Modi's 3D speeches during 2012 elections enter Guinness Book The 3D broadcasts of the speeches of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi during the 2012 Assembly elections have entered the Guinness Book of World Records, he stated on Thursday. "Gujarat election campaign 2012 becomes even more memorable with the 3D interaction creating a Guinness World," Modi said on Twitter. ...  
09:19 PM, Mar 14, 2013

Singers Sujata-Sunitha to enter the Guinness Book Sujata Dutt has been the playback singer for more than 300 Kannada films. ...  
07:36 PM, Feb 18, 2013

World's shortest woman to enter 'Bigg Boss' house
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Mumbai: Jyoti Amge, world's shortest woman, is all set to enter the mud house of 'Bigg Boss 6' today after model-turned-fashion consultant Imam Siddique was thrown out. The 19-year-old from Nagpur, who has been officially declared the world's smallest woman by Guinness Book of Records with a height of 62.8 cm (24.7 inches), said she wanted to participate in the show because she thinks it will give her chance to...  
10:12 AM, Nov 22, 2012

Here are some weird world records. Some of them are even included in the Guinness Book of World Records. In this pic, Guinness World Record holder for the Most Pierced Man Bucholz shows some of his 453 piercings in Dortmund.Beekeeper She Ping is covered with bees during a challenge to break the world record in Chongqing Municipality.Gabriel Guallo of Ecuador's Quichua tribe stands with a tarantula on his face to demonstrate how he is planning to break a world record, in El Tena.
05:29 PM, Oct 07, 2012

French 'Spiderman' scales tallest tower in China in 2 hours

Fifty-year-old Alain Robert climbed up the 1273-feet Central Plains Fortaleza tower in Zhengzhou unassisted. Robert has held the Guinness World Record for climbing most buildings unassisted. ...
11:36 AM, Sep 23, 2012

Lucknow school is world's 'largest'
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Lucknow: Starting from five students and a Rs 300 loan, a Lucknow school has travelled a long way to become the school with the most number of pupils in the world, according to the Guinness Book of Records. The 57th and 2013 edition of the book says the City Montessori School (CMS) in Lucknow had a record enrollment of 39,437 pupils on Aug 9, 2010, for the 2010-11 academic year....  
10:42 AM, Sep 23, 2012

Ganesh Chaturthi: AP makes 6000 kg laddoo

The humongous laddoo is all set to enter the Guinness Book of World Records. ...
03:56 PM, Sep 18, 2012

63-year-old fights corruption through RTI queries New Delhi: Subhash Chandra Agrawal's persistent inquiries have led to the revelation of many a scam. The illegal assets of judges, Lok Sabha speaker Meira Kumar's foreign trips, the former aviation minister's blatant misuse of national carrier Air India, and most recently the Rs 35 lakh toilet row in the Planning Commission premises. Agrawal wanted to be an IAS officer but was forced into his family's cloth business instead. But...  
08:48 AM, Jun 26, 2012

Oldest marathoner Fauja Singh hangs up his boots

The Guiness Book of World Records has refused to list the 101-year-old as the oldest marathon runner as he does not have a birth certificate to prove his age. ...
10:10 AM, Apr 23, 2012

Suryanamaskar: MP govt eyes Guinness record

Amidst fatwas and criticism from minority groups, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan performed surya namaskar along with lakhs of students on Thursday to mark Swami Vivekanand's birth anniversary. It was an attempt by the state govt to set a world record. ...
09:02 AM, Jan 13, 2012

MP govt to go ahead with Surya Namaskar show Bhopal: Disregarding vocal protests from the minority communities, the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government in Madhya Pradesh has decided to go ahead with its annual state-wide Surya Namaskar show, hoping to get it into the Guinness Book of World Records. The Madhya Pradesh government believes this year's exercise can edge out Kazakhistan, which holds the Guinness record for holding the largest mass, multi-location, aerobics demonstration. Over 1 crore people, including 50...  
09:37 AM, Jan 12, 2012

Here's our pick for the top 25 weirdest world records. In this photo : Brazilian Elaine Davidson, who holds the Guinness world record for being the woman with the greatest number of body piercings - 1903 altogether - pokes her finger through her tongue at the Tate Modern art gallery in London, November 11, 2003. The gallery held an event on Tuesday to mark the release of the 100th millionth copy of the Guiness World Records books. REUTERS/Lee BesfordNewlyweds Zhenya Semenov and Natasha Semenova kiss as they stand in front of Ukraine's longest column of wedding cars in Kiev April 7, 2007 Ukraine's Book of Records registered the column consisting of 62 cars as the longest ever to accompany a bride and groom on their wedding day. REUTERS/Vladimir SindeyevGuitarists hold their guitars at a stadium in Shillong, the capital of India's northeastern state of Meghalya, October 26, 2007. Hundreds of guitarists played Bob Dylan's
06:09 PM, Sep 18, 2011

Briton builds world's longest motobike
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London: A Briton is all set for a new Guinness world record for the longest motorbike - 22 metres long and with 25 seats. Colin Furze, 31, spent a month building the motorbike, which is as long as a tennis court, the Daily Mail reported. He used a 125 cc moped and extended it using an aluminium frame. Furze, a plumber by profession, managed to drive the bike up to...  
07:26 PM, Jul 28, 2011

World's costliest wine sells for 75,000 pounds London: The sale of a 200-year-old bottle of white wine for 75,000 pounds ($121,000) has set a new Guinness World Record for the most valuable bottle of white wine ever sold. The buyer of the 1811 Chteau d'Yquem was private collector Christian Vanneque, former head Sommelier at the Michelin starred La Tour d'Argent restaurant in Paris. Though Chteau d'Yquem is famed for being one of the finest and most expensive...  
11:26 AM, Jul 27, 2011

Paraguay's sausage breaks world record Asuncion: There is a new hot dog in the Guinness Book of Records after a sausage in Paraguay claimed victory as the "world's largest" at record of 203.8 meters long, event officials said. Guinness representative Johanna Hessling, who travelled to the exhibition, confirmed yesterday that the Paraguay sausage broke the previous record of 150 meters held by a Spanish encased meat. After being prepared by 245 people and served with...  
12:24 PM, Jul 17, 2011

World's oldest man dies aged 114
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London: The world's oldest man has died of an undisclosed illness at the age of 114 at his home in Montana, US. Walter Breuning was awarded the title of the oldest man by the Guinness Book of World Records after Briton Harry Allingham died in July 2009, according to The Sun. Bruening worked in the Great Falls area of Montana since 1918. US Senator Max Baucus who had honoured Breuning...  
05:29 PM, Apr 16, 2011

Nagpur man sings for 80 hours, claims record
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He started his solo singing effort on Saturday, July 24, and finally ended it by breaking the existing world record by over four hours. ...  
01:09 PM, Jul 28, 2010

CNN interviewer Larry King quits In his 25 year long career, King interviewed statesmen and stars from a prime-time perch at CNN. ...  
09:00 AM, Jun 30, 2010