Entries from July 2009

July 30, 2009

Manmohan Singh’s Confessions On ‘Sach Ka Saamna’ – A Hangover, No Memory Of A Thing From NAM

New Delhi. 28 July 2009.
Appearing on the controversial reality show ‘Sach Ka Saamna’, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today confessed to a case of serious hangover and possible drugging at the recently held NAM Summit in Sheikh ‘el Sharm (also referred as Sheikh ‘ul Sharm in 33 percent media and Sheikh ‘al Sharm [...]

July 24, 2009

Contestant Mistakes ‘Sach Ka Saamna’ For ‘Rakhi Ka Swayamvar’

Mumbai. 24 July 2009.
In a week when Indian media mistook Hillary Clinton for Madonna and US authorities mistook Ex-President APJ Abdul Kalam for just APJ Abdul Kalam, another case of mistaken identities has come up; this one, just a bit more genuine. Shyam Kukreja, a 28-year old steel-utensils shop owner from Ludhiana, accidentally landed [...]

July 10, 2009

Baba Ramdev Uses Yoga To Give Birth To A Child

Rishikesh. 10 July 2009.
Patanjali exponent, Yoga logarithm, social-advocate and health-expert Baba Ramdev today gave birth to a healthy chubby child using ancient Yoga techniques and his powers of convincing. The delivery was natural and Baba’s meru-dand straight before and after the 27-second long procedure.
As reported earlier, Rishikesh-based Baba Ramdev became pregnant using a secret [...]

July 7, 2009

Union Budget Successfully Confuses Millions In India

New Delhi. 7 July 2009.
Living up to high expectations from the market and riding on a heavy mandate to the UPA government in the recently held Lok Sabha polls, Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee presented a confidently confusing budget, surpassing the half-measured confused-ness of previous few budgets and equaling the legendary ambiguity of budgets [...]

July 6, 2009

Roger Federer Caught On Camera Drinking Engine Oil

London. 6 July 2009.
In a sensational yet poignant moment, accidentally caught on camera, 15-time Grand Slam winner and 10-time French Open loser, Roger Federer was seen drinking 4-stroke Engine Oil (Castrol) hiding behind a crew person during the shoot of a TV commercial. Though the Castrol Executive Producers are relieved that he was not “sipping” [...]

July 1, 2009

HRD Ministry To Scrap HRD Ministry To Reinvent Education

New Delhi. 1 July 2009.
After proposing to scrap UGC and AICTE, HRD ministry has gone one step further and proposed to scrap itself, in its “honest bid to reinvent and rejuvenate education in India”. Speaking at a Press Conference originally convened to showcase HRD Minister Kapil Sibal’s new six-pack, Education Secretary Jaideep Mishra abruptly [...]