Deepotsav 8.0: Ayodhya sets two world records

Two Guinness World Records -- most people performing 'aarti' simultaneously and the largest display of oil lamps -- were set at the eighth edition of Deepotsav in Ayodhya on Wednesday. IMAGE:......

Modi's Yoga day event at UN creates Guinness World Record

Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Yoga celebration at the United Nations headquarters in New York on Wednesday created a Guinness World Record for the participation of people of most nationalities.......

Yoga Day event in Surat sets Guinness World Record: Minister

The Yoga Day event organised in Surat city of Gujarat on Wednesday has set a new Guinness World Record for the largest gathering for a yoga session at one place with 1.53 lakh people joining the......

First Cauvery Aarati held in Bengaluru amid laser lights and Vedic chants

What a Friday it was for Bengaluru. If in the morning, the forceful evictions of 18 Bharatiya Janata Party MLAs at Karnataka Legislative Assembly had the city buzzing, in the evening, the attention......

Billionaire sets world record with $201-million life insurance

A ‘well-known’ US billionaire has set a Guinness World Record after buying the most valuable life insurance policy, worth a whopping $201 million, more than double the previous mark.......

World's smallest roadworthy car zooms to Guinness record

The world's smallest car -- just 25 inches high and 4 feet long -- which can be safely driven on the road has entered the Guinness World Records. Custom car maker Austin Coulson in the US set the......

Tour of the world's tallest residential building

Dubai which is already home to the world's highest building -- Burj Khalifa -- has set a new record with Tameer's Princess Tower. Towering over the Dubai Marina skyline at 414 metres from base to......

Why Preity signed up for Guinness World Records

Preity Zinta will make her foray into television with Guinness World Records -- Ab India Todega, premiering on March 18 on Colors TV. The actress will host the show along with actor Shabbir......

Game of Thrones enters Guinness World Records 2016

A lowdown on what's happening in Hollywood. Image: Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen in Games of Thrones Popular television series Game of Thrones has found a place in the new......

Munni... enters Guinness world record

Munni Badnaam Hui, the smash hit item number from Salman Khan-starrer Dabangg, has created history by entering the Guinness Book of World Records in Melbourne, Australia. Over 1,200 people danced......

Khel Khel Mein Review: Game Of Phones

The chemistry between the motley bunch of actors works in fits and starts but Akshay Kumar's gift of the gab, Taapsee's bumbling comedienne and Fardeen Khan's dry wit come out tops, notes Sukanya......

Satwiksairaj 'smashes' Guinness world record!

IMAGE: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy smashed a decade-long record set in May 2013. Photograph: Andrew Boyer/Reuters Star India shuttler Satwiksairaj Rankireddy has set the Guinness world record for the......

Badminton star Satwiksairaj's father passes away

IMAGE: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy with his parents. Photograph: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Twitter Asian Games champion shuttler Satwiksairaj Rankireddy's father R Kasi Viswanatham died of cardiac......

Sensational Jamie Vardy breaks Guinness World Record

IMAGE: Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy with Guinness World Records certificate . Photograph: Guinness World Records Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy was officially presented with Guinness......

Bayern's Lewandowski bags FOUR Guinness World Records

IMAGE: Robert Lewandowski with the four documents from Guinness. Photograph: Twitter Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski, who netted the Bundesliga's fastest hat-trick on his way to a......

Largest cricket bat bids for Guinness world record

The world's largest bat, at the ICC headquarters. Photograph: ICC on Twitter With the cricket World Cup round the corner, a bat as tall as a 10-storey building, unveiled in Dubai to promote and......