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Business: Indian car lovers get ready for BMW M Series

German luxury carmaker BMW gets a good foothold for its products in India. Today company announced the launching of its premium luxury sedan 5 series with prices starting at Rs. 37 lakh and going up to Rs. 45 lakh (ex-showroom). During the launch of sedan 5 series the company said its products are getting good response in India, in view of this it is revising sales target for the country upwards and in response to this it will launch its sports coupe car M Series by next year.
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Masti: HoodTube will have its Grand opening August 5, 2007

We will have a shoot, all are welcome, August 2, 2007 email me at hoodtube@gmail.com for address We will release the press release in August, watch out for good online shows. Feel free to upload videos and photo on hoodtube.com
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IndiaShining: Indians still smiling,says poll

Indians are markedly happier and optimistic today than five years ago, a recent survey on global opinions has said. The survey, conducted by the Pew Global Attitudes Project in about 47 nations, shows that increasing contentment in India as well as some other developing nations, including China, is clearly correlated with sizeable increases in per capita Gross Domestic product (GDP) that has far outpaced the rate of growth prior to 2002. Over the last five years, the per capita GDP in India rose by 38 per cent and the percentage of people in the country expressing life satisfaction has grown from 29 per cent to 41 per cent, the survey found.
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Miscellaneous: Yakub Memon sentenced to death

Yakub Memon, the chartered accountant brother of prime absconding accused Tiger Memon, was today sentenced to death by Special TADA court hearing the 1993 serial blasts case, taking the total number of those given capital punishment in the case to 12.
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IndiaShining: India plans to double its satellite launches

India plans to double its annual satellite launches and put into space up to 25 spacecraft in a $2 billion exercise spread over the next five years as it moves to take advantage of booming demand for capacity, country's space agency chief said.
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Cricket: India v England: Were They Really That Bad?

"An escape from jail. Saved by the heavens. England robbed of victory. Indian galacticos choke again." These headlines were the flavour of the day. Predictions of doom and gloom for the remainder of the series abounded and once again Team India found itself backed into a corner. One could reason that all the articles and predictions bear an element of legitimacy, in their own right.
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Business: Google has invested in 3 Indian Venture Capital Funds so far

Google has so far invested in three early stage venture capital funds in India, through Google Holdings Singapore. Following are some detailed information about the funds and some links to read more about the same
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Business: Top 5 seo tools for website owners and webmasters

Site owners or webmasters need many seo tools to know more about their site, like they need Google toolbar to know their site Page rank, No of backward links in Google, when site was last cached and to get more similar sites like you. If I make a calculation about the number of helpful tools available for seo, there will be hundreds of tools available.
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Business: Yahoo buys stakes in online advertising agency

Leading internet company Yahoo has bought a stake of over 35 percent in Gurgaon based online advertising agency Tyroo Media Pvt. Ltd, a top official said here Wednesday. "Through this investment, Yahoo will have a significant presence in the online advertising business here," George Zacharias, managing director of Yahoo India, said
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Tech: Burning calories with video games like Nintendo Wii

Now a good news for the weight watchers who spend most of their time working on their computers and playing games on their consoles. There are some computer games available which help you in burning calories which you may have to burn doing some kind of cardio exercises (From Hindustan Times).
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Cricket: India v England: Is The HMS Dhoni Sinking?

Less than a year ago, Mahendra Singh Dhoni was touted as the next Adam Gilchrist. Such proclamations were obviously made by the sensationalist and headline hungry media types that wouldn
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Masti: When The World's Tallest Man Met The Shortest


Bao Xishun is the tallest man in the world, He stands 2.36 meters (7 feet and 9 inches)! He's also known as Xi Shun or "The Mast". Since January 15, 2005, has been recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's tallest living man. He Pingping is the shortest man in the world, who only measures 73 centimeters (2 feet and 5 inches). He is applying for the Guinness World Record as the world's shortest man.
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LetsDiscuss: For Parking Space, the Price Is Right at $225,000

In Houston, $225,000 will buy a three-bedroom house with a game room, den, in-ground pool and hot tub. In Manhattan, it will buy a parking space. No windows, no view. No walls. While real estate in much of the country languishes, property in Manhattan continues to escalate in price, and that includes parking spaces. Some buyers do not even own cars, but grab the spaces as investments, renting them out to cover their costs.
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IndiaShining: "Bombay Lawyers" to go on air from July 21

NDTV India on Tuesday announced the launch of 'Bombay Lawyers', a mini-series based on inspiring legal cases related to corruption, crime, nepotism and social ills rampant in India. The mini series will be aired every Saturday starting July 21, 2007 at 10:00 pm (IST). Each episode will be an hour long and will deal with two cases. The serial is centred around the firm of Roy & Raghavan, a firm of lawyers committed to working with integrity and dedication and against injustice in all its forms. The lawyers are themselves a rich cross-section of society. >
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