Last Rites

Balasore: Perhaps the worst part of COVID-19  has been the ostracisation of the victims, both living and dead and their families by those living in their immediate surroundings.  There…

New Delhi: Veteran actor Rishi Kapoor was cremated at the Chandanwadi Crematorium in Mumbai on Thursday afternoon. Sadly, the actor’s only daughter Riddhima Kapoor, who lives in New Delhi…

Bhubaneswar: By now, stories of the next of kin not being able to attend the last rites of their loved ones due to COVID-19 and the lockdown abound. In the Odisha capital, Sukanta Pradhan…

Bhubaneswar: The last rites of the first COVID-19 deceased in Odisha were performed at 3 am on Wednesday in accordance with the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare guidelines. It…

Balangir: The Additional District Judge (ADJ) court on Saturday granted interim bail to Punjilal Meher, prime accused in the much-talked-about Patnagarh parcel bomb blast case, to perform…

Koraput: An officer of the Child Welfare Committee and chairperson of the Child Protection Committee performed the last rites of an orphan boy after his relatives refused to do so. Police…

Baripada: India celebrated 73rd Independence Day on Thursday. However, this freedom was of little use for a man of Kuchei village under Kuliana police limits in Mayurbhanj. His wife died…

Malkangiri: Breaking social stereotypes, three girls performed the last rites of their father in Odisha’s Malkangiri district on Friday. The deceased has been identified as Sukanta Kumar…