Tag: superstition

Bhubaneswar: A young man, who had sustained snake bite, was saved by doctors after superstition pushed him to brink of death in Khurda district. According to sources, the 18-year-old youth, ...

Jalandhar: A teacher here married her 13-year-old student to overcome 'Manglik dosha' in her 'kundli' (birth chart) in the Basti Bawa Khel area. The woman told police that her family ...

Berhampur: Parents of a minor boy, who is alive, were forced to perform his last rites to cure him of a disorder in Odisha's Ganjam district. The bizarre incident shows ...

Baripada: Superstition over sorcery practice has raised its ugly head again in Odisha's  Mayurbhanj district. A woman,  Khairi Mahanata of Sarisua village under Sarat police limits in the district was ...

Keonjhar: Playing spoilsport to the state government’s efforts to check the spread of coronavirus, vested interests are floating rumours to prey on the superstitions of rural folk in Odisha. In ...

Kendrapara: Superstitions and blind faith continue to hold sway in rural belt of Odisha, despite several awareness campaigns. Incidents of people being killed over sorcery suspicion and branding of children to ...

Keonjhar: In a sickening example of superstition, a 10-year-old girl was branded with hot iron rod to “cure” her stomach ailments. The gruesome incident was reported from Reba village under ...