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Spice of Life: Awful to awesome on a linguistic roller-coaster

Let’s look at the evolution of certain buzz words, such as “aesthetic” or “grooming”. Once comfortably ensconced in art galleries, design spaces and philosophy departments, aesthetic now basks in the flickering glow of social media feeds, cashing on soft filters, and surgically sculpted dimples and jawlines. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
Published on Sept 26, 2025 08:26 am IST

Accused of being a ‘witch’, Jharkhand woman killed by relatives: Report

Police have arrested all three and filed a murder case, also applying provisions of the Prevention of Witch Practices Act. (Pic used for representation)
Updated on Aug 11, 2025 10:34 am IST

Review: Our Bones in Your Throat by Megha Rao

Undated engraving entitled "WITCHCRAFT AT SALEM VILLAGE". (Bettmann Archive/Getty)
Published on Jun 13, 2025 10:32 pm IST

People are paying 'witches' on Etsy to cast spells on love, revenge and more

Etsy Witch phenomenon: All about the trend of people buying spells and rituals online.
Updated on Jun 05, 2025 12:11 pm IST

Woman dresses as witch, paraglides with broomstick. Watch

A woman paraglided in a witch costume with a broomstick, grabbing attention online.
Published on Dec 24, 2024 08:57 pm IST

Friday the 13th: The bone-chilling lore around the infamous Salem witch trials

Friday the 13th: The bone-chilling lore leading up to the infamous Salem witch trials over 300 years ago
Published on Dec 13, 2024 09:58 pm IST

Branded ‘witch’, Rajasthan woman tied, tortured with hot iron rod for 2 days

Nandubai Meena, a resident of Shahapura district, endured brutal torture for two days after being labelled a witch
Published on Dec 01, 2024 06:35 am IST

Kangana Ranaut shares cryptic post on witches, talks about ‘breaking free’

Kangana Ranaut has spoken about witches, and Samantha Ruth Prabhu has reacted to it.
Published on Oct 20, 2024 10:58 am IST

Rajasthan woman tortured with pliers to ‘free her from evil spirit’

A police official from Bhilwara said the incident happened on November 21.
Updated on Nov 28, 2020 05:37 pm IST

Jharkhand woman, 55, branded witch, hair chopped off; 9 arrested

The incident took place on Saturday at Kombakera Ganjhutoli village in Kolebira block where villagers held a meeting, led by a village priest, and branded a 55-year-old woman a witch. (HT Photo)
Updated on Sept 22, 2020 09:04 pm IST

65-year-old woman killed after being branded ‘witch’ in Jharkhand: Cops

Bhilwara, Rajasthan, India- June 01 : Gulabi Bai breaks down while narrating her wait for justice against those who branded her a witch, at Bhilwara district, Rajasthan, India on Thursday, 01 June, 2016. ( Photo by - Himanshu Vyas/ Hindustan Times)
Published on Jan 12, 2020 06:02 pm IST

Set on fire, UP gangrape survivor ran a kilometre seeking help

The Unnao rape survivor being taken to New Delhi for intensive treatment on Thursday.
Updated on Dec 05, 2019 09:29 pm IST

Branded ‘witch’, Nepal woman force-fed human excreta: Police

A 35-year-old woman in Nepal was allegedly thrashed and forced to eat human faeces by a group of villagers
Updated on Aug 19, 2019 11:22 am IST

Four people dragged out of homes, lynched by mob in Jharkhand

During interrogation, villagers and family members admitted that all four elderly persons were involved in occultism.
Updated on Jul 22, 2019 07:14 am IST

Tribal woman dubbed witch, lynched in Bengal

The woman was lynched after a kangaroo court declared her and four other women witches.
Updated on Mar 17, 2019 11:55 pm IST

Suspected of witchcraft, woman, her 4 kids killed in Odisha; 6 accused arrested

A tribal woman, Mangri Munda, and her two sons and two daughters — aged one, four, seven and 12 — were murdered and their bodies were dumped in a well close to their house.
Updated on Jan 29, 2019 07:31 am IST