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IPL Tickets 2010 Bookings
Apr 13th
IPL 2010 Ticket booking centres is one of the most searched information by the crickets fans. Given below are the details along with the contact numbers
Delhi Tickets
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Hotline Numbers: call 022 4064-7500 022 4064-7500 to book tickets
Chennai Tickets
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Royal Challengers Bangalore Tickets
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Hotline Numbers:
All India: 9910118888 9910118888
Bangalore: 9900238888 9900238888
Rajasthan Royals Tickets
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Hotline Numbers:
All India: 9910118888 9910118888
Jaipur: 9928338888 9928338888
Mumbai Indian Tickets
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Hotline Numbers: call 022 4064-7500 022 4064-7500 to book tickets
Deccan Chargers Tickets
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Hotline Numbers: call 040 66250311 040 66250311
Kolkata Knight Riders Tickets
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KKR Box Office : Mohammedan Sporting Club Ground (Open 7 days a week from 10 am to 5 pm)
Kings Punjab Tickets
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Hotline Numbers:
All India: 9910118888 9910118888
Mohali: 9876848888 9876848888
Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash
Apr 10th
On Saturday 10 April 2010, a Tupolev Tu-154M of the Polish 36th Special Aviation Regiment crashed next to Smolensk-North Airport, just outside Smolensk near Pechyorsk, Smolensk Oblast, Russia, killing all 96 aboard, as well as President Lech Kaczyński.
Information about the cause of the crash is still unverified. News agencies statement says that the pilot attempted four times to land in heavy fog, ignoring the guidance of the ground control to divert to a safer airport, either in Minsk or Moscow.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announced that the bodies of all of the victims would be flown to Moscow for identification.
Polish and Russian authorities confirmed that all 96 people on the aircraft died in the mishap. It was among the most awful disasters in Polish record by death-toll, and at the time it was the most deadly aircraft crash in 2010.
The cause of the crash is currently under investigation.
Update on British Airways cabin crew strike
Mar 27th
Good news for British Airways travellers as BA officials have announced that they have beeen able to expand their flight schedule up to 30th March 2010 because of the increased numbers of their cabin crew now wishing to work as normal.
The website claims that BA would fly more than 75 percent of customers booked to travel during this period despite unjustified strike action.
BA has now published the shorthaul flying schedule for 31 March and 1 April and are expecting to operate a normal shorthaul schedule from 2 April.
For latest updates it is recommended that you regularly check the status of your flight on ba.com
Following flights will operate normally and changes to bookings on these flights are subject to the original fare rules:
•All flights to and from London City
•All flights to and from London Gatwick
•All flights operated by our subsidiary, franchise, alliance and codeshare partners
DLF IPL 2010 Match Schedule
Mar 12th
| Day - Date | Time | Teams |
| Fri 12-Mar | 6:00 PM | Deccan Chargers vs Kolkata Knight Riders, Navi Mumbai |
| Sat 13-Mar | 2:00 PM | Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals, Mumbai |
| 6:30 PM | Kings XI Punjab vs Delhi Daredevils, Mohali | |
| Sun 14-Mar | 3:00 PM | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, Kolkata |
| 7:30 PM | Chennai Super Kings vs Deccan Chargers, Chennai | |
| Mon 15-Mar | 7:00 PM | Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Daredevils, Ahmedabad |
| Tue 16-Mar | 3:00 PM | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kings XI Punjab, Bengaluru |
| 7:30 PM | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings, Kolkata | |
| Wed 17-Mar | 7:00 PM | Delhi Daredevils vs Mumbai Indians , Delhi |
| Thu 18-Mar | 7:00 PM | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Rajasthan Royals, Bengaluru |
| Fri 19-Mar | 3:00 PM | Delhi Daredevils vs Chennai Super Kings, Delhi |
| 7:30 PM | Deccan Chargers vs Kings XI Punjab , Cuttack | |
| Sat 20-Mar | 3:00 PM | Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders , Ahmedabad |
| 7:30 PM | Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers , Mumbai | |
| Sun 21-Mar | 3:00 PM | Deccan Chargers vs Delhi Daredevils, Cuttack |
| 7:30 PM | Chennai Super Kings vs Kings XI Punjab , Chennai | |
| Mon 22-Mar | 7:00 PM | Mumbai Indian vs Kolkata Knight Riders, Mumbai |
| Tue 23-Mar | 7:00 PM | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Chennai Super Kings, Bengaluru |
| Wed 24-Mar | 7:00 PM | Kings XI Punjab vs Rajasthan Royals, Mohali |
| Thu 25-Mar | 3:00 PM | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Delhi Daredevils, Bengaluru |
| 7:30 PM | Mumbai Indian vs Chennai Super Kings , Mumbai | |
| Fri 26-Mar | 7:00 PM | Rajasthan Royals vs Deccan Chargers, Ahmedabad |
| Sat 27-Mar | 7:00 PM | Kings XI Punjab vs Kolkata Knight Riders, Mohali |
| Sun 28-Mar | 3:00 PM | Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings, Ahmedabad |
| 7:30 PM | Deccan Chargers vs Mumbai Indian, Navi Mumbai | |
| Mon 29-Mar | 7:00 PM | Delhi Daredevils vs Kolkata Knight Riders, Delhi |
| Tue 30-Mar | 7:00 PM | Mumbai Indian vs Kings XI Punjab , Mumbai |
| Wed 31-Mar | 3:00 PM | Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, Chennai |
| 7:30 PM | Delhi Daredevils vs Rajasthan Royals , Delhi | |
| Thu 1-Apr | 7:00 PM | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Deccan Chargers , Kolkata |
| Fri 2-Apr | 7:00 PM | Kings XI Punjab vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, Mohali |
| Sat 3-Apr | 3:00 PM | Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals, Chennai |
| 7:30 PM | Mumbai Indians vs Deccan Chargers, Mumbai | |
| Sun 4-Apr | 3:00 PM | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Kings XI Punjab, Kolkata |
| 7:30 PM | Delhi Daredevils vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, Delhi | |
| Mon 5-Apr | 7:00 PM | Deccan Chargers vs Rajasthan Royals, Nagpur |
| Tue 6-Apr | 7:00 PM | Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indian , Chennai |
| Wed 7-Apr | 3:00 PM | Rajasthan Royals vs Kings XI Punjab, Jaipur |
| 7:30 PM | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Delhi Daredevils, Kolkata | |
| Thu 8-Apr | 7:00 PM | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Deccan ChargerS, Bengaluru |
| Fri 9-Apr | 7:00 PM | Kings XI Punjab vs Mumbai Indians, Mohali |
| Sat 10-apr | 3:00 PM | Deccan Chargers vs Chennai Super Kings, Nagpur |
| 7:30 PM | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders , Bengaluru | |
| Sun 11-apr | 3:00 PM | Delhi Daredevils vs Kings XI Punjab, Delhi |
| 7:30 PM | Rajasthan Royals vs Mumbai Indians, Jaipur | |
| Mon 12-Apr | 7:00 PM | Deccan Chargers vs Royal Challengers Bangalore , Nagpur |
| Tue 13-Apr | 3:00 PM | Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Daredevils, Mumbai |
| 7:30 PM | Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders , Chennai | |
| Wed 14-Apr | 7:00 PM | Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, Jaipur |
| Thu 15-Apr | 7:00 PM | Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Daredevils, Chennai |
| Fri 16-Apr | 7:00 PM | Kings XI Punjab vs Deccan Chargers, Dharmshala |
| Sat 17-Apr | 3:00 PM | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians, Bengaluru |
| 7:30 PM | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals, Kolkata | |
| Sun 18-Apr | 3:00 PM | Kings XI Punjab vs Chennai Super Kings, Dharmshala |
| 7:30 PM | Delhi Daredevils vs Deccan Chargers, Delhi | |
| Mon 19-Apr | 7:00 PM | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians, Kolkata |
| Wed 21-Apr | 7:00 PM | Semi-Final 1, Bengaluru |
| Thu 22-Apr | 7:00 PM | Semi-Final 2, Bengaluru |
| Sat 24-Apr | 7:00 PM | 3rd Place, Navi Mumbai |
| Sun 25-Apr | 7:00 PM | FINAL, Navi Mumbai |
Jet Airways Special Offers for women travellers on International Womens Day in March 2010
Mar 10th
JetViva ( Jet Airways, India’s premier international airline ) will offer its women travelers special benefits and offers in March 2010 to celebrate International Women’s day.
As part of the same, customers will enjoy a 10% discount on base domestic fares and a 5% discount on base international fares (excluding applicable taxes and surcharges) for every group with at least 1 woman traveler that makes bookings on the airline’s website at jetairways.com, for First Class, Premiere or Economy travel on all routes operated by Jet Airways or Jet Airways’ Konnect service.* The offer effective March 1 to March 31, 2010.
Additionally, all women Jet Privilege members who travel on Jet Airways, Jet Airways Konnect and/or JetLite from March 5 to March 15, 2010, both within India or overseas (with the exception of code share services), will earn an additional 500 bonus JP Miles.*
For more details, guests may visit the JetViva section on jetairways.com.
Sachin Tendulkar Records ODI 200 at 36
Feb 25th
Sachin already the highest run getter in ODI’s with 17,598 runs from 442 matches, followed by Sri Lanka’s Sanath Jayasurya (13,428) and Australia’s Ricky Pointing (12,731) set a new milestone by hitting a double century in the 2nd ODI match which was being played between Indian & South Africa. His double century is the first in 39 years of ODI’s, including the 60 overs a side matches.
Sachin set this new record by overtaking the following records:
- Charles Coventary (Zimbabwe) 194 Vs Bangladesh
- Saeed Anwar (Pakistan) 194 Vs India
- Vivian Richards (West Indies) 189 n.o Vs England
- Sanath Jayasurya (Sri Lanka) 189 Vs India
Railway Budget 2010
Feb 24th
Railway minister Mamta will be presenting the rail budget today at 12 noon in Parliament. Successive railway budgets have bring in dissappointment to the railway commuters.
Left points out that this budget is targeted at the upcoming elections in Calcutta. Mamta will try to impress the public of Calcutta by providing lot oppurtunities to Calcutta.
Some of the grievances from the public is Last budget projects haven’t started. 40 foundation stones were laid out, but none of them have started. Lack of punctuality, cleanliness, security etc
Team India getting ready for the 2nd ODI against South Africa
Feb 24th
The match between India vs South Africa 2nd ODI is all set to be played at Captain Roop Singh Stadium, Gwalior today. The match will start at 14:30 IST. Ahead of the match, the security has been tightened up in Gwalior.
The result for 1st ODI which ended up with India winning thriller at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium, doesn’t signal and edge to any of these teams. Both teams would stand a chance to win the 2nd match and should look forward to a tough match ahead. Dhoni’s team had a tough time while bowling with all the bowlers taking beating from the Saouth African tailenders Wayne Parnell and Dale Steyn.
Live cricket commentary with Live Score boards are available on websites like CricInfo.com, CricBuzz.com
Team Composition:
India : Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Dinesh Karthik, Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni(w/c), Suresh Raina, Yusuf Pathan, Ravindra Jadeja, Praveen Kumar, Ashish Nehra, Sudeep Tyagi, Sreesanth, Abhishek Nayar, Ravichandran Ashwin, Amit Mishra
South Africa : Loots Bosman, Jacques Kallis(c), Hashim Amla, AB de Villiers, Alviro Petersen, Mark Boucher(w), Albie Morkel, Roelof van der Merwe, Wayne Parnell, Dale Steyn, Charl Langeveldt, Herschelle Gibbs, Johan Botha, Jean-Paul Duminy, Morne Morkel, Lonwabo Tsotsobe
Plane crashes into 7 storey building in Austin, Texas
Feb 19th
An angry man slams plane into Texas Tax office building, which is coincidentally the building next to the FBI office. Man piloting the plane killed, 2 IRS employee injured.
Officials have ruled out any terror angle in this attack. Pilot crashed the plane out of anger. IRS, US Federal Tax agency was target of this attack.
As per the early reports the name of the pilot who was flying the plane was Joseph Andrew Stack. Stack was furious with the IRS tax agency. He has also blamed the US Government Tax laws in his suicide note.
Stack set his home on fire before ramming the plane on the building which had around 190 employees working in it at that moment.
Knife scare on Delhi - Colombo flight
Feb 14th
A 12cm knife was found in the toilet of the Kingfisher flight flying from Delhi to Colombo. As per the latest information, the knife was found in the toilet during a stop-over at Chennai this afternoon.
Flight took off towards its destination Colombo after it was checked and cleared. Meanwhile, both Airline and Airport authorities are probing the incident.