The UnReal Times

Girl breaks up with guy, but still wants to date him and get over him at the same time…

December 22, 2012 1 Comment

…but not entirely, because there still might be a chance that it may work although she’s not 100% sure Rajshree Nanem, 22, has finally decided to break it off with her boyfriend of 2 years, exasperated sources said at 3 a.m. today. “This is not going to work out. I don’t see a future,” said Rajshree for [...]

Karunanidhi launches Facebook page of Sun TV’s new Hyderabad IPL Franchise, the “Sun Risers”

December 19, 2012 8 Comments

DMK Patriarch, Kalaignar Karunanidhi, inaugurated the Facebook page of his great-great-great-grand nephew’s new IPL franchise, the Sun Risers, by quoting from the Thirukkural, and conversed with the erstwhile players of the now defunct Deccan Chargers franchise. Here are snippets of the messages posted on the wall of the Sun Risers: (With inputs from Unreal Columnists Ashwin [...]

Vijay Mallya‘s ambitious plan for revival of Kingfisher Airlines: making it fly on beer

December 17, 2012 6 Comments

After an endless wait, Chairman Vijay Mallya has finally submitted a plan for the revival of Kingfisher Airlines. In a joint press conference with Pramod Chaudhari, chairman of Praj Industries, a beaming Vijay Mallya announced that a joint venture between United Breweries, his Spirits Company and Praj Industries, India’s leading clean energy and Biofuels Company [...]

Palghar residents turn to Orkut, Google+ after Facebook arrests

November 29, 2012 7 Comments

Barely has the news of the arrest of two girls from Palghar for a Facebook post subsided a little, when that of another arrest, this time, of a 19-year old boy from the same area, has broken out. Fearing arrests for any of their activities on Facebook, residents have turned to other safer and barren [...]

World shocked as man arrested in India for posting offensive comments on Google+

November 21, 2012 8 Comments

In an incident that has shocked even repressive, authoritarian regimes in the Middle East and China, let alone liberal ones committed to free- speech, Nitin Paranjpe, a second year engineering student from Pune, was arrested for posting facetious messages about certain public figures on social asocial networking site, Google+. A shell-shocked Nitin was heard screaming, [...]

Zuckerberg tweaks Facebook to make it compatible with Indian laws in wake of girls’ arrest

November 20, 2012 15 Comments

Shaken by the arrest of a 21 year old from Mumbai over a Facebook status message that, among other things, ‘hurt’ religious sentiments as per the colonial era Indian Penal Code and caused general inconvenience as per Sec 66(a) of the Information Technology Act, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg took to stage in a Steve Jobs like [...]

SBI offers anticipatory bail loans to Facebook, Twitter users in India in wake of girls’ arrest

November 20, 2012 2 Comments

India’s premier bank, State Bank of India, has introduced an all new ‘anticipatory bail’ loan scheme for Facebook and Twitter users, who face a high likelihood of getting arrested under various colonial era provisions of the Indian Penal Code and the draconian Information Technology Act. This comes in the wake of the arrest of two [...]

Apple announces surprise launch of iPhone 7; retracts release after 2 hours

November 18, 2012 3 Comments

In a surprising turn of events, Apple announced the launch of iPhone 7 on its US website this morning. The announcement, coming barely a month after the launch of iPhone 5, took many fans by surprise, particularly those who are still waiting to receive their iPhone 5 orders. The announcement however was taken down after a couple of hours when officials [...]

Kingfisher Airlines applies for ‘not for profit’ Section 25 company status after posting 754 cr loss

November 11, 2012 2 Comments

After posting a record loss of Rs. 753.55 cr for the September quarter of the current fiscal, Kingfisher Airlines has decided to convert itself into a ‘not for profit’ Section 25 company. Under the new legal, structure, KFA will still continue flight operations, but will pursue it as a charitable endeavor, unencumbered by the pesky [...]

Mukesh Ambani announces plans to openly buy the government

November 4, 2012 2 Comments

MUMBAI – Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and CEO of Reliance Industries, confirmed rumors today that he plans to purchase the UPA government and rights to all governments that will be elected in the future in India. “I know that the people of India are impatient with the government and don’t trust political parties,” said Mr. Ambani, [...]