scorecardresearch
Tuesday, August 12, 2025
TopicGodman

Topic: godman

Wary of ghosts on TikTok, Instagram? This DU graduate ‘treats’ people possessed by spirits

Known popularly as Manu bhaiya, this 42-year-old godman has a huge fan following on social media and a large population of women visitors come to him for 'treatment'.

Hunting down Narayan Sai: The lone woman officer of Surat police team who got a big lead

Ushinor Majumdar in his book 'God of Sin' traces the empire of Asaram Bapu and his son Narayan Sai, shedding light on everything wrong with self-styled godmen.

UP woman set to be questioned about her disappearance. But police yet to contact ex-BJP MP

The law student from Shahjahanpur had to plead Modi & Yogi to save her from BJP leader Chinmayanand. It shows what the state's handling of Unnao case has done.

The UP ‘spiritual leader’ hurting BJP efforts to placate angry upper caste voters

Devkinandan Thakur leads a body solely dedicated to opposing amendments to the SC/ST Act. He was recently arrested.

The ‘protein baba’ from outskirts of Delhi who claims to cure HIV and cancer

Trilochan Das claims his Whey protein has anti-ageing properties, while other drugs, he says, can cure terminal illnesses.

The Sikh business tycoon ‘godman’ who claims to cure HIV and cancer with his drugs

Trilochan Das claims his medicines have been classified under ‘alternate category’ by AYUSH ministry. But govt denies any such approval.

Bhaiyyuji Maharaj: The metrosexual godman who walked among the movers & shakers of govt

Bhaiyyuji Maharaj who died today, went from being an unknown godman to walking the power corridors of India. This is an excerpt from Bhavdeep Kang’s book, 'Gurus: Stories of India’s leading Babas'.

‘Wild beast’, ‘no concern for humanity’: What the court said while sentencing Ram Rahim

The court was scathing in its criticism of the godman while sentencing him to 20 years in jail.

Hours before Ram Rahim’s sentencing, dera stays tense but calm

Unfazed by curfew in Sirsa, a team from ThePrint found the godman’s followers carrying on with their daily routines.

In Photos: Inside the secretive Dera Sacha Sauda complex in Sirsa

Here are some photos from inside the Dera Sacha Sauda complex in Sirsa.

On Camera

With nuke lunacy, Asim Munir joins Pakistan’s Hall of Generals who swapped brains for bluster

Munir indicates that he’s willing to go for broke, even if it risks taking his country “and half the world” down with him. It’s important to understand where he is coming from.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

‘Next war may come sooner than expected, will require whole-of-nation approach’—Army chief

Gen Dwivedi framed Op Sindoor not just as retaliation to Pahalgam, but as demonstration of India’s capability to fight multi-domain conflicts with integration between services & agencies.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.