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  Britain bids teary farewell to Queen Elizabeth II as coffin laid to rest at Windsor Castle

  World | September 20, 2022 0:02 IST

  Hundreds of thousands of people descended on central London to partake in the historic moment. They jammed the sidewalks to watch the coffin wend its way through the streets of the capital after the service.

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  Punjab CM Amarinder Singh announces state funeral for Milkha Singh

  India | June 19, 2021 13:20 IST

  Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday announced a state funeral for the 91-year-old track legend Milkha Singh.

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  Ram Vilas Paswan last rites performed; son Chirag, Ravi Shankar Prasad others pay tribute

  India | October 10, 2020 17:14 IST

  Late parliamentarian Ram Vilas Paswan on Saturday accorded a state funeral at the ceremony in Patna.

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  Ram Vilas Paswan to be accorded state funeral, Ravi Shankar Prasad to represent central govt

  India | October 09, 2020 16:32 IST

  Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan would be accorded a state funeral, and Law and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad would represent the central government at the ceremony in Patna. 

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  Two-day mourning in Delhi, state funeral announced for Sheila Dikshit

  India | July 21, 2019 11:54 IST

  Delhi government has announced a two-day mourning over the passing away of former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit. Also, the veteran leader would be accorded a state funeral, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said. Shiela Dikshit passed away Saturday afternoon at a private hospital after suffering cardiac arrest. She was 81.

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  Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan to be buried in home country Ghana on September 13

  World | August 25, 2018 16:03 IST

  Annan will be buried at the Burma Camp military cemetery in Accra.

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  Centre to accord state funeral to M Karunanidhi, confirms Ministry of Home Affairs

  India | August 08, 2018 7:00 IST

  The Ministry informed that the former DMK chief will be accorded a state funeral on Wednesday.

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  Nation bids adieu to Marshal of IAF Arjan Singh, 1965 war hero

  India | October 03, 2017 19:46 IST

  Arjan Singh, Marshal of the Indian Air Force, who passed away on Saturday at the age of 98, will be laid to rest today morning

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  State funeral for Marshal of AIF Arjan Singh tomorrow; flag to fly half mast in Delhi

  India | September 17, 2017 12:06 IST

  A state funeral will be accorded to Marshal of the Indian Air Force Arjan Singh and the national flag will fly at half mast in all government buildings here tomorrow in his honour

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  RK Laxman accorded state funeral; Maharashtra govt. to set up memorial

  India | January 27, 2015 21:48 IST

  Pune: Eminent cartoonist R K Laxman, whose work ruled the pages of newspapers and the hearts of countrymen, was today accorded a state funeral here, as a teary-eyed nation joined in paying tribute to the

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  Maharashtra govt declares state funeral for Dawoodi Bohra chief

  India | January 18, 2014 10:51 IST

  Mumbai: Maharashtra  government has declared a state funeral for Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin, the 52nd spiritual leader of the one million-strong Dawoodi Bohra community, who died in Mumbai on Friday after a heart attack. The 102-year-old 

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