Trio breaks Limca book of world record of fastest west-to-east-India drive

September 27th, 2009 IMPHAL - Gurumayum Shyam Sunder Sharma, a sculptor from Manipur, is carving out magnificent wood root sculptures to fulfill his dram of making it to the Guinness Book of World Record. Sharma was 10years old when his great Grandfather Gurumayum Mouni Sharma, who was also a well-known woodcraftsman, introduced him to the art of carving sculptures.

August 21st, 2009 COIMBATORE - In an attempt to earn a position again in the Guinness and Limca book of world records, over 6000 children drew 10 kilometre long drawing in Coimbatore. The children were given the topic of awareness on social issues out of which most of the children selected pollution, environment, ill effects of smoking and liquor consuming habits, and the present issue of swine flu awareness.

August 15th, 2009 LUDHIANA - A man in Ludhiana pushed a bus, weighing 3,500 kilogram or 35 quintals, upto 10 feet using an iron rod on the eve of Independence Day (Aug.14). Rakesh Sharma attempted this daredevil act to earn a place in the record books.

July 3rd, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Three young men from Chandigarh claim to have created a world record of the fastest drive from India's western to eastern tip, covering 3,941 km in just 85 hours. These adventure-loving youngsters - Bhalinder Singh Sangha, 30, Rana Sidhu, 29, and Karanbir Singh Bedi, 27 - covered a distance of approximately 3,941 km from Koteshwar in Gujarat to Tezu in Arunachal Pradesh.

June 10th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - A 10-month-old Lohmann breed hen, from a town in Punjab, is the proud national record holder of laying an extra-large egg. The egg, weighing 162 grams and measuring 10 cms in length and 5 cms in height entered the 'largest hen egg' category in the Limca Book of Records.

May 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has been named India's largest animal rights group by the Limca Book of Records. 'To be recognised by the Limca Book of Records is a great honour.

April 21st, 2009 HYDERABAD - A woman minister in Andhra Pradesh, who is seeking re-election to the state assembly, has broken Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar's record as she campaigned in 100 villages in 12 hours. Galla Arunakumari of the ruling Congress party campaigned extensively in her Chandragiri assembly constituency, claiming a place in the Limca Book of Records.

April 20th, 2009 LUDHIANA - A teacher in Ludhiana is trying to create a world record by playing tabla, a traditional percussion instrument, continuously for 301 hours. Paramjot Singh has been practising tabla at Gurdwara Sri Dukh Niwaran Sahib for the last 14 days to boost his chances.

April 4th, 2009 LUDHIANA - A Ludhiana youth is claiming the world record for lifting 110 kilograms with his ears. Rakesh Kumar, a former bodybuilder, now says that he is planning to visit London to get his name registered in the Guinness Book of World Records.

April 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - G4S, the leading professional security organization in India, has entered the prestigious Limca Book of Records by making a new record. The Limca Book of Records has awarded a certification to G4S, stating, "G4S India, the leading security and related services provider, employing 1,30,000 people across 180 offices, has retained its first employee, Hari Singh Negi ( DOJ Oct 1, 1989), Vice President, Administration and the 1,00,000th employee S Srinivasana (DOJ July 27, 2006), Data Entry Operator." This new Indian record by G4S will feature in the 2009 Edition of Limca Book of Records.

March 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Superstar Amitabh Bachchan Tuesday released the 20th edition of Limca Book of Records and was felicitated for being among 20 luminaries who have made India proud. Amitabh, who had daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai in attendance at the event, said he was deeply touched by the acknowledgement of his work.

February 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's rapid growth of merchandise exports made South Asia the fastest growing region in shipping out manufactured goods between 2000 and 2005, says a UN agency's annual report on industrial development. 'Manufactured exports from all developing regions, excepting Latin America, grew faster than the world average and faster than exports from developing countries,' said the report prepared by the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO).

February 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Despite the global economic slowdown, India is the second fastest growing economy in the world and has recorded a sustained growth of over 9 percent for three consecutive years for the first time, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said Monday. Presenting the interim budget in the Lok Sabha, Mukherjee said the gross domestic product (GDP) has increased by 7.5 percent, 9.5 percent, 9.7 percent and 9 percent, respectively, in the four fiscal years between 2004-05 and 2007-08.

January 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Awestruck by the towering height of the Qutb Minar? Now get ready to crane your neck at a mammoth tricolour nearly as high. The 22-metre-wide, 14.6-metre-high national flag, made of specially knitted polyester at a cost of Rs.10 million/Rs 1.crore, will be hoisted 63 metres above the ground in a park in Haryana's Kaithal town, about 150 km from the national capital.

January 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - From selling safety razors and combs on the pavements of the walled city in Delhi as a child worker in the early 1950s, Jaswin Jassi went on to become the 'fastest Indian filmmaker', a prime time TV news anchor and a commercially successful jingle producer. However, the journey was not without ups and downs.