Unlikely news this year

Unlikely news of 2012 is the follow up to the similar post that i wrote last year. You can find it here. This year,it is a continuation of the same theme.The news stories and events that are most unlikely to take place in India in 2012. Unlikely news this year - India Edition.

1. Economy growing at 8%
2. Bangalore becomes less congested
3. India becomes a fully electrified nation
4. India bags a permanent UN Security Council seat
5. Cross country flights becoming cheaper than ever
6. Indian cricket team winning an overseas test series
7. Nokia becomes the market leader in smartphones
8. India wins more medals than Jamaica at the London Olympics
9. Rahul Gandhi not putting his foot in mouth; when he is not busy shooting it
10. A bald guy who is not Ramesh Srivats has the funniest twitter stream
11. Sunny Leone not being featured in Google Zeitgiest India results
12. The media not going bonkers for Saif Ali Khan – Kareena Kapoor wedding details
13. Calling to UK and US becomes cheaper than it is to call from UK and US
14. CBI becomes a fully automonous body (giggle, chukle, rofl.. I know I know)
15. Narendra Modi losing Assembly elections in Gujarat
16. Book store chains do better business than Flipkart*
17. Diesel prices are completely deregulated
18. Taarak Mehta ka ooltah chasmah goes off air.
19. UP is trifurcated and Hyderabad becomes the 8^th Union Territory.
20. Ajmal Kasab is refused his Friday Biryani until further notice.
21. Sharad Pawar gets slapped.Again.In Public.
22. BSNL/MTNL not requesting for government bailouts
23. The word ‘Chep’ enters the Oxford dictionary.
24. NID comes out with better designed Rs.1,2,5 and 10 coins.
25. The centre caring a damn about Manipur once the elections are done.
26. An independent film grosses 50 crores ( I do wish this happens)
27. Manmohan Singh stepping down as PM due to frustration.
28. Leander Paes inks a million dollar sponsorship deal.
29. No cases of Indian students being roughed up in US,UK, Canada, Australia etc.
30. Mid-term general elections.

Feel free to add more in the comments section, i will surely include them.

Unlikely news this year

India is full of news stories, Indians consume news. Ours is such a vast and treacherous nation that stories happen on every road, footpath or corridor. Not all become national news. The more things change, the more they look the same. As a flight of my imaginations I thought of things that are most unlikely to occur.

1. Mobile phone tariffs increase
2. Petrol prices hit below 50 rupees
3. Mumbai metro getting ready on time
4. Rahul Gandhi becomes a Cabinet minister
5. Economy growth rates dips below 8 %
6. Salman Khan is out of news
7. Sharad Pawar resigning voluntarily
8. Delhi roads become safer at night
9. CPI (M) winning in West Bengal and Kerala assembly elections
10. An indigenous animation film be the biggest hit in India
11. MTV decides to air Roadies-8 only twice a day
12. CAT coaching classes reduce fees
13. Another IIM alumni writes a best-seller
14. Mass deleting of accounts and exodus of people from Facebook
15. Gold prices dip below 20,000/10 gram
16. Knight Riders winning the IPL
17. Final decision on Telangana issue
18. Kumar Sanu or Udit Narayan sing a chartbuster
19. New 100 currency notes with J. Nehru on the obverse side
20. Getting a correct monsoon prediction from MET department
21. 5 new nuclear reactors sanctioned with 2000 MW capacity each
22. Chicken tikka masala becomes the official national curry of India
23. Coca-Cola or Pepsi making a comeback with increased sales
24. One new cult fiction TV series that becomes an instant hit
25. Nestle gives Kit-Kat free with a maggi double pack or 4 pack
26. India to have 2 time zones – Mumbai and Kolkata to save daylight
27. Government lets Tata enter aviation sector by buying Air India back
28. Plastics bags are banned throughout the country and milk is sold in bottles
29. Anil Kapoor shutting the hell up before the release of Mission Impossible:IV
30. Media remains calm irrespective of whether India wins the world cup or crash out in quarter or semis

Feel free to add more in the comments section!