Graveyard

Pakistan: Man buries pet dog near graveyard, arrested

Pakistani police arrested a man in the garrison city of Rawalpindi for trying to bury his dog near a graveyard, according to a media report on Sunday. The man, who was not identified, was arrested under a provision of the Pakistan Penal Code related to trespassing burial places even though he had not entered the cemetery. ...  

Afzal Guru hanged: Curfew re-imposed in Kashmir

Authorities on Thursday re-imposed curfew in Kashmir to foil any plans of separatist groups to stage a march to Eidgah graveyard in memory of Parliament attack convict Mohammad Afzal Guru. Police vehicles fitted with public address systems announced the imposition of curfew and asked people not to venture out of their homes. ...  

West Bengal now a graveyard: Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee

Former chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Sunday accused the West Bengal government of squandering money on self promotion instead of creating jobs. ...  

West Bengal now a graveyard: Buddhadeb

Former chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Sunday accused the West Bengal government of squandering money on self promotion instead of creating jobs. "The constant refrain is all work has been done. Sometimes it is being said 90 per cent of the work is complete. We ruled West Bengal for 34 years. But we could never think of saying such things," he told a CPI-M rally at Dum Dum. ...  

Shrinking space for the dead in Hyderabad

Hyderabad: "Mar ke bhi chain na paya to kidhar jayenge? (If there is no peace in death, then where will I go?" This Urdu couplet from Ibrahim Zauq aptly sums up the problem of the dead in Hyderabad. In this booming metropolis, where thousands struggle for a place to live in, even death offers no solution. Rapid urbanisation, burgeoning population, escalating land prices and shrinking graveyards due to encroachments have...  

J&K: Unmarked graves give possibilities of closure to families of missing

A human rights group has found over 2000 unnamed bodies in graveyards spread across three districts in Kashmir. ...

Graves found in J&K: hope for families of missing

Srinagar: A human rights group in Kashmir has found over 2000 unnamed bodies in graveyards spread across three districts, bringing hope for the families of scores of people who have gone missing in Kashmir in the past two decades. DNA tests will now be carried out to gives these families closure. Tahira and Tariq Ahmad have been married for 10 years and have three children. But Ahmad's sudden disappearance in...  

Shell out a fortune to 'rest in peace' in Kerala

Soaring real estate prices have made the cost of tombs in graveyards and vaults in churches skyrocket. ...  

Grave concern: Finding Kashmir's missing generation

Wellington: New Zealander Mike Hesson says he quit as Kenya's national cricket coach after his family were victims of an attempted carjacking. Hesson, who returned to New Zealand earlier this month, told Radio Sport on Friday that the carjacking was the last in a series of events which had caused him to fear for the safety of his family. His wife's car had earlier been attacked and he feared increased...  

Guj hotel has feast over the dead

The Lucky Hotel in Ahmedabad has tombs nestled between wooden tables and chairs. ...  

India experiments with graveyard tourism

The project is expected to bring in 1 million tourists when Indian celebrates 150 years of the mutiny of 1857. ...  

Christians save up for grave crisis

Christians running out of space to bury dead; churches appeal follower to empty old graves and use vaults. ...  

They compete for space with the dead

Manila North Cemetery, the largest cemetery in the Philippines has been a thriving community for the homeless. ...  

'Monster' fossil found in Norway

Scientists have found a fossil of a “Monster” fish-like reptile in an Arctic island in Norway. ...  

It's crowded six feet under!

Tirana residents are trying to put off dying until the govt and city officials end their row over space shortages. ...