With Vinod Rai demitting office as head of CAG, a highly tempestuous tenure that ensured that there was no smooth sailing for the UPA II ship, it was but natural that his inbox would be flooded with messages from well-wishers and detractors alike. Realizing the value of these messages for students of political history, the [...]
Continue reading …In Pictures: Why Sonia Gandhi chose Manmohan Singh over other contenders to become PM of India
May 23, 2013 47 Comments
As the UPA completed 9 years in power yesterday, Sonia and Manmohan sought to scotch rumours of differences between them by showering lofty praise on each other. “She’s been my source of inspiration,” Dr. Singh cooed. “He’s just what the doctor ordered,” the UPA chairperson raved (editor: not in those exact words). How did this [...]
Continue reading …Clerk steals stationery from PMO right under PM’s nose; SC blasts PM for being another caged parrot
May 22, 2013 2 Comments
After the coal block allocation scam, the Prime Minister finds himself embroiled in yet another scandal – the stationery scam. A clerk in the accounts division of the Prime Minister’s Office, Ram Lal, is alleged to have embezzled pens, erasers, A4 sheets, file holders and other valuable stationery amounting to thousands of rupees right under [...]
Continue reading …Kapil Sibal introduces Shri Rajiv Gandhi Anti-Match Fixing Bill on latter’s death anniversary
May 21, 2013 4 Comments
Union Law Minster Kapil Sibal, who has been mulling a new bill to deal with the menace of spot-fixing and match-fixing in cricket, has finally decided to introduce it on 21st May, a historic day which marks the 22nd death anniversary of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. Following the norm of UPA scheme nomenclature, the bill will [...]
Continue reading …Delhi HC dismisses all charges against Sreesanth, says no one takes IPL seriously
May 21, 2013 8 Comments
The Delhi High Court has not only quashed all charges of cheating and criminal conspiracy framed by the Delhi police against Sreesanth, but also praised the bowler from God’s own country for breathing life into the two month long tournament by unleashing this juicy scandal. Terming the charges of spot-fixing as frivolous and silly, a special bench headed by [...]
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Delhi Police chief, Neeraj Kumar, today furnished more proof of Sreesanth’s culpability in spot-fixing by releasing a snapshot of the pace bowler’s Gmail inbox. Neeraj said his boys had hacked into Sreesanth’s account a long time ago and had been monitoring his Gmail chats, email messages, Google hangouts, even his occasional forays into Google+ (click [...]
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Just when people began to think that this was one of the most boring IPL editions ever – even Ravi Shastri was getting tired of hearing his own clichés about how exciting it has been so far while players, cheerleaders, Bhogle and sundry IPL life forms seemed to be going through the motions – the [...]
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On the joyful occasion of its 10th anniversary, social networking site LinkedIn roped in BCCI Vice President, Rajiv Shukla, as its brand ambassador and showcased his profile on its home page. “With his connections numbering millions… make that billions, Rajiv Shukla is every social networking website’s dream. We are deeply indebted to Shukla ji, for [...]
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Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting and one of the Congress party’s most well-known faces on television, Manish Tewari, released his autobiography titled “Yours Holistically” in a star-studded launch function yesterday, attended by the who’s who of Indian politics. The UnReal Times literary correspondent M.K.Howling presents excerpts from his tome: Chapter 1 – And it all began [...]
Continue reading …Pawan Bansal ordered to book IRCTC tickets for next 60 days as punishment by a wrathful high command
May 10, 2013 8 Comments
A far worse fate than being dropped from the cabinet or even being charge-sheeted and prosecuted under the Prevention of Corruption Act awaits disgraced Railway Minister Pawan Bansal: he has been ordered to book Tatkal tickets on the the dreaded IRCTC server between 10AM and 11AM for the next 2 months as means of atonement [...]
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