Following allegations against lawyers Shanti Bhushan and his son Prashant Bhushan, a search has been launched to find truly honest individuals for the Lokpal Committee. In order to avoid any future controversies, the hunt for potential committee members quickly turned to various international superheroes fighting crime and corruption for years. Batman, Spiderman and The Incredible Hulk were contacted for the job, but all of them refused.
April 20, 2011 | Filed under
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A civil society member has proposed that all the polling booths in the country should have some sort of an idiot-detecting gadget installed at the entrance so that no idiot passes through it and casts his vote in favor of an undeserving candidate. The member has further proposed setting up a joint drafting committee to design this gadget, which would be known as mental detector.
April 19, 2011 | Filed under
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In a major embarrassment to the Congress party, an article written by Rahul Gandhi has been published by once popular children’s magazine Champak. The article deals with the issue of corruption in public life and was written last week after Anna Hazare started his fast unto death against corruption. It was due to be published in the party newsletter, but somehow it got leaked to Champak.
April 18, 2011 | Filed under
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This was the only popular format of cricket where batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar had not scored a century yet, but it took just 39 pages for the master blaster to add this feather to his cap. However, despite the brilliant century, Sachin lost the match to his 11-year-old son Arjun Tendulkar, who amassed the required runs by flipping just 42 pages of the book.
April 17, 2011 | Filed under
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Former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh and former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijay Singh have been jointly awarded an honorary M.Sc. degree by an unidentified university. The university commended Singhs’ masterly smear campaign against the Bhushans, and a special degree – Masters in Smear Campaign – was awarded to recognize the effort.
April 16, 2011 | Filed under
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In a further sign of improving Indo-Pak ties thanks to cricket diplomacy, BCCI has responded positively to the appeal by Shahid Afridi for inclusion of Pakistani cricketers in the Indian Premier League. To make sure Pakistani players are fit and “eligible” to play in the IPL, BCCI has asked the interested cricketers to send video clips where they are seen going “brrr” after drinking Coca Cola.
April 15, 2011 | Filed under
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Taking a cue from the game of cricket where benefit of doubt is given to the batsmen, Sharad Pawar has suggested to the Lokpal bill drafting committee that benefit of doubt should be given to the politician in all cases of corruption. Pawar, who earlier resigned from the GoM formed to look into the finer aspects of the bill, wrote a letter to the media explaining his demand.
April 15, 2011 | Filed under
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While the Jan Lokpal Bill is aimed at removing corruption from the high levels by making sure that politicians and bureaucrats are punished for their corrupt practices, a new bill has been proposed that would remove corruption from the low levels i.e. amidst the common citizens and the “civil society”. The bill, tentatively named Janta Lokpal Bill, would accomplish the feat by legalizing low level corruption.
April 12, 2011 | Filed under
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A man from Indore is under investigation following an alleged “fake encounter” that took place in his own home. The incident occurred at approximately 9.34 pm in the kitchen of a family house on the outskirts of the city, where the man is accused to have killed a house mouse. While the investigations are still on, the event is all set to inspire a Bollywood movie.
April 11, 2011 | Filed under
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In a shocking development, it has come to light that the government has bought an assortment of unnecessary things, ranging from war-tanks to beer-mugs, at inflated and unbelievable prices in name of fighting “war against corruption”. These things were bought in the last three days after social activist and Gandhian leader Anna Hazare started his fast unto death to protest corruption in civil life.
April 8, 2011 | Filed under
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