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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

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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

Muslims, Christians get graveyards in Mohali after two-decade wait

Punjab cabinet minister Balbir Singh Sidhu inaugurating graveyards in Sector 73 on Tuesday.
Updated on Jul 07, 2020 08:22 PM IST

Kolkata: Covid positive patient’s body kept at home for 2 days as family awaited his test result

The family got in touch with the Kolkata Police, the state health department, and the KMC authorities and tried to preserve the body in a mortuary until the test result was made available to them.
Updated on Jul 01, 2020 07:01 PM IST

Covid-19: Noida sector 94 cremation ground being sanitized daily

The cremation ground located near Kalindi Kunj Barrage on Yamuna is spread over 13 acres along the embankment road.
Updated on Jun 16, 2020 10:37 AM IST

Health, cremation ground workers honoured

Cremation ground and health workers have been honoured in Hoshiarpur for their services.
Published on Jun 02, 2020 03:50 PM IST

Row as workers transporting body of Covid-19 patient refuse to place it on pyre in Chandigarh

Red Cross staff and crematorium staff arguing over the body of Covid-19 patient Omkar Singh from Hoshiarpur, who died in PGI on Saturday. Red Cross staff refused to carry the body inside the LPG crematorium in Sector 25 West in Chandigarh on Sunday.
Published on May 10, 2020 11:00 PM IST

In absence of lockers, urns hang from trees at Chandigarh cremation ground

Earthen pots filled with the ashes of the deceased hang on a tree at the cremation ground in Chandigarh’s Sector 25, as no more lockers are available to store them.
Updated on Apr 14, 2020 08:27 AM IST

Noted Punjabi novelist Dalip Kaur Tiwana cremated in Patiala

Politicians, academicians, literary personalities and officials of district administration paying tributes to the writes in Patiala on Saturday.
Updated on Feb 01, 2020 09:26 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

Mohali MC to spend 14 cr to boost drinking water supply

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Published on Dec 25, 2019 12:52 AM IST

Now, vets can take up stray dog sterilisation in Chandigarh

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Published on Oct 30, 2019 12:54 AM IST

MC house approves 6-km cycle track for Mohali

(From left) Mohali senior deputy mayor Rishab Jain, mayor Kulwant Singh and MC commissioner Bhupinder Pal Singh during the monthly House meeting of the Mohali municipal corporation on Thursday.
Updated on Oct 25, 2019 12:41 AM IST

Odisha man presumed dead wakes up minutes before cremation

Simanchal was then taken to the cremation ground but as soon as his relatives undressed him to keep him on the pier, he woke up.
Updated on Oct 13, 2019 07:25 PM IST

Batala firecracker factory owners booked for culpable homicide

NDRF personnel during the rescue operation in Batala on Thursday
Updated on Sep 06, 2019 03:49 AM IST