Tallest Man In India

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  BJP's Sushil Kumar Modi, A Quintessential Organisation Man: 5 Points

  Former Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi, who died of cancer at 72, had been the quintessential organisation man with formidable clout as the BJP's tallest leader in Bihar. His famed skills had been put to test every election season.

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  Delhi Property Consultant Falls From Noida's Tallest Building, Dies: Cops

  A Delhi-based property consultant died allegedly after falling from the 43rd floor of Noida's tallest building in a case of suspected suicide, police officials said Sunday.

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  India's 'Tallest Man', Dharmendra Pratap Singh, Joins Samajwadi Party

  Dharmendra Pratap Singh, who claims to be India's tallest man, joined the Samajwadi Party on Saturday. Mr Singh, who hails from Uttar Pradesh's Pratapgarh is 2.4m (8 ft 1 in) tall. He is just 11 cm shy of the world record.

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  Sushil Kumar Modi, BJP's Old Warhorse, Tested Amid Party's Twin Bihar Troubles

  Sushil Kumar Modi, Bihar's Deputy Chief Minister, has been the quintessential organisation man with formidable clout as the BJP's tallest leader in the state.

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  Sardar Patel Birth Anniversary: Powerful Quotes From India's 'Iron Man'

  Vallabhbhai Patel, India's 'Iron Man', was born on October 31, 1875. Renowned as the architect of independent India, Sardar Patel united 562 princely states to build the Republic of India. On 143rd birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled a statue of him, called the 'Statue of Unity', in Gujarat. It is th...

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  Daredevil Jumps Off London's Tallest Building With Parachute

  In a dangerous move, a man jumped off the 'The Shard', the British capital's tallest building, with a parachute and landed safely on a south London street.

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  At 8.1, He Claims to be India's Tallest Man. But Life Isn't Easy

  As a child, he was often bullied by his peers and called names like 'giraffe' and 'camel'. And some would say that his height has made him 'hopeless'.

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  Won't Say No to Being Chief Minister if BJP Asks: Pankaja Munde to NDTV

  At their home in Parli in the Beed district of Maharashtra, it's a busy morning for Pankaja Munde. Poor farmers, local leaders and a host of supporters wait for her. A short man dressed as an aspiring politician is getting himself clicked in front of a huge photograph of late Gopinath Munde, Pankaja's father and BJP's tallest leader in Maharashtra ...

• Need Sardar Patel's secularism, not votebank secularism: Narendra Modi

  Narendra Modi's riposte to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in their fierce Sardar Patel duel came from the site where he is building the world's tallest statue in honour of India's "iron man" today.

• In Narendra Modi's Gujarat, grand statue for Sardar Patel but what about his school?

  A Rs 2000-crore plan to build the tallest statue of India's iron man Sardar Patel, but not even a few lakhs to spare for a school where he studied. Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi may find it hard to explain the irony.

• Indian acquitted in Burj Khalifa bombing hoax

  A bombing hoax threatening to blow up the world's tallest tower Burj Khalifa in February was actually a ploy by an Indian man to have another of his compatriot land in jail.

• Nellore man conquers the Andes in Latin America

  Thirty-seven-year old Malli Mastan Babu is the only Indian to have scaled the tallest peaks of the Andes in South America. He also holds a Guinness record for having climbed the seven summits of the world in just 172 days. Babu, who comes from a farming family in Nellore in Andhra Pradesh, has been credited with scaling the Aconcagua in the Argenti...