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Why do many people still believe in witches?

April 24, 2025 7:02 pm

The last witch trial in Germany took place 250 years ago. Yet a global study shows that the belief in witchcraft is still alive and well in the 21st century.

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Tripura: Woman killed on suspicion of being a ‘witch’; 8 including deceased’s husband arrested

April 08, 2023 12:42 am

“We have lodged a murder case against the accused persons. The investigation is on,” assistant inspector general Jyotisman Das Chowdhury told reporters in Agartala Friday.

329 years later, last Salem 'witch' who wasn't is pardoned

May 29, 2022 12:34 pm

Twenty people from Salem and neighboring towns were killed and hundreds of others accused during a frenzy of Puritan injustice that began in 1692, stoked by superstition, fear of disease and strangers.

Casting a fashionable spell: How this brand's new bags collection redefines Indian women's badassery

April 05, 2021 2:46 pm

"Even before it became a feminist icon, the idea of a woman being 'witchy' always meant the person was clever, a little naughty, and a rebel," Hidesign founder Dilip Kapur told indianexpress.com recently

Class 9 student found murdered inside toilet of Vadodara school, probe on

Women beaten to death in Rajasthan on suspicion of being witch

September 25, 2017 12:43 pm

Champa Devi was working in her field in Kali Ghati village on Sunday, when the family of her neighbour allegedly abused her and beat her up with sticks leading to her death, a police official said.

Elderly Rajasthan woman stripped and tortured with hot tongs for being a 'witch'

October 13, 2015 6:59 pm

The woman, a mother of two daughters, in her complaint alleged that on Sunday about 14-16 people from her village branded her as a witch and tortured her with searing hot tongs.