
An angry farmer threw a couple of frogs at union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar, who had come here to inaugurate a website aimed at providing psychiatric help to farmers with suicidal tendencies. The farmer had reportedly suffered heavy losses due to drought and was agitated with government’s inability to help him. The frogs, apparently a married couple, landed on Sharad Pawar’s head before being taken into custody.
August 24, 2009 | Filed under
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Hugo Chávez, the president of Venezuela, has declared ‘beauty contests’ as the national game of his country after Miss Venezuela was elected Miss Universe 2009 earlier today. This was the sixth title victory by Venezuela and now it is only one victory behind USA. But back in India the contest result is threatening to blow into a regional bickering between North Indian and South Indian states.
August 24, 2009 | Filed under
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Gujarat police have unearthed a major scam of flooding the state with counterfeit copies of Jaswant Singh’s book “Jinnah – India, Partition, Independence”, which has been banned in the state. A Pakistani national was caught with thousands of counterfeit copies of the book that were apparently printed in Pakistan. Police have confiscated the copies and suspect that attempts are being made to bootleg the book in Gujarat.
August 23, 2009 | Filed under
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Congress has decided to call traffic jams as Rahul Rush in a bid to accord recognition and respect to their general secretary and future Prime Minister Rahul Gandhi, who is widely credited as the person responsible for bringing them back to power. The decision was taken in a meeting of Chief Ministers of Congress ruled states after news broke out that Rahul Gandhi had boarded Metro to solve the problem of traffic jam.
August 22, 2009 | Filed under
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While Delhi Metro has helped millions of daily commuters reach their destinations on time and might have even helped Congress win the last assembly elections, it’s now attracting criticism and condemnation by various people. Apart from the relatives of those killed in accidents occurring at Metro construction sites, the public transport system is slowly inducing hatred among people who travel by road.
August 21, 2009 | Filed under
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Following the expulsion of Mr. Jaswant Singh from BJP for writing a book on Jinnah, the news channels these days appear to be broadcasting “BJP Ki Aag”.
August 20, 2009 | Filed under
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IIM Ahmedabad has decided to include the cult movie Gunda as a case study for its MBA program. The movie already enjoys an exceptional fan following among engineering and management graduates, but this is the first time an educational institute has formally admitted and accepted it as a part of its curriculum. Gunda will help IIM Ahmedabad students learn various aspects of business management.
August 20, 2009 | Filed under
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WHO has cautioned that a deadlier form of H1N1 virus, which causes Swine Flu, can attack humans this winter in India. Unlike other news organizations, Faking News realizes its social responsibility and hence we are not sensationalizing this information to create panic among the pusillanimous people of India. Instead, we have decided to present this information in a way that rather reassures the citizens that protection from the attack is on the way.
August 20, 2009 | Filed under
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After senior BJP leaders like L K Advani and Jaswant Singh conceded their love and admiration for Mohammad Ali Jinnah, BJP has finally decided to come out of closet and support Jinnah lock stock and barrel. The party has launched Jinnah T-shirts to honor the great secular leader of British India. Wearing T-shirts will help the party leaders look younger, which may please RSS.
August 19, 2009 | Filed under
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Following the uproar in India over Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan being held up for around two hours at an airport, the American security officials have finally issued a statement denying any racial or religious profiling being the reason behind the incident. But officials have confirmed that the Indian actor was detained because he indeed was perceived to be a threat to the domestic security, because of his famous stammering.
August 16, 2009 | Filed under
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