RAIPUR, India, Oct 12 (Reuters) - An elderly woman in the eastern Indian state of Chhattisgarh jumped into her husband's funeral pyre, killing herself in an outlawed custom, police said on Sunday.

An Indian man awoke on a funeral pyre moments before it was to be set on fire after a doctor skipped a postmortem, medical officials said Saturday.

A 25-year-old man who was declared dead and about to be cremated in India this week was found to be still alive by witnesses, according to reports. Rohitash Kumar, 25, who was deaf and mute, was ...

ALLAHABAD, India (Reuters) - As dawn broke over the Ganges, India's holiest river, priests made offerings, locals brushed their teeth and men lathered themselves with soap -- while Westerners snapped ...

The one-year-old son of martyred Indian Army soldier Rinkel Balyan performed the last rites of his father in Uttar Pradesh's ...

Sons of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, Parth and Jay, perform the poignant final rites by igniting the funeral pyre for their father amid emotional last respects.

An Indian man awoke on a funeral pyre moments before it was to be set on fire after a doctor skipped a post-mortem, medical officials said yesterday. Rohitash Kumar, 25, who had speaking and hearing ...