
In a landmark judgment, a Mumbai family court has granted divorce to a man, who wanted to separate from his wife on the grounds that she didn’t nag him even once during their married tenure of ten years. The court has upheld the argument by the bewildered husband that a no-nagging wife was not a natural phenomenon and could be counter conducive to happy married life.
November 30, 2011 | Filed under
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After being dumped by two girls in a single month, an IIT student has decided to make love life easier for people like him. Sanket Singh, a third year computer science student at IIT Delhi has created a new dating site where people, who suck at relationships, can meet each other. The website asks its members not to have any expectations at all from a relationship.
November 21, 2011 | Filed under
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Nirakaar Patel, a second-year engineering student has lost his girlfriend after he failed to send a “sorry” SMS after sending 100 SMSs explaining his objectionable conduct of chatting online with another girl. Nirakaar has sued TRAI for this loss and claimed damages for mental agony and physical loss. While TRAI has not responded to the development, a group of boyfriends in India has supported Nirakaar’s case.
October 18, 2011 | Filed under
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Following weeks of rumors that suspected them of having a close friendship with each other, celebrity couple Amar and Amrita today clarified that they were “just a couple” and there was “no such thing” going on between them. Though they conceded that they spend some time together on weekends and watch reality shows together, but rejected the idea that such acts suggested any friendship between them.
May 14, 2011 | Filed under
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55-year-old Shalini Priya, who has been living in hope that Raju, her 25-year-old son would one day grow up to have some sense and responsibility, today gave up on her dream and hit her youngest son with a slipper while he was watching repeat telecast of an IPL match. The incident happened on a day when the world is celebrating Mother’s Day and Shalini doesn’t regret doing it.
May 8, 2011 | Filed under
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18-years-old Manoj Manu, under lingering influence of movies like 3 Idiots and numerous articles before and after the movie, had decided to drop out of IIT Delhi to pursue a course in literature. Now he finds the curriculum and environment as dull and uninteresting as his engineering one, and is feeling distraught and disillusioned again. In an exclusive interview to Faking News, Manoj shares his frustration.
April 25, 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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Appreciating the fact that vanity in India is not limited to raising one’s own stature but it extends to belittling others’ as well, the London based renowned wax museum chain Madame Tussauds has announced its intentions to sell celebrity wax candles in India. These candles can be fire lit by the buyers, who can consequently derive satisfaction of having triggered the “meltdown” of their “favorite” character.
March 22, 2011 | Filed under
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“I may have to get a divorce now,” said Jamal, 35, “her parents live in Lucknow; we stay in Kanpur. It is 50.2 miles… No matter how many times I measure it, it’s still more than 48 miles.” Jamal had been avoiding visiting his sasuraal (in-laws’ place) ever since he got married, but under the new fatwa, he will be forced to accompany his wife to her parents’ house.
March 11, 2011 | Filed under
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After issuing a ban on women wearing jeans, a UP Khap Panchayat has refused to pass a similar ban on men wearing women’s clothing. “There is just no reason for this ban,” said a Panchayat leader, “not that it would be unjustified and unconstitutional, but it doesn’t matter because nothing like this goes on here anyway, that would just be weird.” But Faking News decided to investigate the matter and found a shocking truth.
January 17, 2011 | Filed under
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