Stewie the Cat, the longest domestic cat in the world at more than 4 feet (1.2 meters) long from nose to tail, has died. Stewie was surrounded by family when he succumbed to a yearlong battle with cancer on February 4 evening at his Reno home, owner Robin Hendrickson said on February 5. He was 8. ...
02:35 PM, Feb 06, 2013
Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport has handled a record 73 number of flight movements in the country in an hour on a particular day. "We are delighted to inform you that the Air Traffic Control at Delhi airport handled a total of 73 aircraft movements in one hour on Thursday, January 24. It is the record number of air traffic movements ever made at any airport in India, thanks to...
11:20 PM, Jan 28, 2013
Rape statistics from National Crime Records Bureau's Crime in India 2011 report plotted on an interactive map of India. ...
04:55 PM, Jan 04, 2013
The Supreme Court on Friday declined to hear a plea for disqualification of MPs and MLAs chargesheeted for crime against women but agreed to go into issues of fast track trial of rape cases and implementation of laws for safety of women. The apex court, which was hearing two PILs filed after the December 16 gangrape incident, said it can only give notice to the government on limited issues as...
01:22 PM, Jan 04, 2013
A peppy Punjabi number by singers Jazzy B and Honey Singh has notched up over one million views online in just 80 hours. ...
02:19 PM, Jan 02, 2013
In an attempt to name and shame rapists, the government has decided to prepare a data base of all rape convicts across the country and their photographs, names and addresses would be made public. Minister of State for Home RPN Singh said he has directed the National Crime Records Bureau to prepare a directory of all rape convicts and upload their photographs, names and addresses on its website. ...
06:39 PM, Dec 27, 2012
Of the 24206 victims of the crime in 2011, 22549 knew the rapists from before. ...
05:29 PM, Dec 20, 2012
A 115-year-old Iowa woman has died less than two weeks after inheriting the title of world's oldest person, her family said on Monday. ...
02:56 AM, Dec 18, 2012
Twenty per cent of the candidates contesting the Gujarat Assembly polls, who are fielded by major political outfits, have a criminal record, a National Election Watch (New) analysis report says. Gujarat Election Watch (Gew), the state chapter of New, analysed affidavits of 955 candidates out of 1,666 candidates, who are contesting the state assembly polls. ...
10:10 PM, Dec 08, 2012
The woman who was listed as the world's oldest person died on Tuesday in a Georgia nursing home at age 116. Besse Cooper died peacefully on Tuesday afternoon in Monroe, according to her son Sidney Cooper. Monroe is about 45 miles east of Atlanta. ...
11:53 AM, Dec 05, 2012
The world's fastest painter uses colours and adhesives to fight his chronic mental illness. He makes an entire painting in just a few seconds. Parijoy Saha, a chronic schizophrenic, has set a record of finishing 51 paintings in just 35 minutes. ...
09:28 AM, Dec 03, 2012
It was a promise delivered floor by floor. In just 48 hours, an entrepreneur has constructed a 10-floor building in this suburban town in Punjab. The red and grey facade building, Instacon, stood tall on an industrial plot in Mohali, 10 km from Chandigarh, Saturday, two days after Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal had laid its foundation stone. ...
11:21 PM, Dec 01, 2012
A 10-storey building which is being planned to be erected within a record time of 48 hours will be ready by this evening, a company official claimed. "We are on target in assembling the building, having an area of over 25,000 square meters. By 4:30 pm today, the project should be completed," a spokesman of the Mohali based company said. ...
04:40 PM, Dec 01, 2012
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
Lionel Messi surpassed Pele's milestone of goals in a calendar year by scoring for the 75th and 76th time in 2012 to move within nine of Gerd Muller's all-time record as Barcelona won 4-2 at Mallorca in the Spanish league on Sunday. The 25-year-old Argentine forward now needs 10 more goals by end of next month to better Bayern Munich and West Germany legend Gerd Muller's world record of 85,...
01:53 AM, Nov 12, 2012
London: In an age where few marriages endure the test of time, a centurion Indian couple have lived in wedded bliss for 87 years, thus becoming the world's longest married couple. Hundred-and-seven-year-old Karam and his 100-year-old wife Katari Chand, who have eight children and 28 grandchildren together, say that the key to success is looking after each other in every way possible. "My trick is to make Katari laugh. I...
11:01 AM, Nov 03, 2012
South African Branden Grace equalled the European Tour record when he shot a blistering 12-under-par 60 midway through the first round of the Dunhill Links Championship on Thursday. Grace, a triple winner on the tour in 2012, clipped two strokes off Lee Westwood's previous Kingsbarns record of 62 set in 2003 after finishing with five straight birdies. Frenchman Victor Dubuisson was two shots off the lead on 62 after breaking...
12:04 AM, Oct 05, 2012
New Delhi: Fortis Healthcare on Saturday entered into the Guinness book of world records by organising a massive programme to check coronary disease in the NCR region on World Heart Day. The awareness campaign, as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility, generated an overwhelming response, with 14,161 free cholesterol tests conducted on adults at all Fortis facilities and select SRL Labs in the NCR region covering Delhi, Gurgaon, Noida and...
10:31 PM, Sep 29, 2012
