Everything you need to know about Aoc Records: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Aoc Records: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Washington, May 24 (ANI): Paris Hilton has become the newest member of one of hip-hop's hottest labels - Cash Money Records.
Washington, May 21 (ANI): A man from Chicago rode Ferris Wheel for more than two days - 384 times, up and around - to break the existing world record.
Washington, May 16 (ANI): The man behind the American television soap opera 'The Bold and the Beautiful', Ron Weaver, died on Thursday. He was 75.
Bhubaneswar, May 15 (IANS) A two-and-half-month ban on the entry of tourists and visitors to the Bhitarkanika National Park in Odisha was imposed Wednesday as the crocodile nesting season was underway, an official said.
London, May 11 (ANI): An American student is attempting to make a record as the youngest person in history to fly solo around the world, and will be making his first stop in the UK after setting off from California on May 2.
Kolkata, May 9 (IANS) Women lynched, sexually exploited and forcibly evicted from their homes after being branded witches. Witch-hunting is not about a stray report tucked away in a corner of the newspaper but an increasingly worrying pan-India trend that specifically targets women in a patriarchal society, say experts.
Lucknow, May 6 (ANI): A private business house in Lucknow had attempted to create a new world record with over 100,000 of its employees singing the country's national anthem together at one point in one uniform on Monday.
London, May 5 (ANI): Latest available accounts published this week reveal that there is less than 180,000 pounds left in Amy Winehouse's six music companies, despite the singer being reportedly worth 10 million pounds at the height of her success.
Washington, May 2 (ANI): Researchers at IBM have created the world's smallest stop-motion movie.
New Delhi, May 2 (ANI): Despite several amendments in criminal law, women in India continue to suffer, endure denial of constitutional rights and fall prey to the rampant sexual violence in the country, a United Nations rapporteur has said.
Bhubaneswar, April 30 (IANS) The Bhitarkanika National Park in Odisha would be closed for tourists for two-and-half months from May 15 as the nesting season of crocodiles is about to commence, a forest official said Tuesday.
Washington, Apr. 27 (ANI): The Federal Register has posted a list of presidential gifts that could end up in Barack Obama's future library.
Mumbai, April 25 (IANS) Singing legend Lata Mangeshkar has completed 71 years in the industry this year and says she is greatful to people for liking her songs even today.
London, April 25 (IANS) Rochelle Humes, member of girls band The Saturdays, is sad that her husband Marvin Humes' music group JLS is splitting up. She feels their break-up is the "end of an era".
Washington, April 21 (ANI): Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the 26-year-old Boston Marathon bomber who was killed in a shoot out with police, had an American wife and daughter, it has been revealed.
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) Amid a public outcry over a brutal sexual assault on a five-year girl here, a report by rights group Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) shows there has been an increase of 336 percent in cases of child rapes from 2001-11.
London, April 20 (ANI): A Japanese man who has the title of the world's oldest living person celebrated his 116th birthday on Friday.
Tokyo, April 20 (IANS) The world's oldest living person celebrated his 116th birthday in the Japanese prefecture of Kyoto Friday, with the country's prime minister sending him personal greetings.
New Delhi, Apr 17 (ANI): A workshop on terror financing and implementation of Section 51A (concerning freezing of terror funds) of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 was organised here today.
Wellington, Apr.16 (ANI): The Guinness Book of World Records has again declared the Bugatti Veyron as the world's fastest production car.
London, April 15 (IANS) Korean pop star Psy's latest single "Gentleman" has hit 53 million views on YouTube within just two days, owing to the popularity of his hit number "Gangnam style".
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) Twenty-six street children have become eligible for the Limca Book of Records for putting 9,000 hand prints in various colours in twelve-and-a-half minutes, an official said here Friday.
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) All-girl bands are not just about pretty faces, say India's growing tribe of female musicians, who are carving a niche for themselves while battling prejudices and regressive social norms.
New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) He acts and directs, but Prabhudheva says choreography is what he enjoys the most.
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) Foreign filmmakers wishing to shoot in India would find the going hassle-free with the government planning to provide them a single window clearance for their ventures.
New Delhi, Apr. 10 (ANI): Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari has said that his ministry was in the process of issuing a notification shortly regarding the constitution of an Inter-Ministerial Empowered Committee, which would provide single window clearance for shooting of foreign films in India.
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) The 24th edition of Limca Book of Records, launched here Wednesday, is an Indian cinema special, celebrating hundred years of the industry.
London, Apr. 10 (ANI): A Japanese man has been identified as the longest-serving prisoner in the world in a death row after awaiting execution for a staggering 44 years and five months.
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) A video of singer Avril Lavigne's latest single "Here's to never growing up" is a collage of her various fans miming the song.
New Delhi, Apr 9 (ANI): Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Brinda Karat on Tuesday said that personnel of the UP police who kept a 10-year old girl behind bars for over ten hours.
New Delhi, Apr 9 (ANI): One of the greatest symbols of Assamese culture, the gamocha has became the part of history, when an over 1,000-metre-long silk sheet made it to the Guinness Book of Records beating the previous record held by Indonesia.
Koderma (Jharkhand) Apr 8 (ANI): Police in Jharkhand rescued five young boys from the clutches of human traffickers yesterday.
Sydney, Apr. 8 (ANI): The Guinness World Records has stripped the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport that "set" the fastest speed for a production car in 2010, of that title.
Jorhat, Apr 5 (ANI): S S Siddhartha, a national level martial art instructor, in a bid to enter the Guinness Book of World Records, recently performed as many as 55 yoga postures on a speeding motorbike.
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) It'll be a treat for Indie music lovers when 12 bands would compete here from Saturday.
Cuttack (Odisha), Apr. 2 (ANI): Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari on Tuesday said that violence against women is a major challenge.
Miami, April 2 (IANS/EFE) Prince Royce has signed a contract with Sony Music Entertainment for the launch of his next albums, the label said.
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) Space almost feels like home, Indian American Sunita Williams, who holds the record of the longest spacewalk by a woman astronaut, said here Monday.
New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) Singer Bally Sagoo, who reigned over the pop music scene in the 1990s, rues that Punjabi music has limited its identity to loud bhangra songs.
New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) Singer Bali Sagoo, who reigned over the pop music scene in the 1990s, rues that Punjabi music has limited its identity to loud bhangra songs.
New York, Mar 29 (ANI): For the third year in a row, Sean "Diddy" Combs has topped Forbes' list of wealthiest hip-hop artists with an estimated net worth of 580 million dollars.
Los Angeles, March 28 (IANS) Singer-actress Beyonce Knowles, who has lent her voice to the queen's character in new animated film "Epic", says she always wanted to be a part of the project.
London, March 26 (IANS) Hollywood actress Blake Lively is in talks to play legendary musician Freddie Mercury's former girlfriend Mary Austin in the forthcoming biopic about the late Queen singer.
London, March 25 (ANI): Alicia Douvall, who is known for being a cosmetic surgery fanatic, has blown 1 million pounds on her assets but wishes that doctors should have stopped her.
San Juan, March 9 (IANS/EFE) St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina is on his way to becoming an entrepreneur in the music world after starting a record label, Molina Records, soon to launch the first solo disc by Venezuelan rapper Oma 206.
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) Incidents of juvenile crime have not recorded a constant increase in the last five years, the Rajya Sabha was informed Wednesday.
Jorhat, Mar 3 (ANI): Playing 315 different musical instruments, artists from across the globe achieve a new world record. And this record was recently made in Assam's Jorhat district.
New Delhi, Mar 1 (IANS) A parliamentary panel Friday upheld death penalty in rare cases of rape and for repeat offenders, as suggested by a central ordinance, while shying from terming marital rape a crime in its recommendations.
Sydney, Mar 1 (IANS) Two new shark species discovered in Australia will help scientists script a better understanding of the species.
New Delhi, Mar 1 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader M. Venkaiah Naidu on Friday dismissed Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde's explanation on the Jaitley phone tapping issue, saying the government has all the wherewithal to find out who was behind it.
New Delhi, Mar 1 (ANI): Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Friday clarified that Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley's phone was not tapped, but that someone was trying to access his call records.
New Delhi, Mar 1 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader M. Venkaiah Naidu on Friday dismissed Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde's explanation on the Jaitley phone tapping issue, saying the government has all the wherewithal to find out who was behind it.
New Delhi, Mar 1 (ANI): Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Friday clarified that Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley's phone was not tapped, but that someone was trying to access his call records.
London, Feb. 27 (ANI): A 114-year-old Japanese woman from Osaka has officially been named as the world's oldest woman by Guinness World Records.
Guwahati, Feb 27 (IANS) Child abuse and juvenile delinquency have increased alarmingly in Mizoram and the state government has failed to implement the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000, a rights body said Wednesday.
Dubai, Feb. 27 (ANI): The JW Marriott brand has officially opened the 72-storey JW Marriott Marquis Dubai - which acquired the title of the tallest hotel from Guinness World Records in the world - on Tuesday.
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 26 (IANS) Women cutting across social strata celebrated the famed Attukal Pongala festival with devotion and fervour here Tuesday.
Kotagiri (Tamil Nadu), Feb.24 (ANI): India's diverse and rich culture was on display recently, when 435 students and locals performed the Badaga dance for eleven minutes and created a new world record in Kotagiri, which is located in Tamil Nadu's Nilgiri District.
London, Feb 22 (IANS) A rise of 1.5 degrees Celsius in mercury is likely to melt the permanently frozen ground over a large chunk of Siberia, possibly releasing gigatonnes of carbon from soils that could aggravate global warming, says a study.
Manama, Feb. 22 (ANI): A festival in Saudi Arabia is attempting to enter the Guinness Book of Records by making the world's largest floral carpet, the head of the organising committee has said.
Sydney, Feb. 21 (ANI): British entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson is looking for a woman who starred as the model for the original Virgin logo in 1970.
London, Feb 20 (ANI): A truck in the United Kingdom has been touted as the only vehicle in the world using coffee chaff pellets as fuel, and has also set a speed record in the Guinness World Records to go more than 65 metres per hour (mph).
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) There is an urgent need to amend the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act to protect Dalits and tribals, Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Kumari Selja said here Wednesday.
New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) Music channel 9XM has entered the Limca Book of Records for creating the biggest wall of music in India. The digital wall, created for World Music Day in 2012, enabled viewers to download free music for a day.
Washington, February 17 (ANI): DJ and producer Mark Kamins, who dated and discovered Madonna before she signed a record deal, has died. He was 57.
London, Feb 15 (ANI): Beyonce Knowles has opened up about severing ties with her father and former manager, Mathew Knowles, in a candid new interview with Oprah Winfrey.
London, Feb 15 (ANI): Beyonce Knowles has opened up about severing ties with her father and former manager, Mathew Knowles, in a candid new interview with Oprah Winfrey.
Islamabad, Feb. 13 (ANI): The British government has reportedly threatened to place a ban on all Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flights, due to fear of influx of Al-Qaeda and Taliban terrorists after it was found that tens of Afghan nationals are illegally flying into the UK on Pakistani passports.
Wellington, February 8 (ANI): The world's most expensive cocktail has been finally served to the Kiwi businessman in Melbourne to include his name in the record books alongside the 15,360-dollar drink.
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) Bollywood is a key platform but disc jockeying is still a nascent field in India with many DJs depending on weddings to bring in the money, says celebrity DJ Khushi who believes the time has come for media and music labels to support his tribe with the "right infrastructure and vision".
Wellington, February 7 (ANI): A New Zealand businessman will pay a cheque of 15,360 NZ dollars to a Melbourne bar to enter his name into the Guiness Book of World Records as the purchaser of what is believed to be the most expensive cocktail ever made.
London, Feb 6 (IANS) The world's longest domestic cat - a 1.23-metre Maine Coon named Stewie - has died in the US at the age of eight, BBC reported.
London, Feb. 6 (ANI): The longest domestic cat in the world, measuring more than 4 feet long from nose to tail, has died in Nevada. He was 8.
New Delhi, Feb 5 (ANI): Twenty-three-year-old Guinness world record holder Abhijeet Baruah from Assam, who has numerous records to his name, has done it again. This time he has gone one up by breaking his own record.
Ansoli (Himachal Pradesh), Feb 4 (IANS) A jobless diploma engineer in this Himachal Pradesh village has pledged his handwritten British and US constitutions to a businessman to raise money to educate his children.
New Delhi, Jan 29 (ANI): The Corps of Signals motorcycle rider display team, popularly known as the "Dare Devils", established three more world records today on Ridge Road and Robert Track in the Jabalpur Cantonement area.
London, Jan 25 (ANI): A Cheltenham restaurant has put the world's most expensive bacon sandwich on the menu, setting diners back 150 pounds.
Paris, Jan 23 (IANS/EFE) Ex-first lady of France and singer Carla Bruni has switched from the independent Naive Records label to the Barclay logo, a property of the multinational record company Universal Music, for the launch next April of her album "Little French Songs", the Challenges.fr Web site reported Tuesday.
Kyodo, Jan. 22 (ANI): Guinness World Records has recognised Ichibanya Co.- known for its yellow and brown Curry House CoCo Ichibanya restaurants - as the world's largest curry chain.
Bhubaneswar, Jan 11 (IANS) The crocodile population in Bhitarkanika National Park in Odisha's Kendrapada district has gone up to 1,649, three more than last year's 1,646, a week-long census revealed Friday.
London, Jan. 10 (ANI): A teenager hailing from Cardiff, who trained himself to become an international racing driver by playing a computer game in his bedroom, has entered the record books.
Titabor, Jan 8 (ANI): Dressed in traditional attire, a total of 14,883 drummers, one of the biggest ensemble of the drummers, set a new record of playing the traditional Khol drum for a period of 15 minutes in Assam.
Guwahati, Jan 6 (IANS) Assam Sunday entered the India Book of Records for the largest khol-playing ensemble. Organisers now eye mention in the Guinness World Records for the largest group playing this traditional purcussion instrument.
Mumbai, Jan 6 (IANS) Well-known Marathi actor and comedian Prashant Damle is set to enter the Guinness World Records with a staggering 10,700th show, staged here Saturday night.
Film: "CZ12"; Cast: Jackie Chan, Yao Xingtong, Kwong Sang-woo, Zhang Lanxin, Laura Weissbecker, Oliver Platt; Director: Jackie Chan; Rating: **
New Delhi, Jan 4 (ANI): Union Home Minister Shri Sushil Kumar Shinde has said that government wants to make use of technology in bringing greater transparency and accountability into government functioning, and added that Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS) is an important step forward in this direction.
Melbourne, Jan. 4 (ANI): Summernats- a car festival held in Canberra, Australia - has broken the Guinness World Record for the most simultaneous burnouts.
Chandigarh, Jan 1 (IANS) A peppy Punjabi number by singers Jazzy B and Honey Singh has notched up over one million views online in just 80 hours.
London, Dec 29 (IANS) Singer Gary Barlow has decided to wind up his Future Records label to focus on spending quality time with his family.
London, December 29 (ANI): China and Japan - the two Asian giants which are constantly struggling over territory, politics and economic dominance -seem to have found another topic to fight about - who's the world's oldest living person
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) More than 650 rape cases have been reported in the National Capital Region (NCR) this year.
London, Dec 28 (IANS) A 92-year-old British woman has been officially declared the oldest darts player in the world by the Guinness World Records.
London, Dec. 28 (ANI): American soul singer Fontella Bass has died of complications following a heart attack she suffered 3 weeks ago, in the city where she was born, St Louis, Missouri. She was 72.
New Delhi, Dec.27 (ANI): The government said on Thursday that a national data base with photographs of all rape convicts will be prepared.
New Delhi, Dec 27 (IANS) The hybrid life of migrant Indians, their longing to connect to their homeland and their histories have been translating themselves into narrative photo-essays in veteran photographer Pablo Bartholomew's lens for the last two years.
Bhubaneswar, Dec 24 (IANS) A nearly two-week ban on the entry of tourists and visitors to the Bhitarkanika National Park in Odisha came into effect Monday for the annual census of winter avian species and head count drive of the estuarine crocodile, a wildlife official said.
London, December 23 (ANI):An English language teacher from Italy, who rode out of Naples in the summer saying she was off to cycle around the world, returned to a hero's welcome in the Piazza del Plebiscito after having pedalled more than 18,000 miles alone.
New Delhi, Dec 21 (IANS) Demanding strong laws and swift punishment to curb rapes, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal Friday lashed out at political parties, saying they gave tickets to rapists to contest elections.
London, Dec 21 (IANS) Music mogul Simon Cowell has revealed L.A. Reid is already regretting quitting "The X Factor" USA.
Churachandpur (Manipur), Dec 17 (ANI): More than 7000 people from the Gangte tribe participated in a record attempt to mass read the Holy Bible at an event in Manipur in a bid to enter record books and get recognition for the community on a national level.
