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Shimla, May 21: Colonial-era cemeteries in Himalayan hill stations of Himachal Pradesh, with the oldest grave dating back to 1828, are a matter of grave concern now -- a fading heritage of the Raj.

2,800 flags of red, white, and blue filled Greenwood and Mount Calvary Cemeteries in Bellaire as a group of volunteers from the community placed flags on the graves of veterans and first responders in honor of Armed Forces Day. 

The long-standing cemetery scarcity in Sydney is getting worse. A recent audit says that in the next three years, there wont be any room for Orthodox and Muslim faith burials in Australias largest cemetery, Rookwood

Alcohol is here to stay in Whanganui cemeteries.

Tribal historians have tried for years to follow the Army’s policies for repatriating former boarding school students, but they have grown frustrated with the federal agency’s unfamiliar process.

“Our cemetery is becoming a talking point and joke."

Some 200 graves belonging to Wagner Group mercenaries were discovered at a cemetery in the Russian city of Novosibirsk, where some of the deceased were buried without the knowledge of their relatives living hundreds of miles away.

When COVID-19 lockdowns went into effect, sending introverts into the ecstasy of mandated isolation, extrovert Rick Ames found himself adrift. A Burlington writer and performer...

The desecration of Braamfontein Cemetery has been described as the biggest case of vandalism in the history of Johannesburg’s cemeteries.

A gate there cemeteries are amazing. >> they really are. we are psyched about this, they say next year they are putting in traffic lights and requiring breaks. >> douglas, what are you going to pick? what cities will you pick? >> as you often point out, i am from england, so my story is about things that happened in neighboring country called wales . and, they are, touching story, couple there, they couldnt wor out in the garden and kept getting ripped up at night, and they discovered its becaus...