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black magic

  • Kerala ‘human sacrifice’ case: NHRC asks state government for report within four weeks

    Kerala ‘human sacrifice’ case: NHRC asks state government for report within four weeks

    Scroll Staff
    · Oct 16, 2022 · 08:31 am
  • ‘Stop lowering dignity of PM’s post,’ Rahul Gandhi on Modi’s ‘black magic’ remark

    ‘Stop lowering dignity of PM’s post,’ Rahul Gandhi on Modi’s ‘black magic’ remark

    Scroll Staff
    · Aug 11, 2022 · 01:16 pm
  • Odisha: Six arrested for killing woman and four children for allegedly practising witchcraft

    Odisha: Six arrested for killing woman and four children for allegedly practising witchcraft

    Scroll Staff
    · Jan 29, 2019 · 12:51 pm
  • Kerala: Man arrested for murdering four members of a family in Idukki district

    Kerala: Man arrested for murdering four members of a family in Idukki district

    Scroll Staff
    · Aug 06, 2018 · 10:47 pm
  • Kerala: Four members of a family found buried near their home in Idukki district

    Kerala: Four members of a family found buried near their home in Idukki district

    Scroll Staff
    · Aug 02, 2018 · 01:29 pm
  • Bollywood affairs, Indian kids, kaali daal: Imran Khan’s ex-wife spares nothing and nobody in memoir

    Bollywood affairs, Indian kids, kaali daal: Imran Khan’s ex-wife spares nothing and nobody in memoir

    Shoaib Daniyal
    · Jul 14, 2018 · 06:30 am
  • For Pakistan’s Bengali babas, Hindu djinns are always evil (Muslim spirits are good)

    For Pakistan’s Bengali babas, Hindu djinns are always evil (Muslim spirits are good)

    Haroon Khalid
    · Mar 09, 2018 · 12:30 pm
  • Mumbai: 11-year-old girl dies after parents attempt black magic to cure her digestive disorder

    Mumbai: 11-year-old girl dies after parents attempt black magic to cure her digestive disorder

    Scroll Staff
    · Dec 21, 2017 · 06:41 pm
  • Karnataka Assembly passes anti-superstition bill, bans controversial practice of ‘made snana’

    Karnataka Assembly passes anti-superstition bill, bans controversial practice of ‘made snana’

    Scroll Staff
    · Nov 17, 2017 · 12:25 pm
  • The United Nations is meeting to save people with albinism from black magic killlings

    The United Nations is meeting to save people with albinism from black magic killlings

    Charlotte Baker, The Conversation
    · Sep 24, 2017 · 02:30 pm
  • Karnataka: Human sacrifice suspected as four are arrested for 10-year-old girl’s mysterious death

    Karnataka: Human sacrifice suspected as four are arrested for 10-year-old girl’s mysterious death

    Scroll Staff
    · Mar 06, 2017 · 06:56 am