Superstition
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Hathras stampede inquiry report tabled in assembly, judicial panel calls for strict laws
Uttar Pradesh | March 05, 2025 22:31 ISTA judicial commission report on the Hathras stampede that claimed 121 lives has been submitted in the UP Assembly. The inquiry highlighted mismanagement, superstition, and a lack of crowd control.
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Hathras stampede: 'Poor, dalits should not suffer due to superstition of Babas', says Mayawati
India | July 06, 2024 10:54 ISTHathras stampede: The main accused, identified as Devprakash Madhukar, surrendered to the Special Investigation Team, Special Task Force, and Uttar Pradesh Police.
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Bageshwar Dham Sarkar row: Congress leader asks for 'proof' of miracle from Dhirendra Shastri
India | January 25, 2023 14:11 ISTAcharya Dhirendra Shastri, 26, is a self styled godman associated with Bageshwar Dham in Madhya Pradesh's Chhatarpur. Shastri, who has huge fan following, claims he he can read minds and resolve problems with the help special powers that he has got.
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UP couple refuses to bury 4-year-old child in hope of her revival
Crime | November 18, 2019 10:26 ISTThe incident was reported from Mau district of Uttar Pradesh, where the four-year-old daughter of Arvind Vanvasi took ill on November 14 and died the next day.
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Superstition and death drives UP man to turn bride
India | November 03, 2019 11:39 ISTChauhan's is a tale of loss, despair and helplessness. Every day since the past 30 years, Chauhan of Hauzkhas village in Jalalpur, dresses up as a bride - complete with a red sari, huge nose ring, bangles and 'jhumkas' -- to ward off death.
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Man hacks grandmother to death on 'witch doctor's' advice
Crime | October 30, 2019 12:05 ISTA tribal man allegedly hacked his grandmother to death on the suspicion that she was a 'witch'. The gruesome was reported from Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district.
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Space scientists are superstitious, believe in Rahu Kaalam, unlucky 13: Retired ISRO official
India | July 21, 2019 14:02 ISTAccording to a retired ISRO official, even though the ISRO is sending rockets and satellites to various planets, they are also guided by their own superstitions and beliefs.
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Kerala to bring in Anti-Superstition Bill; draft bill submitted
India | July 15, 2019 14:40 ISTOn the lines of the Anti-Superstition and Black Magic Bill, passed by Maharashtra and Karnataka, the state-run Kerala Law Reforms Commission has drafted the bill to fight superstition and eradicate "inhuman evil" practices propagated in the name of black magic. The draft bill, accessed by PTI, proposes stringent punishment for any kind of evil practice and cheating in the name of black magic, ranging from "expelling ghost" to isolating women for menstruation and postpartum
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Death by superstition: Man consumes poison. Family takes him to a temple. He dies
May 16, 2019 13:26 ISTA Gurugram man, who consumed poison, died after his family took him to a temple instead of a hospital.
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10 Indian superstitions on Friday -The 13th, how many you know?
Trending | July 13, 2018 19:22 ISTBecause it's Friday -The 13th, y'all!
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Defying superstition, Yogi Adityanath arrives in Noida to inspect security ahead of PM's visit
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Shameful! UP family buries 12-year-old girl alive to save her from evil
India | October 27, 2016 14:45 ISTUttar Pradesh’s Shamli district witnessed a shameful incident that sheds lights on the prevailing superstitions in the country.
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Shame! Two sisters carry body of mother in Odisha, villagers stay away
India | April 05, 2016 22:47 ISTA village in Western Odisha on Monday was a mute spectator to a shameful incident in which two sisters had to carry the body of their 70-year-old mother to the cremation ground for the funeral rites.
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Activist urges people to shun superstitious practices
India | January 08, 2015 12:15 ISTThane: Anti-superstition activist Shyam Manav has called upon the people to root out superstition and other related practices from the country. Appreciating the Anti-Superstition and Black Magic Bill passed in 2013 by the Maharashtra Assembly,
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IPL 7: Is Priety Zinta's superstition hiding Glenn Maxwell behind the wall?
Cricket | April 26, 2014 8:07 ISTNew Delhi: The run machine from Team Punjab has been making records on the cricket field. Glenn Maxwell breathes fire with his bat every time he goes on to bat in the on going IPL7.But
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Bungalow no.18: Haunted for Rajasthan politicians or just a superstition?
Politics | November 03, 2013 7:32 ISTJaipur: Can you believe that even in this era of science and technology, those who have been given the mandate to write the destiny of millions of Indians are besotted with superstition? The political circles in
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Witch-hunting is not about superstition, say experts
India | May 09, 2013 12:14 ISTKolkata, May 9: Women lynched, sexually exploited and forcibly evicted from their homes after being branded witches. Witch-hunting is not about a stray report tucked away in a corner of the newspaper but an increasingly
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Religion, superstition very much part of Bollywood: Bipasha
Bollywood | September 06, 2012 10:32 ISTNew Delhi: Defending Bollywood's fondness for visiting shrines and temples ahead of film releases, actress Bipasha Basu says religion and superstition are very much part of the industry.Filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar along with lead actor Kareena
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Superstition Sends Three Of A Family To Death After Fasting Outside Ajmer Dargah
India | October 12, 2010 12:46 ISTAjmer: For nearly two months, 13 members of a family, originally from Allahabad, sat fasting outside the world famous Ajmer Khwaja Garib Nawaaz Dargah Sharif, and on Monday, the inevitable happened. Three of them, two
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