation ground collapsed on Saturday evening. (Parveen Kumar/HT PHOTO)
Updated on Apr 21, 2024 05:04 am IST

Chandigarh: Autopsy of 5-year-old girl’s conducted

HT Image
Updated on Feb 08, 2024 09:56 am IST

Tearful adieu to Ludhiana-based Agniveer

Distraught family members during the cremation ceremony of martyr Ajay Singh at Ramgarh Sardar village in Ludhiana. (HT)
Updated on Jan 21, 2024 05:02 am IST

Kopri residents oppose construction at crematorium

Thane, India - October,12, 2023: The residents of Kopri in Thane East are protesting against a trust managing the cremation ground in Kopri. The residents are opposing construction of a three storey building proposed on the portion used for children's final rites. Residents allege that the cremation ground is already surrounded by buildings and further construction will destroy more than half of the remaining premises. They want Thane Municipal Corporation to take over the management of the cremation ground, which came up 44 years ago on a 1400 sq m land donated by a Kopri local resident ,in Thane, in Mumbai, India, on, Thursday, October , 12, 2023. ( ) (Praful Gangurde / HT Photo)
Updated on Oct 13, 2023 07:28 am IST

Cremation ground row: Site to be relocated, Jankipuram residents assured

Cremation ground row: Site to be relocated, Jankipuram residents assured
Updated on Jul 27, 2023 12:24 am IST

1,000 evacuated in Ghaziabad after Hindon River swells by 10,000 cusecs

NDRF teams rescue residents from the flooded Atour village in Ghaziabad on Saturday. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)
Updated on Jul 22, 2023 11:44 pm IST

Chandigarh forest department begins cleaning of Sukhna Choe

Tenders have been floated for clearance of the Sukhna Choe bed to make it polythene waste and other unwanted weeds free (HT File Photo)
Updated on May 01, 2023 01:48 am IST

Denied land or burial, Jalandhar village Christian family keeps body in mortuary

With no dedicated graveyard for the Christian community, a family in Jalandhar’s Rampur Lallian village has been denied burial of their 64-year-old member, who breathed his last on April 1.
Updated on Apr 03, 2023 12:12 am IST

Looking on: PM Modi, his brothers perform last rites of their mother | Watch

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his brother Somabhai Modi (right) perform the last rites of their mother Heeraben Modi along with other family members, at a crematorium, in Gandhinagar on Friday. (ANI Photo)
Updated on Dec 30, 2022 04:09 pm IST

Govt Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, director-principal BS Chavan passes away at 59

Dr BS Chavan, the director-principal of Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32, Chandigarh, died battling cancer on Friday.
Updated on Dec 04, 2020 12:59 pm IST

Panic at 3 am as floodwaters enter homes in Chandigarh’s Khuda Lahora, Mohali areas hit

Cars, scooters and a cart under water near the Baltana police chowki after heavy rains in the region.
Updated on Aug 23, 2020 06:23 pm IST

Dalit woman’s body taken off funeral pyre after upper caste group objects

The incident was highlighted by the local people on social media. (Videograb)
Updated on Jul 28, 2020 05:04 pm IST

Girl whose cremation was stopped in Mohali died by suicide: Police

Mataur police have confirmed at an 18-year-old girl died by suicide on Saturday in Mataur village.
Updated on Jul 12, 2020 06:31 pm IST