Where do families begin when faced with the loss of a loved one and the urgent need to make funeral arrangements?

On Friday, the auspicious occasion of Basant Panchami, Mayor Ashok Kumar Tiwari formally inaugurated the “Free Death Registration” system by cutting the ribbon at Harishchandra Ghat.

The controversy began after heavy machinery was used to clear encroachments and old structures at Manikarnika Ghat as part of ...

Martha Stewart has sparked conversation after revealing she would like to be composted after death, describing the idea as an ...

The average cost of a traditional attended funeral reached £4,510 in 2025, according to insurer SunLife’s annual Cost of ...

I write these words after far too many tears shed together with bereaved families-families placed in painful and often avoidable situations simply because the right conversations did not happen ...

Burned bone fragments found in northern Malawi have revealed the oldest cremation pyre ever found in Africa — and unearthed new mysteries that may be hard to solve. By analyzing the bones and pyre ...

Archaeologists say they've unexpectedly found a huge Stone Age cremation pyre in southern-central Africa. The discovery is helping them understand the history of cremation. Archaeologists have made an ...

About 9,500 years ago, a community of hunter-gatherers in central Africa cremated a small woman on an open pyre at the base of Mount Hora, a prominent natural landmark in what is now northern Malawi, ...

About 9,500 years ago, a community of hunter-gatherers in central Africa cremated a small woman on an open pyre at the base of Mount Hora, a prominent natural landmark in northern Malawi, according to ...