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Uttarakhand floods: Mass cremation begins in Kedarnath, thousands yet to be evacuated

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 26, 2013, 21:40

With the weather clearing a bit and a threat of epidemic looming large, mass cremation of bodies of people finally began in Kedarnath on Wednesday.

Kedarnath cremation delayed as turf war erupts

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 26, 2013, 15:20

The mass cremation of Uttarakhand flash floods victims is likely to be delayed with central forces refusing to assist the state government in performing the same.

Chopped body parts of retd Army doctor`s wife cremated

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 26, 2013, 08:29

The retrieved body parts of Ushashree Parida, who was allegedly killed by her retired Army doctor husband three weeks ago, were consigned to flames.

Govt to keep DNA profile, photographs of unidentified victims

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 25, 2013, 17:42

All unidentified victims of the Uttarakhand disaster will be photographed and their DNA profiles kept in safety custody to help family members identify them in future.

Mass cremation to begin in Kedarnath today

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 25, 2013, 11:56

The IAF, Army and Uttarakhand administration launched an operation to send logistics for conducting last rites of those killed in Kedarnath Valley.

Uttarakhand tragedy: Tonnes of wood, ghee for mass cremation at Kedarnath

Last Updated: Monday, June 24, 2013, 09:50

Uttarakhand authorities are trying to arrange for wood and `desi ghee` to conduct last rites of those who perished in the deluge at Kedarnath.

VC Shukla cremated with state honours

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 12, 2013, 17:52

Former union minister and Congress leader V.C. Shukla, who died of wounds he suffered during the May 25 Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh, was cremated with full state honours on Wednesday at his farmhouse here.

VC Shukla built his own cremation platform

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 11, 2013, 23:26

Congress leader V.C. Shukla, who succumbed to wounds he suffered during the May 25 Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh, had built the place where he will be cremated on Wednesday evening.

Naxal attack: VC Shukla to be cremated at his farm

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 11, 2013, 21:49

The mortal remains of veteran Congressman Vidya Charan Shukla would be consigned to flames at his farm house on the outskirts of the city on Wednesday, family sources said.

Maharashtra ATS officer Sanjay Banerjee cremated

Last Updated: Sunday, March 24, 2013, 20:10

Deputy Commissioner of Police with Maharashtra ATS, Sanjay Banerjee, who shot himself to death at a restaurant in the presence of his family members, was cremated on Sunday.

Cambodia mourns as `king-father` Sihanouk cremated

Last Updated: Monday, February 4, 2013, 15:10

His body had been lying in state since he died of a heart attack in Beijing on October 15 at the age of 89.

Relatives of Chinese landslide victims protest hasty cremation

Last Updated: Monday, January 14, 2013, 15:41

Relatives of the victims of the recent landslides at a village in southwest China`s Yunnan province have protested over hasty cremation of the bodies without their approval.