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UP infant dies in Valley; family refuses autopsy

11:16 pm July 19, 2021

Aditya Vikram Singh/ALLAHABAD: A tourist family from Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh declined the request of police to go for a postmortem after an 11-months old baby died in Pahalgam hotel, they were staying in, in the Kashmir valley, the other day. Police sources told Democratic Accent that a 15-member family from Prayagraj had arrived in […]

HM’s remark against custodial torture, a welcome move

11:11 pm July 19, 2021

Aditya Vikram Singh/New Delhi: The Union home minister Amit Shah’s recent pronouncement that the days of third-degree torture are gone is extraordinarily welcome. His announcement is as much a signal to the security forces to lay off this practice as it is an acknowledgment about something that everyone from the Supreme Court to the subaltern […]

Adityanath visits Kalyan Singh at hospital

11:59 pm July 18, 2021

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday visited the Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS) to enquire about the health of former minister Kalyan Singh, the hospital said in a statement. Singh, 89, was admitted to the ICU of the hospital on the evening of July 4 due to an […]

Death toll in Mumbai rain fury climbs to 30: BMC

11:58 pm July 18, 2021

Mumbai: The toll in rain-related incidents in Mumbai reached 30 as incessant heavy downpour overnight during a major thunderstorm pummeled the Maharashtra capital, causing severe water-logging and traffic disruptions in the city on Sunday, officials said. In the Mahul area in suburban Chembur, 19 people died when a compound wall came crashing down on some […]

Sidhu appointed Punjab Congress president

11:52 pm July 18, 2021

New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Sunday appointed Navjot Singh Sidhu as the new president of the party’s Punjab unit, notwithstanding the strong opposition from Chief Minister Amarinder Singh. Gandhi also appointed four working presidents to assist Sidhu in the run-up to the next assembly elections. The appointments came after days of internal squabbling […]