mumbai selections VALENTINES DAY

following my selections for VALENTINESDAY at mumbai races
RACE NBR 4 SPIRITUALL

RACE NBR 5 RAGHUVANSH

RACE NBR 6 BALANCE THE POWER

RACE NBR 7 ALMARINA

RACE NBR 8 JOCKEY NG MCCULLAGH OOPS SANGOMA

Hyderabad International Airport

when pune is closed hyderabad opens
new international airport

PUNE AIRPORT CLOSED

If you are an airline passenger travelling in or out of Pune for the next fortnight, you would not be using the Pune airport but Mumbai airport instead.

The Pune airport is closed for renovation.

The Pune international airport will be closed for 15 days from the February 12 till February 26. It is for the first time that any airport in India is shut for this length of time.

During this time, no commercial aircrafts will land or take off from the airport.

The reason is that much needed runway repair and re-carpeting work, which will be done during this period.

''It was very essential to carry on this work, as there was lot of wear and tear of the runway and closing the airport during this period was imperative,'' Deepak Shastri, Director, Pune International Airport.

Seven airlines operate 35 flights daily to and from Pune, carrying 5000 passengers everyday, apart from international flights to Dubai and Singapore.

But most operators say that since the schedule was declared almost two months ago and the airlines had enough time to inform customers.

''We had two months time to inform all our travel agents and customers and accordingly we did not book any ticket for this sector during this period,'' said Digvijay Wala, Station Manager, Spicejet.

It is not just travellers who will be affected by the closure, several others whose living depends on the airport will suffer for a fortnight.

''I have been operating from the airport for the past 30 years and it is for the first time that the airport will be closed. We are going to suffer,'' said a rickshaw driver.
The closure of the airport will definitely cause inconvenience to the passengers but in the end, it will benefit them in the long run. The as runway repair is indeed for their safety and convenience

INDIA WINS A THRILLER

Commonwealth Bank Series, 2008
Australia vs India, 4th Game
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, February 10, 2008


Match Information
Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (SA) & Simon Taufel (Aus)
Toss: Australia (Elected to bat)
Match Status: India won by 5 wkts
Batting: Australia Innings
Batsmen Australia (159/10 in 43.1 ovs) Runs Balls 4's 6's SR
Adam Gilchrist (wk) lbw b S Sreesanth 0 3 0 0 0.00
Matthew Hayden c M Dhoni b I Sharma 25 21 5 0 119.05
Ricky Ponting (c) c S Tendulkar b I Sharma 9 15 0 0 60.00
Michael Clarke c R Sharma b I Pathan 11 27 1 0 40.74
Andrew Symonds c M Dhoni b I Sharma 14 24 1 0 58.33
Mike Hussey not out 65 88 4 0 73.86
Brad Haddin st M Dhoni b H Singh 5 31 0 0 16.13
Brett Lee c M Dhoni b I Pathan 10 35 0 0 28.57
Mitchell Johnson c R Uthappa b S Sreesanth 3 8 0 0 37.50
Nathan Bracken c S Tendulkar b S Sreesanth 1 9 0 0 11.11
Stuart Clark c M Dhoni b I Sharma 0 1 0 0 0.00
Extras: b - 1, w - 9, nb - 3, lb - 3 16
Total:(159 for 10 in 43.1 overs) 159 Run Rate: 3.68




Bowling: India
Bowler O M R W Nb Wd ER
S Sreesanth 9 0 31 3 0 2 3.4
Ishant Sharma 9.1 1 38 4 3 2 4.1
Irfan Pathan 8 0 26 2 0 2 3.2
Harbhajan Singh 8 2 19 1 0 2 2.4
Virender Sehwag 5 0 24 0 0 0 4.8
Yuvraj Singh 2 0 11 0 0 0 5.5
Sachin Tendulkar 2 0 6 0 0 0 3.0


Batting: India Innings
Batsmen India (160/5 in 45.5 ovs) Runs Balls 4's 6's SR
Virender Sehwag lbw b N Bracken 11 19 2 0 57.89
Sachin Tendulkar c B Lee b M Johnson 44 54 3 0 81.48
Irfan Pathan lbw b M Johnson 18 30 1 0 60.00
Gautam Gambhir c M Clarke b B Lee 20 43 2 0 46.51
Yuvraj Singh c M Hussey b S Clark 3 14 0 0 21.43
Rohit Sharma not out 39 61 2 0 63.93
Mahendra Singh Dhoni not out 17 54