Hand of Gaul

About Frenchman Thierry Henry doing a Maradona...

Doodhi ka halwa

APMC's ambitious Dial a Doodhi project is in a state of decomposition. This headline hasn't been rejected yet ... but soon will be.
If it isn't then I will eat a doodhi.

Sham Shot

Story about doctor in Satara advertising and selling general flu vaccine as H1N1 shot.

PEPPER CORPS

Report about a group of girls being attacked by motorbike-riding stalkers, and the victims' plan to retaliate using pepper sprays.

H1N100

Swine flu gets its 100th casualty in Pune.

Needed: statutes against statues

Report about an organisation demanding removal of statues and fountains that obstruct traffic on busy road junctions.

Smoking Toes

Smoking leads to amputations. This was the story. That was the headline. The rest is history.

Naukri.con

This was a story regarding a conman promising jobs to people and fleecing them. But since it had nothing to do with the namesake website, this headline was dropped.

Mulla Rouge

It was a story about a halal cosmetics company, and it doesn't take rocket science to figure out that this headline would be thrown out of the window!

Dust-ardly act

or HistoryKill

Council Hall being razed to dust to make room for a 'contemporary' building.

PMC plugs moles in hills

Brainwrecked for pg 1 headline on Sunday, but this one was rejected too, obviously!

Jap dancing!

I hate the second world war it made the word 'Jap' derogatory, unfortunately that was what my headline was termed :( And my back still hurts Rem!

Finally, PMC hilla

PMC finally decided to save the city's hills... my creative genius was spurned!

Big Case of Missing Briefcase

About man whose briefcase containing Rs 1 lakh cash was 'stolen' from a pay-and-park facility in Pune.

ACT OF FLAW

Mirror's front page story about how the Epidemic Diseases Act 1897 is not being implemented properly in the city. Obviously, the headline was not considered.

Set the bull rolling

This was to head an article on how to fake being 'high society' or 'high brow'. Again it was so perfect it'd catch any eyeball. Rejected for ' the fine art of bullshitting'. Sigh!

POP

Given to the tribute to Michael Jackson when he died! It was perfect on so many different levels. But some thought it was too insensitive.

Vegging War

Another one for the rising veggie prices story.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Baingan

Thought this one would be ideal for the rising veggie prices story on page 1.

Agents Provocateur

I thought this was the sexiest headline for the silliest issue ever involving school textbooks. Obviously, the Boss didn't agree. :(

Picnic casket

103 people drowned in Lonavala over the last year. Yes, they were on picnic, no the headline is not mine.

No Raj, yes Rob

Racism in Britain.
Not my headline, but rejected anyway... No racism for rejection at the PM

Maharashtra Todphod Sena

Rejected for the obvious reasons!

CARDRAMA

Pune's very own chor-police car chase that took place on Sunday (July 19) morning, at the city's favourite shopping hotspot — M G Road! A cop clinging on to a fleeing car, screeching sirens, gunshots, et al! The traffic violator was eventually caught and slapped with 'attempt to murder' charge.

Rejected: By our editor Nidheesh for better one, of course!

Wanna hike? Tell us why

Students want government committee, that fixes fee structure for medical and engineering colleges, to publish details online

Rejected: Because we obviously had a better headline.

Khuda-ha-fish

Well, there was this fish for sale in a city pet shop. It was deemed extremely valuable because it had a design on it that looked like 'Allah' in Arabic. So, i kinds put Khuda and fish together to concoct Khuda-ha-fish (like Khuda ha fis). It remains one of the most 'remembered' of the rejected headlines and hence the name of the blog. Our news editor Santanu rejected it because he might have sounded offensive.

Down the drain

A man died in a drain pipe. He drowned.

Deadly tale of death

I don't know why it was rejected. The tale was deadly and it involved people dying. Therefore death.