Violence against, and the murder of, women deemed witches is a regular part of life in various parts of India. What will change this?
With its overload of superstition, myths, ghosts and evil spirits, the Indian market for ghost hunters is niche. But social media may have finally given it wings
In 2018, 73 witchcraft-related cases were reported across Odisha, out of which 18 were murders. Another 99 cases, including 18 murders, were recorded in the state in 2017.
By tradition, a crucifix is cast into the waters of a lake or river, and it is believed that the person who retrieves it will be freed from evil spirits and will be healthy throughout the year.
A district official said a response will be submitted to the NCPCR.
The Club House debates, in general, throw up pictures of a Malayali society that is making giant strides towards a more emancipatory future. They also present its worse detractors – zealots of all hues.
While presently there exists no nationwide legislation to deal with superstitious practices, black magic, or human sacrifice in particular, certain sections of the Indian Penal Code enlist penalties applicable for such...
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In the video, a large number of people, mostly women, were seen standing at a place in the village and most of them were neither wearing masks nor following the social distancing norms.
The police have arrested the three accused involved in the alleged murder of their 2-year-old nephew
The husband-wife duo suspected the boy's family of practising black magic and blamed them for the death of their buffalo.
Water that is blessed by a cleric on Epiphany is considered holy and pure until next year's celebration, and is believed to have special powers of protection...
The milk-made Ganesha of 1995 offers us a parable for today: when motivated myths, rumours and lies cross over from mass culture to the media, the truth...
Doctor made to believe of the ‘magical’ features of the lamp that summons a ‘genie’.
Rukmani Mishra (49) reached Koteshwar Temple on Saturday night and tried to slit his throat with a knife: Officials
The body with hands and legs tied and face covered was exhumed on Monday from a 5-feet-deep pit.
A district collector takes it upon himself to rid the region of a degrading practice visited upon sick children—the scourge of daagna
Roop Kanwar, a teen widow who committed sati by burning herself on the pyre of her husband, has attained divinity in Rajasthan's Sikar district
With reservoirs running dry, Tamil Nadu's water restoration system has struck a controversial note even as the government issues diktat on how the rain god...
The accused were detained on Sunday, after the police received information about the incident that took place in Chhota Krishnapur village on May 23.
The Kanpur unit considers the wooden chair auspicious, and its leaders feel it will help the Bharatiya Janata Party form the government again at the Centre and...
From BMC's proposal to convert at least 10 old BEST buses into mobile loos to an Arunachal lawmaker accused of casting a voodoo spell on voters, read this and...
From 'forest forensics' in MP to catch sandalwood and teak smugglers to why Chinese supremacists don’t want monasteries to teach Tibetan to young Tibetans...
From report cards from government for Karnataka school teachers' performance to Pakistan government's decision to convert Kapoor haveli into a museum, read...
Patriarchy manifests most strongly in spiritual discourse, and there’s no religion free from it
