Woman awaits last rites for 25 yrs

LUCKNOW: If you thought mummies can only be found inside Egyptian pyramids, then visit the State Medico Legal Cell (SMLC) office at Aishbagh. The dilapidated premises still houses the embalmed mortal remains of a murder victim who breathed her last almost 25 years ago. Read More................Awaiting last rites for past 25 yrs

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Monk's last rites go for more than 10 Million Rs.

MUMBAI: He had barely shut his eyes and crossed his legs in a meditative padmasana when pain flashed through his chest. In a quiet hamlet of Nadiad in Gujarat, Hemratna Suri Maharajsaheb, spiritual mentor to lakhs of Jains, died last Friday. Read More................Monk's last rites go for a crore

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Last rites of 'corruption'

Patna (Bihar): Two young men have carried out the last rites for the dead in Bihar, not for their ancestors but for corruption, hoping to bury the practice once and for all.

The activity was aimed at sending a message of no corruption.

Shiv Shankar, aged 20, offered pindadan, the last rite according to Hindu religious rituals, seeking salvation for the dead from the cycle of rebirth. Read more................................Two youths carry out last rites of 'corruption'

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Living Father's last rites performed by son

In another weird incident, a man of Manihari block in Katihar district of Bihar state of India, 'Pankaj Singh' , who's father is still alive, performed his father's last rites and burned an effigy also to protest against his father's lavish lifestyle. As per a report, father had sold off the family land & son was having dispute over that with his father. Interestingly his mother Param Joyta Devi and some villagers also joined in such a protest................Read more................Son performs last rites of living father

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