Tonto: Four men were sent to jail on June 17 for branding a middle-aged woman, mother to two school-going children, a witch at a West Singhbhum village only 100 km from Jamshedpur. The men were part of a group of six who had on the night of June 10 forcedContinue Reading
This has been done as Chief Minister Siddaramaiah believes that too much of superstition is being spread by the astrologers.Continue Reading
Ghosts in tins were sold for as much as 10,000 rupeesContinue Reading
Guwahati: As passage of the Assam Witch Hunting (Prohibition, Prevention and Protection) Bill, 2015 in the State Assembly Thursday empowered the State to tackle this menace, social activist Dibyajyoti Saikia said the Act should be implemented without further delay. Thanking the State government for taking up stringent measures against the propagatorsContinue Reading
Ranchi/ Gumla — A 60-year-old tribal man, who went missing on May 28, was allegedly sacrificed in Jharkhand’s Gumla district for better rainfall and harvest. Police found Thepa Kharia’s headless body from his house at Kharvadih in the district’s Palkot block, 130km from Ranchi, on Sunday afternoon. They could notContinue Reading