Meryl Streep to play witch

Last Updated: Saturday, February 2, 2013, 15:01

Veteran actress Meryl Streep has been roped in to play a witch in a big screen adaptation of hit stage show ‘Into The Woods’.

`Hansel And Gretel: Witch Hunters` review: It is twisted, wasted

Last Updated: Friday, February 1, 2013, 11:59

The posters of Norwegian writer-director Tommy Wirkola`s ‘Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters’ state – ‘Classic Tale - New Twist’. The film is actually a mishmash of genres, period, with a unique plot executed in 3D.

Naked man beheads mother thinking she is a witch

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 30, 2013, 21:10

A 44-year-old Briton beheaded his elderly mother because he believed she was a witch, and then wandered on the streets of London naked.

Rachel Weisz was thrilled to play Wicked Witch

Last Updated: Sunday, November 25, 2012, 13:15

Rachel Weisz was thrilled when she bagged the chance to play Wicked Witch of the East in ‘The Wizard Of Oz’ prequel because it gave her the chance to play a villain.

Panchayat to impose penalty on branding woman witch

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 14, 2012, 18:02

Mithai panchayat in Bihar`s Madhepura district has decided to impose a penalty of Rs 2,100 on anyone calling a woman a witch, panchayat chief (mukhiya) Madhumala said.

Rajasthan woman branded witch, killed by nephew

Last Updated: Friday, November 2, 2012, 13:51

A woman in a Rajasthan village was branded a witch and knifed to death by her nephew who also injured her 10-year-old grandson, police said Friday.

Witch-hunting, another sin against women

Last Updated: Friday, October 26, 2012, 12:54

Superstition defines societal mindset against women in many forms.

‘Witch’ Lady Gaga’s dinner date with Julian Assange

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 10, 2012, 12:58

Pop star Lady Gaga paid a visit to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London.

Pencil Nebula looks like `celestial witch`s broom` in new image

Last Updated: Saturday, September 15, 2012, 09:49

A new image from the Wide Field Imager on the MPG/ESO 2.2-meter telescope at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile shows the Pencil Nebula against a rich starry background looking like a witch’s broom.

US denies Assange witch-hunt claims

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 21, 2012, 10:24

The Obama administration accused Assange of making "wild assertions" against the US to deflect attention from sex allegations he faces in Sweden.

Woman killed for practicing witchcraft in Gujarat?

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 8, 2012, 00:24

A 55-year-old woman was set on fire reportedly after she was branded as witch by four members of a family at Rojwa village in Gujarat.

No witch hunting in name of fighting corruption: PM

Last Updated: Saturday, April 21, 2012, 16:39

Fighting the charge of policy paralysis in Government, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today asked civil servants to show "boldness" in decision making, assuring them there will be "no witch hunting" in the name of fighting corruption.