I was shocked, even offended, but kept my cool as I had seen many hoardings over bus-stops asking citizens of India to cooperate with the census staff. Some people had even told me that I could be penalized if I refused to answer any question. So I answered that rather offensive question, after which those guys smiled, thanked me, and went away. But I still can’t understand why the government needs this data. Can you please let me know?
May 21, 2010 | Filed under
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Sher Singh, a local leader of Indian tigers, has demanded a caste-wise break up of all the tigers currently residing in India, widely believed to be just 1411 in numbers. Singh believes that welfare schemes like “Save Our Tigers” can never succeed without such data collected. This is for the first time that any animal group, apart from the human beings, has put forward such a demand.
May 20, 2010 | Filed under
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A group of PETA activists headed by scantily clad Sherlyn Chopra riding a stud along with a horde of horses, camels, and elephants staged a protest in front of Viswanathan Anand’s residence at Chennai. They shouted “Anand! Go back!!” Later speaking to Faking News, one of the PETA activists alleged that Anand was anti-animalist and killed all these protesting animals, excluding Sheryln.
May 19, 2010 | Filed under
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After a month long auctioning, the Department of Telecommunications not only declared the process over, but also revealed the path-breaking technology that differentiated 3G over the 2G spectrum. The third generation spectrum would have many more colors than the seven traditionally acknowledged in the spectrum – Violet, Indigo, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange, and Red – better represented by the acronym VIBGYOR. As a result, the government could earn 70,000 crore rupees, much higher than it had expected.
May 19, 2010 | Filed under
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Congress leader and former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Digvijay Singh has opposed using brains to counter the violence unleashed by Naxals and Maoists in different parts of the country. Singh believes that brains should be used only as the last resort after all other options have been exhausted by the government. Singh was taking part in a brainstorming session to prepare anti-Naxal strategy under the leadership of leading anti-Naxal strategist Rahul Gandhi.
May 18, 2010 | Filed under
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The Indian men’s Hockey team, which just returned home after sharing honors for the first spot with South Korea in the Sultan Azlan Shah tournament, was detained at the International Airport here due to security concerns. According to the customs officials, they were found in possession of dangerous wooden sticks, a barred item for international routes where only cricket bats are allowed as an honorary exception.
May 18, 2010 | Filed under
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No, this picture is not fake. The father son duo of the UB group and the father of IPL are having nice time in Monaco. But as they say, a picture tells a thousand words, so can you tell us what does this picture tells you? What message does it convey to you – about good times, about beer, about cricket, about parenting? You could post your comments here and check out comments on facebook too.
May 17, 2010 | Filed under
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In a landmark judgment slated to benefit millions of employees working in the private sector, the Supreme Court today barred employers from asking their employees to give 110% to their companies. The honorable court observed that such a demand, or even a request to the employees for putting anything in over 100%, was against the basic principles of fair trade and amounted to breach of contract.
May 17, 2010 | Filed under
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Since we won the T20 Cricket World in 2007, we have been performing horribly in the subsequent editions. While a lot is being said about the reasons of our poor performance, including IPL, no one has seriously bothered to analyze the facts. Instead of questioning the fitness and commitment of the players, we should look for factors that have changed since we won the inaugural cup.
May 16, 2010 | Filed under
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Keeping with his fascination for Bollywood and business, suspended IPL commissioner Lalit Modi has decided to sell off his 10,000 pages document, which he had prepared as a reply to the show-cause notice sent to him by BCCI, as a movie script. The script has been bought by Warner Brothers, who are all set to make a remake of their earlier historical fantasy film 10,000 BC.
May 15, 2010 | Filed under
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