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  India sets new Guinness World Record of collecting Santa Clause

  Lifestyle | December 28, 2014 16:19 IST

  Thrissur (Kerala): The archdiocese of Thrissur in Kerala Saturday created a new Guinness World Record when they assembled 18,112 Santa Clauses on the streets and broke the existing record set by Derry in Northern Ireland

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  Noida traffic police collects record Rs 2.38 lakh fine

  India | November 26, 2014 8:06 IST

  Noida: Noida Police yesterday collected a record Rs 2.38 lakh fine from 2,193 traffic rules violators, a senior officer said.According to Rajiv Narain Mishra, SP traffic, Noida,” 85 vehicles were fined for red light jump,

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  Messi eyes another record in Champions League

  Football | November 24, 2014 8:41 IST

  Barcelona, Spain: Lionel Messi will chase yet another record when the Champions League returns on Tuesday from a three-week break. The Argentine is poised to take sole possession of the competition's all-time scoring record just

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  Joey Chestnut devours turkey to win eating contest

  World | November 24, 2014 7:16 IST

  Mashantucket: Competitive eater Joey Chestnut has won a turkey-eating contest in Connecticut, setting a record by devouring an entire bird.Ten contestants vied to see who could eat the most of a 20-pound (9-kilogram) turkey in

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  MS Dhoni 3 losses away from Stephen Fleming's away Test defeats record

  Cricket | August 12, 2014 13:03 IST

  New Delhi: Mahendra Singh Dhoni might have forged a formidable coach-captain combination with Stephen Fleming for the CSK in the Indian Premier League but the India captain is on the verge of equalling an ignominous

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  CWG: Rai breaks record to enter 50m men's pistol finals

  Other Sports | July 28, 2014 15:02 IST

  Glasgow: Indian shooter Jitu Rai broke the Commonwealth Games record to march into the 50-metre men's pistol finals while compatriot Gurpal Singh also qualified, finishing sixth, at the Barry Buddon Shooting Centre here Monday.Rai, 27,

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  Sensex, Nifty hit new record highs in pre-close trade

  June 06, 2014 15:49 IST

  Mumbai: The benchmark BSE Sensex and NSE barometer Nifty today hit new life-time highs of 25,419.14 and 7,588.50, respectively, in pre-close trade on the back of sustained foreign capital inflows amid a firming trend overseas.The

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  Sensex at record closing high as RBI cuts SLR

  June 03, 2014 19:32 IST

  Mumbai: The BSE benchmark Sensex today jumped by nearly 174 points to end the day at all-time closing high of 24,858.59 as sentiment remained positive after the RBI pleased markets by unlocking about Rs 40,000

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  Poll panel lauded as India records highest voter turnout

  India | May 13, 2014 22:00 IST

  New Delhi: With the 2014 general election registering a record high voter turnout of 66.38 percent -- with as many as 15 states and union territories returning their highest polling percentage, the Election Commission of

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  Record voter turnout brings down curtain on Lok Sabha polling

  India | May 12, 2014 20:09 IST

  New Delhi: The curtain today came down on marathon Lok Sabha elections with an all-time record high turnout of 66.38 per cent as the final phase of polling covering 41 seats in three states replicated

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  Sensex, Nifty end at record highs on capital inflows

  May 09, 2014 21:46 IST

  Mumbai: The benchmark Sensex today crossed record 23,000 level for the first time but closed a tad lower at 22,994.23, posting its biggest single-day gain of 650.19 points since September 2013, on strong FII buying

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  Indian exports to West Africa record high growth

  April 27, 2014 16:36 IST

  Accra: India's exports to West Africa for the period April 2013 to February 2014 totalled around $6 billion, recording a 22.55 percent growth over the past year, a foreign trade performance analysis by the department

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  Sensex, Nifty retreat after touching record highs

  April 03, 2014 19:55 IST

  Mumbai: A benchmark index of Indian equities markets closed trade Thursday in the negative territory on profit booking—but only after it touched a new high for the ninth straight session.The 30-scrip S&P Sensex of the

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  Documents reveal chaotic military sex-abuse record

  World | February 11, 2014 7:16 IST

  Tokyo: After a night of heavy drinking at the Globe and Anchor, a watering hole for enlisted Marines in Okinawa, Japan, a female service member awoke in her barracks room as a man was raping

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  One more test, Johnson would have broken my record: Hogg

  Cricket | January 06, 2014 14:44 IST

  Sydney: Had there been another test Mitchell Johnson would have sailed past the Australian mark for wickets in a home Ashes series, says the record-holder Rodney Hogg.The man of the series in Australia's 5-0 whitewash

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  Ethiopian creates race record to win Delhi Half Marathon

  Other Sports | December 15, 2013 14:48 IST

  New Delhi: Ethiopia's Atsedu Tsegay won the men's elite event with a new race record, while Florence Kiplagat of Kenya finished on top in the women's category of the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon here today.Tsegay

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  India-Australia: Know the records achieved by Bailey in ongoing series

  Cricket | October 31, 2013 6:30 IST

  New Delhi: India is fast proving to be a springboard for Australian stand-in skipper for ODI, George Bailey who has just emerged on cricket arena, as he continues to pile-up runs match after match.Not many

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  Narendra Modi seeking to better Keshubhai's record in Gujarat in LS polls

  India | October 28, 2013 10:28 IST

  Ahmedabad: BJP's prime ministerial nominee Narendra Modi is leaving no stone unturned to improve the seat tally from his home-state in the coming Lok Sabha elections.Modi, as Chief Minister, has secured emphatic victories for three

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  CBI sends team to collect asset records from AP Police chief

  India | September 26, 2013 20:15 IST

  New Delhi: CBI has sent a team to collect documents related to alleged disproportionate assets amassed by Andhra Pradesh Police chief V Dinesh Reddy against whom an enquiry has been initiated by the agency on

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  Delhi blasts: Court to record witness' statements on Oct 29

  India | September 25, 2013 15:57 IST

  New Delhi: A Delhi court today fixed October 29 for recording statements of prosecution witnesses in the September 2008 Delhi serial blasts cases in which 13 suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) members are facing trial.  Additional