last rites

Bhubaneswar: A day after the parents of a brain dead 14-year-old girl agreed to donate her liver for transplant, the minor’s last rites were performed with full state honours at Swargadwar cremation ground at Odisha’s Puri town on Saturday.…

Bhubaneswar: At a time when religious strife is taking its toll on several countries and societies across the Globe, people from the Muslim community in Odisha’s Cuttack city have performed the last rites of a Hindu woman. Sita Dei, a…

Bhubaneswar: Family members of an 18-year-old girl in Odisha’s Cuttack district reportedly declared her dead and performed her post-death rituals after she eloped with her lover recently. Payal Mahapatra, daughter of Bishwajit Mahapatra,…

Bhubaneswar: The mortal remains of Health Minister Naba Das were consigned to flames with full state honour at his native Jharsuguda today. Das succumbed to his injuries at a private hospital here hours after a police ASI opened fire on…

Bhubaneswar: At a time when more number of people are succumbing to COVID-19 virus, the Odisha government today allowed family members of the patients who died of the disease to participate in the funeral. While issuing fresh guidelines…