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Friday, November 14, 2025
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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

Virat, Anushka, Bumrah selling sarias & cement, dentists, vets, Bihar walls painted in ‘rurbanisation’

Over generations, Bihar’s bane has been its utter lack of urbanisation. But now, even Bihar is urbanising. Or let’s say, rurbanising. Two decades under Nitish Kumar have created a new elite in its cities.

Wealth nears $99 trillion, still Asia’s rich don’t have succession plans

Much of this wealth is tied to founder-led businesses that employ millions and help anchor regional economies.

Turkey blocks transport of Apache choppers to India through its airspace, new route being worked out

Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.