Autopsy

Central Govt passes order allowing autopsies to be conducted after sunset; why now, what it means

Autopsies were not allowed at night due to a British-era law that barred practitioners from performing an autopsy in the absence of sunlight due to practical reasons arising from lack of proper lighting.

CIC asks prime minister, home minister to take call on declassifying Lal Bahadur Shastri's death records

The directives were issued to the central public information officers of the Prime Minister's Office, External Affairs Ministry and Home Ministry on the plea of an RTI applicant seeking to know if autopsy was done on Shastri who had died on 11 January, 1966 in Tashkent in a Soviet dacha.

Burari deaths: All 11 members of Chundawat family died due to hanging, reveals autopsy report; no tantrik link established yet

All 11 members of the Chundawat family, whose bodies were recently recovered from their residence in north Delhi's Burari, died due to hanging, a senior police officer said today after the force received the last post-mortem report of 77-year-old Narayan Devi

Delhi Burari deaths: Female occult practitioner detained; police to conduct psychological autopsy of family members

Delhi Police has detained a female occult practitioner days after the bodies of 11 members of a family were found in the area of Burari.

Fiorentina's 31-year-old captain Davide Astori died of cardiac arrest, reveals autopsy

Doctors who carried out Astori's autopsy referred to a "cardiac arrest without a visible explanation, in all likelihood due to a slow heart rate"

Sherin Mathews' foster father may face death penalty: Indictment says accused used deadly weapon

Prosecutors in Texas will decide in the coming weeks whether to seek the death penalty against the Indian-American adoptive father of three-year-old toddler Sherin Mathews whose decomposed body was found in a culvert, according to US media reports.

JNU student Muthukrishnan's death: Autopsy stuck amid 'foul play' speculation; Dalit groups demand CBI inquiry

A Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student's body was found hanging from the ceiling of his room on Monday, police said. Apparently, he had committed suicide, they added.

Subramanian Swamy demands discussion in Rajya Sabha on Mahatma Gandhi's assassination

BJP leader Subramanian Swamy on Tuesday demanded a discussion on Mahatma Gandhi's assassination, saying no autopsy was conducted on the body.

Autopsy to determine cause of Prince's death set for Friday

Prince's death came two weeks after the singer cancelled concerts in Atlanta because he wasn't feeling well.

Bodies of four militants killed in Pathankot attack sent for post mortem

The bodies of four militants gunned down during the terror attack on the country's strategic air base in Pathankot were sent for post mortem.