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Saturday, March 14, 2026
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Topic: Funerals

Navy officer Vinay Narwal’s family wants the media out—‘Please don’t ruin our reputation’

The excess of the press—the volley of cameras, the questions that are being hurled at them—is causing Vinay Narwal’s family to retreat further into their grief.

Queen Elizabeth II laid to rest after state funeral, attended by world leaders, watched by millions

The late monarch’s last resting place is St. George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle, next to her husband Prince Philip, father King George VI, mother and sister Princess Margaret.

Brother, farmer ally, singer — At Moose Wala funeral, fans count the many ways they loved him

Moose Wala’s funeral at his village — Moosa in Punjab’s Mansa district — witnessed a massive gathering Tuesday. Hundreds had camped outside the singer's mansion Monday night.

‘It is about journey of soul’ — Parsis seek exemption, want Covid funerals on their terms

Surat Parsi Punchayet has petitioned SC to permit Parsi last rites for Covid victims. Protocol only allows burial & cremation. A look at the pandemic's impact on the community.

Delhi has registered 443 ‘Covid funerals’ since 14 March, four times the govt death figures

Data from Covid-19 cremation and burial grounds in Delhi is for confirmed and suspected cases, corroborated by the North and South Delhi municipal bodies.

Indians buried even Pakistani Kargil soldiers, but now denying last rites to Covid victims

Families of a Padma Shri awardee in Punjab and two doctors in Chennai and Shillong had a traumatic time performing the last rites — as if Covid-19 has robbed us of all humanity.

Coronavirus pandemic is changing funerals and how we deal with the dead

While all possible steps are taken to uphold respect for the dead, in pandemics the emphasis inevitably shifts to public health.

In Photos: Allies, rivals come together to bid farewell as Arun Jaitley is cremated

Cutting across party lines, a number of political leaders paid their respects to Arun Jaitley, who was cremated in Delhi Sunday.

Funerals are becoming the final opportunity to flaunt wealth

Businessmen and billionaires are often aggressively competitive in life, and funerals become one last extravagant display of wealth. 

On Camera

Period pain is real. Blanket menstrual leave policy isn’t a fix

The Supreme Court is right to point out the 'mindset of employers', who, because of this policy, may deduce that 'women are inferior.'

Red carpet for industry honchos as AAP kicks off Punjab investors summit. Rs 10,000 cr pledged on Day 1

At 2nd such summit in Punjab for top investors organised by AAP since it came to power in Punjab, Lakshmi Mittal announced his Bathinda refinery has increased production of LPG by 3,000 tonnes/day.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.