Cremation is a popular alternative to burial that's becoming more common, but just how long does the whole process take from ...

Starting Tuesday, the process is legal in Minnesota for people looking for an alternate option to burial or cremation.

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday paved the way for the dignified cremation of a man's body kept lying in a hospital morgue for the last 27 days, waiting for cremation amid a family dispute. The High ...

An alternative to burial or cremation — allowing dead bodies to break down into a soil-like product — is just a signature ...

What is a water cremation and what happens to the human body during the process? As Co-Op plans to offer the service in Britain, MailOnline reveals a step-by-step guide to water cremations.

Water cremation and human composting could soon be offered as an alternative to traditional funerals. A Law Commission ...

Volunteers and loved ones carry a body to the open-air funeral pyre in Crestone, Colo. The movement is not without opposition. The Catholic Church in the United States has expressed opposition to ...

NEW DELHI, Jan. 31, 1948 (UP) - The body of sainted Mohandas K. Gandhi today was committed to the flames of the burning ghat as violence touched off by his assassination flared anew in Bombay.

Water cremations, sometimes referred to as 'boil in a bag' funerals, are already widely available across the US, and could soon be rolled out in the UK ...

PROVIDENCE – A bill to allow the composting of human remains and a method of dealing with bodies known as water cremation passed the House for the second year in a row on May 29, but this time ...

AUSTIN, Texas (WKRC) - A mortuary owner was accused of "experimenting" on severed body parts from corpses she was in charge of cremating. According to a probable cause affidavit obtained by local ...