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The Hindu
3 days ago
- Politics
- The Hindu
Congress MPs novel protest against Bihar SIR features ‘India's oldest voter'
Congress MPs, who were protesting against the Special Intensive Revision of voter rolls in Bihar and the alleged voter fraud in various constituencies, on Tuesday (August 12, 2025), participated in the protest wearing a T-shirt bearing the face of a woman voter, Minta Devi. Congress MPs, including Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Gaurav Gogoi, were seen wearing a white T-shirt with the photo of Minta Devi, a woman named as a voter in Daraundha Assembly constituency as per the electoral rolls. Her age was mentioned as 124 years in the electoral roll. Minta Devi, 124 years old. Born when India had a Viceroy, still voting when we have Wi-Fi. Either she's a time traveller… or our voter list is pure fiction. This is the kind of data in our electoral rolls, @ECISVEEP.#VoteChori# — Mansoor Khan (@MansoorKhanINC) August 10, 2025 Congress leader Rahul Gandhi had mentioned her name and the names of two other women who were claimed to be more than 100 years old, according to the electoral rolls, during his press conference on August 7, 2025. The Congress has pointed out that the oldest living person according to the Guiness Book of World Records is Ethel Caterham from United Kingdom, who is 115 years old.
Global News
6 days ago
- General
- Global News
This Aldergrove alpaca may just be the oldest in the world
Just shy of her 28th birthday, a resident of Aldergrove, B.C., is vying to be a world record holder. But she's not an athlete, a chess champion or an explorer. Lolita is an alpaca, and she might just be the oldest one in the world. 'Lolita is a really special alpaca,' said Dee Milton, manager of Kensington Prairie Farm. 'You don't see that many alpacas that live past 20.' 4:36 Agribition Alpaca Fleece Judging Lolita came to Kensington Prairie as a rescue at the age of 19. Story continues below advertisement Farm staff had seen a number of alpacas on a neighbouring property that weren't being regularly shorn — a health hazard given the wooly fiber they grow, which can accumulate up to 10 pounds. Get breaking National news For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen. Sign up for breaking National newsletter Sign Up By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy 'They are really prone to heat stress and a lot of other not very kind body condition issues,' Milton said. When the farm reached out, inviting them to a shearing event, the owners instead offered to surrender them. 'They were pretty skinny, I think they didn't have adequate nutrition, but a lot of time with our rescues it's not a malicious thing, sometimes it's just knowledge,' Milton said. 'We were able to nurse her back to health, and she's been thriving ever since on our farm.' Life has been good for Lolita since then. She's pampered with the best foods and gets special haircuts to accommodate the thinner fibre the old girl produces. 0:27 Wandering alpaca helped home after adventure in Nanaimo neighbourhood But it was only recently that the farm staff got to wondering just how special she is. Story continues below advertisement 'We knew she was old, she kind of gets special care, she's put in a special pen where she gets extra nutrition, and we just decided to look it up one day, who is the oldest alpaca in the world, and the oldest alpaca listed in the Guiness Book of World Records is younger than our Lolita,' Milton siad. 'So we thought, 'Hey! We should take a chance at going for this title.' The current record holder is a lovable but grumpy old man named Hawthornden Wainui, who lives in New Zealand and was born on Jan. 2, 1998. Milton says Lolita has him beat, with a birthday of Sept. 20, 1997, and the microchip to prove it. While being a certified world record holder will come with bragging rights, Milton says the title carries another kind of meaning as well. 'I think it's a demonstration of how well we treat our animals,' she said. 'If they're given the adequate love and attention and everything that they need, they really can thrive past their expectancy.'
India.com
07-06-2025
- Entertainment
- India.com
Is it worth watching Akshay Kumar-Abhishek Bachchan's Housefull 5B after 5A? The only difference is…
Housefull 5, released on 6th June, 2025, features large stellar star cast including Akshay Kumar, Riteish Deshmukh, Abhishek Bachchan, Jacqueline Fernandez, Sonam Bajwa, Nargis Fakhri, Sanjay Dutt, Jackie Shroff, Chitrangada Singh, Fardeen Khan, Nana Patekar, Chunky Pandey, Johnny Lever, Shreyas Talpade, Dino Morea, Ranjeet, Soundarya Sharma, Nikitin Dheer, and Akashdeep Sabir. Meanwhile, the makers have strategically released it in two different formats, which is A and B. We are going to tell you whether you should watch the B version after completing its A part, or not. Housefull Series Continues Its Cringefest As per the reviews, this film is just another example of why you should not touch iconic franchises and let it rest forever, because after its second installment, this franchise has presented nothing except ample amount of cringe jokes and piss poor writing, handled by Farhad Samji who can now apply to enter his name in Guiness Book of World Records for making films pathetic. The entire film offers you nothing except sleazy jokes and a male-centered environment where female actresses were only kept for objectifying their body parts, which the writer thinks will make the audience sit and watch. This multi-starrer project is a complete waste of opportunity and a lesson for other filmmakers, because here, captain of this ship, Tarun Mansukhani , has tried to fit every actor in any scene without logic, which underutilized their actual potential. This film tries hard to make us laugh with its jokes and sequences, but fails. However, Akshay Kumar, Jackie Shroff and Sanjay Dutt tried hard to bring their old comic avatar back on the big screen, but due to a lack of writing and delivery, it always bounced back. The Difference between 5A and 5B There is no difference between the parts, except the last 8 minutes. In Part A, killers are someone else, while in Part B, just to show the potential of an actress, makers have made another actor a killer. If you have already watched part A, then you don't need to witness this cringefest again; you can wait for its OTT release. At last, we just want to say that Bollywood should now learn from their mistakes because it's high time to prove the potential otherwise due to these kind of films and their ventures, we don't witness finest and best comedy-drama films.
