Spectre of death: Bengaluru records 77 deaths; mass cremations begin
Spectre of death: Bengaluru records 77 deaths; mass cremations begin
ByPragna L KrupaPragna L Krupa / Updated: Apr 26, 2021, 08:07 IST
On a day when
Bengaluru opened a large four-acre plot for open cremations and burials, the city for the first time recorded 20,773 cases and 77 deaths
It was a day when Bengaluru sheltered at home, waiting for a miracle. But it was like locking the stable after the horse had bolted.
It was also a day when Bengaluru’s open cremation and burial grounds started operating at noon, at Channenahalli. On day 1, there was a long line of ambulances and grieving relatives, waiting to conduct the last rites of their loved ones who had died from
UK denies report that PM Boris Johnson said let the bodies pile high Johnson faces a barrage of allegations in newspapers 26 April 2021 - 09:06 By Guy Faulconbridge Britain s Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves Downing Street, in London, Britain, on April 21 2021. Image: REUTERS/Toby Melville
A newspaper report that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that he would rather bodies piled “high in their thousands” than order a third lockdown is not true, defence secretary Ben Wallace said on Monday.
Johnson is facing a stream of allegations in British newspapers about everything from his muddled initial handling of the Covid-19 crisis to questions over who financed the redecoration of his Downing Street flat.