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'Land dispute' behind Bihar witchcraft deaths

TETGAMA, July 9 -- Sonu Oraon was dozing off after dinner around 10pm on Sunday when a cacophony of sharp voices outside the hut shook him awake. A fellow villager, Ramdev Oraon, had dragged his sick ... Read More


How death of a boy sparked superstitions and 5 murders, but kin allege land dispute

TETGAMA, July 9 -- Sonu Oraon was dozing off after dinner around 10pm on Sunday when a cacophony of sharp voices outside the hut shook him awake. A fellow villager, Ramdev Oraon, had dragged his sick ... Read More


5 killed in Purnia over suspicion of witchcraft

PURNIA, July 8 -- Five members of a tribal family, including three women, were allegedly hacked to death and their bodies burnt on suspicion of practising witchcraft in Purnea district of Bihar, polic... Read More


bihar: 5 of family hacked to death on suspicion of 'witchcraft'

PURNIA, July 8 -- Five members of a tribal family, three women and two men, were hacked to death and their bodies burnt on suspicion of practising witchcraft in Purnea district of Bihar, police said o... Read More


bihar: 5 of family hacked to death on suspicion of 'witchcraft'

PURNIA, July 8 -- Five members of a tribal family, three women and two men, were hacked to death and their bodies burnt on suspicion of practising witchcraft in Purnea district of Bihar, police said o... Read More


Five of family hacked to death, set on fire for witchcraft in Bihar's Purnia: Police

India, July 7 -- A mob in eastern Bihar's Purnia district hacked five members of a family, including three women and burnt them on Sunday evening over accusations that one of the five, a 45-year-old w... Read More


8-year-old girl raped and killed in Madhepura;body recovered

MADHEPURA, July 6 -- In a gruesome incident, the body of an eight-year-old girl, who was allegedly raped and murdered in Bihar's Madhepura district, was found near her temporary settlement under the j... Read More


AIMIM reaches out to Lalu over Bihar tie-up

PURNIA, July 5 -- Asaduddin Owaisi's AIMIM has written to RJD supremo Lalu Prasad for an alliance for the upcoming Bihar elections, suggesting that the party seems unsure of its 2020 performance when ... Read More


Couple beaten to death in Madhepura dist

MADHEPURA, July 5 -- A couple who used to sell vegetables was allegedly beaten to death on Thursday evening at their home in Rajni, located in Bihar's Madhepura district, police said. The deceased wer... Read More


Bihar couple beaten to death, bodies found in Madhepura home: Police

India, July 4 -- A couple who used to sell vegetables was found murdered on Thursday evening at their Rajni home in Bihar's Madhepura district, police said. The deceased - 50-year-old Dinesh Das and ... Read More