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TopicBlack magic

Topic: black magic

Lawyers suspect ‘black magic’ as murder accused surgeon throws rice on court floor during hearing

Chander Vibhas, a surgeon, accused in a 2011 murder case lodged at Delhi's Hari Nagar police station and facing his trial now, threw rice on the courtroom floor during a 11 August hearing.

Bengali women aren’t black magic experts. Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 trailer promotes dangerous notion

There are already a lot of memes and reels circulating about Bengali women trapping non-Bengali men into relationships against their will with kaala jaadu.

English school in UP village, ‘tantric’ owner. Before Hathras boy, another escaped ‘sacrifice for glory’

Krishna Kuswaha admitted his son at hostel 3 years ago despite school being located 6 km away from house. DL Public School is now closed after boy's body was found 23 September.

‘Those directly involved sentenced, rest let free’ — Narendra Dabholkar’s family on murder case verdict

11 yrs after murder, Pune court hands life sentences to 2 accused, acquits 3 others. Family says they 'welcome' court’s decision & justice has prevailed, but will challenge acquittals.

Dhirendra Shastri, miracle-maker of MP, is only getting bigger after rationalist challenge

Forced to run from Maharashtra by rationalists' open challenge to prove his 'chamatakar', 'godman' Dhirendra Shastri is back among his believers in Bageshwar Dham. Bail to cancer cure, devotees are flocking him for everything.

Pune woman ‘forced’ to eat powdered human bones by in-laws to conceive child, 7 booked

In a bizarre incident, the woman — who filed the police complaint — was forced by her in-laws and husband as a part of a black magic ritual advised by the witch doctor.

Kerala woman held for allegedly forcing children to participate in ‘black magic’ rituals

Days after the the case of 'human sacrifices' emerged in Kerala, a video of another woman from the same district performing rituals involving children started circulating online.

Court grants 12-day custody of three accused in Kerala human sacrifice case

The police sought time to further interrogate the accused to find other reasons behind the human sacrifice, track more evidence as well as find other possible victims of the horrific crime.

‘Just for fun’ — Gujarat broker says didn’t actually use ‘kala jadu’ to spark stock market fall

Stockbroker Minish Patel had claimed in a Telegram message to his 12 lakh subscribers that he spent Rs 8.5 crore on ‘black magic’ to trigger market fall last week.

From gaon to Golf Links — Modern India is still under the spell of black magic

Lona Chamarin and Ismail Jogi aren't commonly known — unless you are with a tantrik invoking these mystery figures as part of his Kamakhya vashikaran spell.

On Camera

Bads of Bollywood brought Emraan Hashmi out of our guilty pleasure closet, made him cool

With his cameo in Bads of Bollywood, Emraan Hashmi, who has long shifted away from his signature bold image, got the chance to revive his boyhood charm.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

Govt inks deal with HAL for 97 new Tejas Mk1A; previous order’s deliveries likely to begin next yr

There were no plans to have Mk1A version. However, compromise was reached between HAL & IAF in 2015 since original plan for getting Mk2 would've been time-consuming affair.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.