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The business of supplying wood for cremation runs into several crores of rupees. (Representational image)

Cow dung cakes for cremation in Varanasi?

The move, however, has met with stiff resistance from local wood sellers.

1 Sept 2017 5:33 AM IST

Former Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley (Photo: Twitter)

Arun Jaitley cremated with full state honours

Hundreds of leaders from across political spectrum visited his south Delhi home last evening to pay their last respects.

25 Aug 2019 8:52 AM IST

Mumbai: Muslim neighbours perform last rites of Hindu man amid lockdown

Mumbai: Muslim neighbours perform last rites of Hindu man amid...

Pandurang Ubale, who was paralysed since the last few months, died at his residence in Zakaria Bunder area of Sewri on...

13 May 2020 12:31 PM IST

China says the body of Liu Xiaobo, who died this week after a battle with liver cancer, has been cremated. The government of the city of Shenyang in northeastern China, where Liu was treated, said in a briefing that the cremation took place Saturday morning in a ceremony attended by family and friends. (Photo: AP)

Body of China's Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo cremated

Liu died from multiple organ failure on Thursday, having not been allowed to leave the country for cancer treatment.

15 July 2017 8:38 AM IST