In Pictures: Highlights of the Budget 2013 speech
Did not have the patience to sit through the Finance Minister’s entire budget speech? Struggling to respond like an expert in front of the cameras? Fret not. We have summarized the key moments in the...
View ArticleAlternate Reality: If Ravi Shastri, SM Krishna, Salman Khan were to present...
When it comes to presenting the Union Budget, form is as important as substance. Even a lackluster, dull budget, if presented with an amount of style and flourish, can go a long way in reviving the...
View ArticleCelebrities react to Budget 2013 on Chidambaram’s Facebook Wall
Feeling chuffed up after presenting his 8th Union Budget of India, Finance Minister Shri Chidambaram hung out on Facebook to gauge reactions from both the hoi polloi and the elite. In the interests of...
View ArticleNightwatchmen across the cricketing world protest after Modi equates Dr....
Being a nightwatchman is more than just ducking bouncers Narendra Modi’s jibe at Dr. Manmohan Singh that he’s the “nightwatchman” for the family, has sent the cricketing fraternity into an indignant...
View ArticleFacebook Wall: Aussies introspect on what went wrong after hammering in the...
Clarke’s Aussies made history, not just for being the first Test team to lose the match after declaring in the first innings but for being more sissy than even Kiwis in their capitulation. On the other...
View ArticleRobert Vadra throws lavish party after Rahul Gandhi says he is not interested...
Robert Vadra’s DLF penthouse in Gurgaon wore a merry look as nation’s apex jamai threw a lavish party in the wake of Rahul Gandhi’s recent utterance that he was not interested in marriage. The...
View ArticleFacebook Wall: Cricketers discuss Virender Sehwag’s axing from the 3rd and...
Out of form opener Virender Sehwag was today dropped from the Indian Cricket Team for the final two Tests of the ongoing India-Australia series. The Nawab of Najafgarh promptly took to Facebook to...
View ArticleBCCI sends Venkatesh Prasad to coach Afghan cricketers, Pakistani...
The Board of Cricket Control in India, in response to a request by the Afghan Cricket Board (ACB) for assistance to develop cricket in Afghanistan, has dispatched Venkatesh Prasad to train rookie...
View ArticleDr. Manmohan Singh forwards Montek’s CV to Rahul Gandhi for PM’s post
With Rahul Gandhi announcing that he is not interested in becoming the Prime Minister of India, the race for who will be his Manmohan and the Congress’ Prime Ministerial candidate in the next general...
View ArticleMamata Banerjee demands ban on Mars after she’s told that it is called the...
It had all started on a pleasant note. Mamata Banerjee and her key aide, quiz-master Derek O’ Brien, were relaxing on the terrace of Derek’s bungalow in Kolkata on a balmy late winter evening a few...
View ArticleFacebook Wall: Fallout of Watson, Pattison among 4 being axed from Aussie...
What sequence of events led to the ignominious sacking of Shane Watson, James Pattinson, Mitchell Johnson, and Usman Khawaja from the Australian Test squad? What was the fallout of the decision to send...
View ArticleAxed Australian players replaced with management consultants from McKinsey on...
The Australians’ preparations for the 3rd Test got a shot in the arm with management consultants from McKinsey replacing the four axed players in the Test squad. Shane Watson, James Pattinson, Usman...
View ArticleFacebook Wall: Indian leaders react to Italian govt’s refusal to send back...
Indian leaders are still reeling under the shock of the Italian govt’s duplicity, ironical as it sounds. For once, Sonia provided valuable insights to the government in dealing with her fellow...
View ArticleCompromise: Italian marines may be tried under British law from which Indian...
The dispute between Italy and India over which country has jurisdiction to try the Italian marines for killing two Indian fishermen off the Kerala coast could be resolved amicably under the terms of a...
View Article5 ways in which India can retaliate against Italian duplicity
The Indian government has many cards up its sleeve in dealing with the Italian government’s duplicity. Sonia Gandhi, who is acutely embarrassed with the shenanigans of her fellow countrymen, has...
View ArticlePak drags India to International Court of Justice for double standards...
New Delhi’s namby-pamby approach in handling the Italian marines issue has not just adversely impacted Indo-Italian relations but bilateral ties with Pakistan as well. Pakistan has dragged India to the...
View ArticleFacebook Wall: Shikhar Dhawan blitzkrieg fallout – Aussies scramble for cover
The Aussies are another step closer towards complete disintegration after Shikhar’s Dhawan’s swashbuckling unbeaten debut knock of 185. Not surprisingly then, the Aussie Facebook Wall resembles a...
View ArticleMoved by Nitish Kumar’s Adhikar rally, Somalia & other 3rd world nations...
Moved by Nitish Kumar’s Adhikar rally at the Ramlila grounds in New Delhi, during which the Bihar CM made a stirring pitch for conferring ‘special status’ on Bihar and eloquently showcased his state’s...
View ArticleTeam India celebrates series victory over Aussies on Facebook
Team India’s warriors wasted no time in logging in to Facebook after scoring a third consecutive Test victory over Australia to express their jubilation. Unreal Times Facebook correspondent Mark...
View ArticleIn pictures: The real story behind DMK’s withdrawal of support to the UPA...
DMK chief M Karunanidhi may have announced that he’s withdrawing support to the UPA government over the government’s lack of action on the Sri Lankan Tamils issue. But when our special correspondent...
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