Protests erupted in several parts of India on Wednesday after the authorities had the body of a gang rape victim cremated at a ceremony her family said took place without their permission.

Popular Punjabi singer and actor Rajvir Jawanda died while undergoing treatment at Fortis Hospital, Mohali, after battling ...

Protests erupted in India on Wednesday (September 30), after police had the body of a female victim of gang rape cremated late at night, against the wishes of her family. The 19-year-old woman ...

Across the globe, funeral traditions vary widely, reflecting diverse cultural beliefs and practices. From Monpa water burials ...

Assamese singer Zubeen Garg dies at 52 in Singapore. Fans gather in lakhs in Guwahati to pay tribute with Mayabini ahead of state-honoured cremation.

The singer, born as Jibon Borthakur into a Brahmin family, had on several occasions said he had once torn off his lagun to ...

At singer Zubeen Garg’s cremation in Guwahati, a man publicly tore his sacred thread, rejecting caste and religion — a symbolic act that went viral and drew both praise and criticism.

Chhattisgarh High Court has declared the right to a dignified death and cremation a fundamental right under Article 21. This ...

A severely burned Indian woman who was thought to be dead reportedly woke up in a hearse moments before she was going to be cremated. Bujji Aamma, 52, of Berhampur, suffered burns over half her body ...

NEW DELHI, June 27 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - India began the mass cremation of bodies recovered after devastating floods in the country's northern Himalayan region, government officials said on ...

Police arrested two people in UP's Meerut district for allegedly performing an occult ritual using a human skull taken from a cremation pyre. They are on the lookout for a third accused who is on the ...