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Google doodle when Sachin scores his 100th international century

Pagal Patrakar — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 07:29:06 +0000

Yes, even Faking News had an image ready to be published as soon as Sachin scores his 100^th international century. But now that it hasn’t happened, it continues to remain in the drafts folder. But no, I’m losing patience. I better publish it now as I can’t wait any more. And Sachin, better score your century soon. And Google, better make a doodle for the occasion.

(If you can’t see any special doodle above, click here)

After Bigg Boss, Swami Agnivesh gets ready for MTV Roadies

Pagal Patrakar — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 08:37:32 +0000

Mumbai. Before making his entry into the television reality show Bigg Boss, social activist Swami Agnivesh was seen riding a bike in the streets of Mumbai. Experts believe that Agnivesh could soon star in the next season of MTV Roadies to bring about social change and educate country’s youth. While Swami Agnivesh refused to comment on the rumors, he hinted that he was not averse to participating in MTV Roadies.

“The way they ride bikes and abuse each other is not worse than the way our politicians ride rath and indulge in race to the kursi (chair),” Swami Agnivesh told Faking News in an exclusive interview, “I watched some episodes of the show and I really liked the idea. I will try to convince them to host this show in Bastar or Dantewada, where driving bikes is really tough.”

The saffron clad Swami also praised the bald twins Raghu and Rajiv for conducting thought provoking interviews of youth, which can bring real change to the society.

He also advised Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to take part in the show along with him to understand the problems of real India.

“Raghu and Rajiv symbolizes the two Indias Rahulji always talks about,” Agnivesh claimed.

Rahul Gandhi, who had earlier rode a bike in Bhatta Parsaul village in Uttar Pradesh, refused to comment over Swami Agnivesh’s claims, but union minister Kapil Sibal says that he is in touch with Swami on phone and will soon come up with a statement.

(if you can’t see Swami Agnivesh riding a bike in the report above, click here)

Angry Birds say no to crackers, celebrate green Diwali by blasting pigs

Pagal Patrakar — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 07:45:30 +0000

Rovio Mobile has come up with Angry Birds Seasons edition for Diwali, specially targeted at Indian audience. The game is aimed at minimizing use of firecrackers while celebrating Diwali, and urges fans to blast the black bomber bird on greedy green pigs instead. Faking News supports this initiative and urges our readers to Celebrate Green Diwali and Safe Diwali by playing Angry Birds and lighting diyas.

(if you can’t see the Angry Birds Diwali poster above, click here)

P Chidambaram vs. Pranab Mukherjee – the boxing match

Pagal Patrakar — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 11:11:16 +0000

Who will win this heavyweight championship title of UPA? Who has got the blessings of Sonia Gandhi? Is this a real boxing match or just a shadow boxing is going on to avoid debate on real issues?

Every question will be answered in the big 2G battle that takes place tonight. Gear up for this clash of titans as Prime Minister wishes the best to both the warring parties.

(if you can’t see the poster of the boxing match, click here)

Update: The boxing match seems to have ended in a draw. Chidambaram says he is happy.

UPA releases its own poster of the movie “A Wednesday”

Pagal Patrakar — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 09:58:46 +0000

On a day today, which happens to be a Wednesday, and when a terrorist strike killed at least 10 persons in Delhi, UPA government has come out with strong statements condemning the attack and promising to punish the perpetrators of this attack. Last time the government did so was on 13^th July, another Wednesday, when terror attacks shook Mumbai. This seems to be the government version of “A Wednesday”.

(if you can’t see the poster above, click here)

Mayawati bans “That Girl In Yellow Boots” after WikiLeaks exposé

Pagal Patrakar — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 04:40:08 +0000

After “Aarakshan”, Mayawati government has banned another movie in Uttar Pradesh – this time Anurag Kashyap’s “That Girl In Yellow Boots”. The decision was taken by a high powered committee that concluded that the movie was aimed at mocking Mayawati’s obsession with footwear, which had come to light after WikiLeaks revealed that the UP Chief Minister had sent an empty jet to Mumbai to fetch her favorite sandals.

(if you can’t see the controversial poster of the movie, which led to the banning of the movie, click here)

BCCI releases official poster of the injurious tour of England

Pagal Patrakar — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 13:55:03 +0000

Sachin Tendulkar has been ruled out of the rest of the Indian tour of England and is returning home. Sachin joins the list of Sehwag, Gambhir, Yuvraj, Zaheer, Harbhajan, Ishant, Sreesanth, Praveen Kumar and Rohit Sharma – all of whom have picked injuries on the ongoing tour.

While BCCI has not announced any replacement for Sachin, the board has released this official poster for the England tour.

(if you can’t see the poster above, click here)

Sharad Pawar launches bit.ly competitor paw.ar – the quickest URL shortener

Jurno Least — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 16:44:33 +0000

Union Agriculture Minister of India, Sharad Pawar has launched his own URL shortening service which has been aptly named paw.ar – a domain name registered in Argentina, where he is alleged to own a private football club.

But Pawar has dismissed such allegations and claimed that by launching the URL shortener, he has tried to silence his critics who wondered how his assets could be only 12 crore rupees, as was declared by him earlier today.

Mr. Pawar has claimed that just as a URL shortener ‘compresses’ the characters in the original URL but doesn’t “misrepresent the facts”, his declared assets were also just a compression of his real assets and didn’t amount to any misrepresentation.

The ICC President also claimed that his URL shortener will soon leave behind popular services such as bit.ly or Google’s goo.gl

(if you can’t see the image of paw.ar above, click here)

A brief history of iPad – from Apple stores to the Indian parliament

Pagal Patrakar — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 08:40:41 +0000

In order to make our leaders hi-tech and to reduce paper work, parliament has decided to sanction around 50000 rupees to each MP for buying an iPad or other high end tablets. MPs are expected to read proposed bills, budget speeches, and other parliamentary schedules on these iPads and not insist on getting a physical copy. Not sure about the MPs, but the iPad surely has come a long way.

(if you can’t see any image in the above post, click here)

Postage stamp honoring Sehwag’s double ducks released

Pagal Patrakar — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 18:16:22 +0000

Indian batsman Virender Sehwag scored a Golden Pair or King Pair at Edgbaston test i.e. he got out on the first ball he faced in both the innings of the third test match against England in Birmingham. It’s a rare feat achieved by the dashing opener for which he was especially flowing into England. To honor this achievement, Government of India has released a postage stamp.

(if you can’t see any photo above, click here)

Congress releases “Bbuddah” poster of Manmohan Singh for image makeover

Pagal Patrakar — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 05:32:15 +0000

After announcing that Prime Minister will talk to the press more often, Congress has released a new poster to change the image of Dr. Manmohan Singh. The poster shows Prime Minister in the same green glasses as worn by Amitabh Bachchan in his latest movie “Bbuddah Hoga Terra Baap”.

It’s not yet known if the party sought the approval of Dr. Singh before taking this step, but party insiders say it had the blessings of “high command”.

Apparently high command had asked its Public Relations team to present a “young face” of the party and had ordered an image makeover campaign for all its ageing leaders. A member of the PR team, who photoshopped Rahul Gandhi’s image on the “Bbuddah” poster, has gone missing, unconfirmed reports say.

Government releases official yoga position to remove corruption

Pagal Patrakar — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 04:35:06 +0000

In an attempt to counter as well as placate Baba Ramdev’s supporters, government has come up with an “official” yoga position or yogasana that will remove all forms of corruption from the Indian society.

In fact, government has claimed that if a citizen practices this asana daily, not only corruption, but every problem in the Indian society will magically vanish for him in a few days.

This asana has been the result of age old wisdom and research of sages and philosophers from all around and the government is hopeful of citizens practicing it with full faith and maturity.

Kapil Sibal to wear Karunanidhi glasses at UPA anniversary dinner

Pagal Patrakar — Sun, 22 May 2011 10:01:05 +0000

Realizing the fact that the relationship with DMK started to turn bitter the moment Kapil Sibal became the telecom minister replacing A Raja, Congress has asked Sibal to dress up like DMK chief Karunanidhi when UPA-II celebrates its second anniversary in power tonight.

Congress says that the step is a token of appreciation for the good work Karunanidhi has done for the Congress and the country.

Amar Singh and Digvijay Singh get honorary M.Sc. degree

Pagal Patrakar — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 10:46:13 +0000

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.

Rains in Mohali ahead of the match give nightmares to fans

Pagal Patrakar — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 17:40:22 +0000

There have been news reports of rains and thunderstorm taking place at Mohali ahead of the world cup semi-final match between India and Pakistan tomorrow. This match is also scheduled to be witnessed by the Prime Ministers of both India and Pakistan. Fans surely don’t want to see any another match being played at Mohali instead of cricket.

Airtel could drop Kareena Kapoor from their 3G services promotion plans

Pagal Patrakar — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 06:30:52 +0000

Known for her “size zero” figure, Airtel is reported to be worried over message interpretations by general public, if they use Kareena Kapoor as brand ambassador for their 3G services on mobile network.

Office of the most honest person of India found

Pagal Patrakar — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 00:36:18 +0000

Got this photo as an e-mail forward, but this shop is apparently located in Ajmer, Rajasthan.

When will “Aaj Tak” come up with this year’s edition?

Pagal Patrakar — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 05:41:04 +0000

Indian media has taken its responsibility to “educate” the masses a bit too seriously. Faking News hopes they continue their good work in the new year too. Will “Aaj Tak” do the honors or “India TV” could take lead this year?

Anupam Kher to remake “Daddy” with a new actress. Guess who?

Pagal Patrakar — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 16:38:07 +0000

Anupam Kher starred in a movie called Daddy that was released in 1989 and co-starred Pooja Bhatt, and for which he won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance. Now he is all set to repeat the magic but with a different actress.

Okay, before behenji sues Faking News or Anupam Kher, let it be noted that no such movie is being produced or made. The above picture was tweeted by Anupam Kher on 11^th December 2010 (this post is back dated to solve some layout issue on the homepage)

Shahrukh bola “Khoobsurat hai tu”, and she believed in it

Pagal Patrakar — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 14:51:38 +0000

This would have been a better poster for the movie?

US President Barack Obama will be celebrating Diwali in India

Pagal Patrakar — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 11:41:27 +0000

This photoshopped picture has no sarcasm or satire in it; it’s there because nothing better could come out on Diwali. Another photoshopped picture of Obama with Dabangg goggles had become popular last time, so trying to be lucky second time. Anyway, US president Barack Obama is indeed coming to India tomorrow and would be celebrating Diwali in a Mumbai school next Sunday.

A Raja appointed brand ambassador of Duracell batteries

Pagal Patrakar — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 04:40:24 +0000

A Raja lasts longer, much longer, really longer, longer than any other minister accused of a scam running into thousands of crores of rupees. The bunny gets the boot from Duracell and in comes A Raja.

Something is better than noting; imagine ‘0’ instead of ‘1’ here

Pagal Patrakar — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 09:57:56 +0000

This owner of this car, registered in Chandigarh, was lucky enough. Do let us know if you find any person not so lucky in the city.

Fevicol appoints Suresh Kalmadi as their new Brand Ambassador

TheMalluLampoon — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 06:42:51 +0000

Leading adhesives brand Fevicol has decided to hire the Commonwealth Games Organizing Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi as their new Brand Ambassador. Earlier, the brand was represented by unnamed politician, aliens, egg-laying-hen, and girl-with-a-moustache among others, and Suresh Kalmadi is believed to be a natural extension.

P.S. (27^th September 2010): the government team probing the collapse of Indian boxer Akhil Kumar’s bed at the CWG village has concluded that instead of using the available stock of Fevicol in beds and furniture, the CWG OC seems to have used it elsewhere. The team has refused to divulge more details.

Now presenting the real Dabangg of the real world

Pagal Patrakar — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 16:52:44 +0000

Salman Khan’s upcoming movie Dabangg paints him as a Dabangg (a badass hero), but for Faking News, there is only one Dabangg in this world.

Faking News launches the real ‘Lafangey Parindey’ movie

Pagal Patrakar — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 17:19:49 +0000

Yash Raj films have produced a movie Lafangey Parindey starring Deepeka Padukone and Neil Nitin Mukesh, who are neither known as lafangey (rascals) nor parindey (birds), hence our team has decided to launch the original version of the movie with deserving stars in it.

Now Sri Lanka Cricket terms Yuvraj Singh as The Waterboy

Pagal Patrakar — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 10:40:59 +0000

The ongoing India-Sri Lanka test series, which started on a friendly note with Indian batsmen helping Muralitharan reach the tally of 800 test wickets, has now started turning unfriendly. First Muralitharan called former Indian spinner Bishen Singh Bedi a controversy-monger and then some Sri Lankan fans called Yuvraj Singh ‘waterboy’. Now the Sri Lankan cricket board has also joined them in taunting the stylish Indian batsman.

Sri Lanka cricket has released a poster of a to-be-produced movie “The Waterboy”, which is supposed to be a remake of a 1998 Adam Sandler movie of the same name. BCCI has objected strongly to this step by Sri Lanka Cricket and has asked all Indians to boycott the movie, but unfortunately Faking News had already signed an exclusive partnership to promote the movie by then.

(P.S. – Someone mailed me to point out that a similar poster had appeared on the blog called “cricket with balls”; Coincidence! But since that particular post is dated a day earlier than my post, I’d rather give the credit to the concerned blogger jrod. Please visit the concerned post and see the poster here.)

If Commonwealth Games were organized in Soviet Russia

Pagal Patrakar — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 09:45:25 +0000

We all know that in Soviet Russia, television watches you, car drives you, or trousers wear you, but what if the Commonwealth Games were organized there? Maybe this?

Why is Australia better than India in most sporting events?

Pagal Patrakar — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:52:05 +0000

Australia is a country that has decent representation in almost all sporting events, and they manage to beat us even in cricket, a game which we Indians are crazy about and follow so religiously. So what could be the reason for Australia excelling in most of the sporting events? This picture might just tell the story.

Google celebrates Karunanidhi’s birthday with special doodle

Pagal Patrakar — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 07:21:49 +0000

Internet users of India, especially in Tamil Nadu, were pleasantly surprised to see a special logo of Google on their search homepage on Friday, which celebrated the 87^th birthday of Dr. M Karunanidhi. Officials at Google today confirmed that their adapted logo, also called Google Doodle, was a modest tribute to Kalaignar, and they could soon launch a special search engine containing knols of Kalaignar thoughts.

Google officials also confirmed that earlier they had rejected the following doodle, which was supposed to convey that Dr. Karunanidhi’s party DMK was responsible for bringing 2G spectrum in India that helped internet grow fast in its first phase. But later they shelved the idea in favor of the Kalaignar doodle as 2G spectrum allocation was marred in controversies.

The Google Doodle celebrating the arrival of 2G technology in India