The UnReal Times

LEAKED: Nitish Kumar’s Gmail inbox

June 17, 2013 13 Comments

Another weekend, another dramatic turn of events. Well, perhaps not that unexpected, but given the length of time the BJP and the JD(U) have been mulling over taking a call on the alliance, people got the impression that the indecisiveness would last as long as romantic tension sometimes does in television soaps (read Geet). All [...]

Cops book Congress for abetting political suicide by praising JD(U), exploring alliance with it

June 16, 2013 3 Comments

After Suraj Pancholi’s arrest, it may be the turn of the Congress party to face the wrath of law enforcement authorities. The Mumbai police have booked the Congress for abatement to political suicide after Congress dubbed JD(U) as a “likeminded, secular” party and said doors were open for alliance between the two parties. “It is [...]

Times Now to create clones of Arnab Goswami to boost TRPs

June 14, 2013 7 Comments

With 2014 General Elections approaching and in the wake of increasing frequency of ‘breaking news’, Times Now is reported to have decided to create multiple clones of Arnab Goswami. Each Arnab will cover a story in parallel while some other clones will be kept as a ‘standby Arnab’ in case the real Arnab is temporarily [...]

BJP deploys Shahid Afridi to persuade LK Advani to take back his resignation

June 11, 2013 4 Comments

Even as top leaders including Uma Bharati and Sushma Swaraj are working overtime to persuade LK Advani to withdraw his resignation from the party, the BJP leadership is leaving nothing to chance: BJP President, Rajnath Singh, has contracted the services of the master of U-turns and volte-faces, Shahid Afridi, to have a chat with the [...]

Facebook Wall: Reactions from politicians, journos to Narendra Modi’s elevation as poll chief

June 10, 2013 20 Comments

Even as LK Advani recused himself from the proceedings at the BJP national executive meet, other players, whether it be politicians or news anchors went into overdrive after Narendra Modi was anointed the party’s National Election Campaign Committee’s Chairman: while Congress leaders were quick to remind the nation of 2002, absent BJP leaders were trotting out ingenious [...]

Leaked: Snapshot of L K Advani’s Gmail Inbox

June 9, 2013 9 Comments

With the entire country speculating over the reasons for L K Advani’s absence from the BJP national executive meet in Goa, with reasons ranging from uneasiness brought on from watching Yamla Pagla Deewana to stomach-flu induced by change of season, The UnReal Times decided to do its own snooping around. Our Gmail enthusiast, Barry Page, [...]

BJP claims LK Advani trying to book IRCTC tatkal tickets to get to Goa, hence the delay

June 8, 2013 1 Comment

Scotching rumours of a growing rift within the party after L K Advani failed to turn up for the second day of the party’s national executive meet in Goa, BJP spokesperson, Prakash Javelinthrower, insisted that Shri L K Advani is very much trying to make it to Panaji and take part in deliberations but his [...]

Govt to launch “Ho Raha Bharat Nirman ka Nirman” campaign to publicize Bharat Nirman ads

June 8, 2013 15 Comments

After splurging over Rs. 100 crores on the Bharat Nirman ad campaign that tom-toms the achievements of the UPA government over the last 9 years, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has green-lighted a proposal to unleash a new media campaign, Ho Raha Bharat Nirman ka Nirman, which will highlight the achievements and impact of [...]

Home Minister Shinde’s follow up reply to Justice Katju’s letter rejecting pardon for Sanjay Dutt

June 8, 2013 7 Comments

To The Chairman, Press Council of India, New Delhi. Your Excellency, This is further to my earlier letter promising to look into your appeal to pardon actor Sanjay Dutt under Act 4, Scene 1 of “The Merchant of Venice” after reading and understanding the play. As promised here is my reply. I had a discussion [...]

Arnab hospitalized after N Srinivasan ‘steps aside’, doesn’t resign

June 3, 2013 17 Comments

Popular news anchor, Arnab Goswami, was admitted to the Breach Candy hospital for high blood pressure after his outrage, always high to begin with, breached new levels, in the wake of N Srinivasan merely stepping aside and not resigning as BCCI President. “HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN? THE NATION DEMANDS AN…” were his last words before [...]