There have been umpteen cases of liquor bottles and packs being hidden in ponds, streams, rivers, canals, agriculture fields, houses, schools and deserted buildings in dry Bihar. They have been transp...

Prince Siddhartha saw a corpse for the first time when he was 29. He learnt that death is inevitable, a fate that befalls everyone. Thereafter, he went on to change the world as the Buddha. But for or...

The CMC has about 100 doms working at its eight crematoriums. The bigger crematoriums like the ones in Kalighat and Nimtala employ about 30 doms each. The smaller ones, like the Garia facility, have e...

NKDA has been trying to build a crematorium in New Town. “We had earmarked a plot near the Hanuman Temple behind Eco Park about four months ago but local villagers got wind from the placard put ...

A crematorium with four electric pyres will come up in New Town within a few weeks, an official of the New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) said. A 2-acre plot in Action Area ID, near Chitta...

The Dhanbad Municipal Corporation has initiated the construction of an electric crematorium at the Mohalbani Ghat on the banks of the river Damodar in Bhowra area of Jharia after facing extreme diffic...

The Jharkhand government has decided to set up rapid antigen test (RAT) booths at various burning ghats and graveyards across the state and make Covid testing mandatory for relativ...

From co-ordinating cremation of Covid bodies to attending routine work at Subarnarekha burning ghat in Bhuinyandih, C. Ganesh Rao remains engrossed in a challenging yet risky job. The 68-year-old joi...

Bidding farewell to the dead through funeral rites was one of the earliest signs of civilization. Although funeral practices have changed with time, bereavement is still an event. People wish peace fo...

Relatives and friends who came to cremate the bodies of Covid-19 patients at the lone electric crematorium in the industrial city have complained that handlers charged “arbitrary fees” and...