Soldier Funeral

At a funeral outside Jerusalem, hundreds of Israelis were listening to a eulogy when air raid sirens began to shrill.

Israeli civilians and soldiers crouched, panting as rockets could be heard exploding in the background. They were at a funeral.

Colonel Viplav Tripathi who died in the line of duty along with four other soldiers on Saturday in an ambush by terrorists in Manipur near the India-Myanmar border was paid the final respects on Monday.

The last rites of Sakhamuri Muralikrishna, one of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) soldiers killed in the recent Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh, was held today with full police honours at his native Gudipudi in Sattenapalli Mandal of Guntur dis

The Indian Army and members of the Tibetan community in Leh paid their last respects this morning to Tibetan soldier Nyima Tenzin, who was from the once-secret Special Frontier Force (SFF) unit of Tibetan soldiers operating under the command of the Indian Army. He was killed in action last week after he stepped on a vintage landmine in South Pangon...

It appears that China is not willing to recognise the casualties it suffered in the Galwan valley clash as the government is pressurising the families of killed soldiers to not conduct burials and in-person funeral ceremonies, according to a US intelligence assessment.

The funeral of soldier Rajwinder Singh, who was killed in an encounter with terrorists in Kashmir, was held today at his native village Dodra at Samana in Punjab's Patiala district with full military honours.

Two Punjab soldiers who died fighting the Chinese in Galwan Valley were cremated Thursday at their home villages, their young children - in one case a 10-year-old - lighting the funeral pyres.

Senior BJP leaders attending the funeral of a soldier killed in the Monday encounter with terrorists in Pulwama were accused of insensitive behaviour by relatives of the army man.

Shock, grief and outrage have engulfed the country after the deadly terror attack in Pulwama that led to the death of 40 CRPF personnel.

Just hours before Lance Naik Ranjeet Singh 's cremation at his ancestral village Jammu and Kashmir's Ramba on Tuesday, his wife delivered their first child after ten years of marriage-a baby girl.

A Dutch colonel was on Wednesday getting a burial with full military honours, almost 400 years after his death, in a unique funeral in a tiny Frisian town.

Scores of local residents turned out on Tuesday to attend the funerals of junior commissioned officer Muhammad Ashraf Mir and other three soldiers killed in the terror attack on the Sunjawan army camp in Jammu.

Pakistani soldiers on Saturday carried the flag-draped coffin of German-born Catholic nun Ruth Pfau to a state funeral where she was honoured after devoting her life to eradicating leprosy in the country.

The family of Prem Sagar - one of the two soldiers mutilated by Pakistani troops earlier this month - has described the arrangements made for a visit by Yogi Adityanath on Sunday as "humiliating". For the Chief Minister's brief visit, the Uttar Pradesh administration insisted on bringing an air-conditioner, a carpet, a sofa and even towels to the m...

At a funeral outside Jerusalem, hundreds of Israelis were listening to a eulogy when air raid sirens began to shrill.

Israeli civilians and soldiers crouched, panting as rockets could be heard exploding in the background. They were at a funeral.

Colonel Viplav Tripathi who died in the line of duty along with four other soldiers on Saturday in an ambush by terrorists in Manipur near the India-Myanmar border was paid the final respects on Monday.

The last rites of Sakhamuri Muralikrishna, one of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) soldiers killed in the recent Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh, was held today with full police honours at his native Gudipudi in Sattenapalli Mandal of Guntur dis

The Indian Army and members of the Tibetan community in Leh paid their last respects this morning to Tibetan soldier Nyima Tenzin, who was from the once-secret Special Frontier Force (SFF) unit of Tibetan soldiers operating under the command of the Indian Army. He was killed in action last week after he stepped on a vintage landmine in South Pangon...

It appears that China is not willing to recognise the casualties it suffered in the Galwan valley clash as the government is pressurising the families of killed soldiers to not conduct burials and in-person funeral ceremonies, according to a US intelligence assessment.

The funeral of soldier Rajwinder Singh, who was killed in an encounter with terrorists in Kashmir, was held today at his native village Dodra at Samana in Punjab's Patiala district with full military honours.

Two Punjab soldiers who died fighting the Chinese in Galwan Valley were cremated Thursday at their home villages, their young children - in one case a 10-year-old - lighting the funeral pyres.

Senior BJP leaders attending the funeral of a soldier killed in the Monday encounter with terrorists in Pulwama were accused of insensitive behaviour by relatives of the army man.

Shock, grief and outrage have engulfed the country after the deadly terror attack in Pulwama that led to the death of 40 CRPF personnel.

Just hours before Lance Naik Ranjeet Singh 's cremation at his ancestral village Jammu and Kashmir's Ramba on Tuesday, his wife delivered their first child after ten years of marriage-a baby girl.

A Dutch colonel was on Wednesday getting a burial with full military honours, almost 400 years after his death, in a unique funeral in a tiny Frisian town.

Scores of local residents turned out on Tuesday to attend the funerals of junior commissioned officer Muhammad Ashraf Mir and other three soldiers killed in the terror attack on the Sunjawan army camp in Jammu.

Pakistani soldiers on Saturday carried the flag-draped coffin of German-born Catholic nun Ruth Pfau to a state funeral where she was honoured after devoting her life to eradicating leprosy in the country.

The family of Prem Sagar - one of the two soldiers mutilated by Pakistani troops earlier this month - has described the arrangements made for a visit by Yogi Adityanath on Sunday as "humiliating". For the Chief Minister's brief visit, the Uttar Pradesh administration insisted on bringing an air-conditioner, a carpet, a sofa and even towels to the m...