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card or using a credit card use a Planet Talk Instant access number right now and call India
at a great rate. If you want to call India from your mobile phone without having
to get a new SIM use Planet Talk Card and get India calling credit sent straight
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from a registered landline or mobile or with a PIN from any other phone.
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Commonwealth Games 2010 in Delhi India
2010 Commonwealth Games will be in Delhi , which include sports from track and field and swimming to shooting. Delhi will be put in the global spotlight by the Commonwealth Games and significant investment and development in Delhi ’s infrastructure, including a new metro system and a state of the art games village is noticeable. The airport has been expanded, there are new roads, overhauled stadia, and lots of new accommodation options for visitors to Delhi. |
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What time is it in India?
Remember to plan the time of your call to India . You don’t want to wake grandma up in the middle of the night.
Time Difference between UK and India:
With Daylight Savings (BST) + 4.5 hours
Without Daylight Savings (GMT) + 5.5 hours |
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Interesting Facts about India
Literacy rate - 53.7% (women) and 75.3% (men)
Columbus was actually searching for black pepper from Kerala’s Malabar Coast when he stumbled upon America.
Legend says that Buddha, after falling asleep during meditation, decided to cut his eyelids off in an act of penance. The lids grew into the tea plant, which, when brewed, banished sleep.
There are over 500 Varieties of mangoes in India
Population growth rate is 1.4% |
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Festival Calendar 2010 |
We have put together a calendar of important dates so you have no excuses, let your family and friends know you're thinking of them during these special times of year by making that cheap call to India with Planet Talk. |
| January |
1 January
New Year's Day |
5 January
Guru Govind Singh Jayanti |
13 January
Bhog |
14 January
Pongal / Makara Samkranti |
15 January
Thiruvalluvar Day |
16 January
Uzhavar Thirunal |
18 January
Public Holiday
(mourning for Jyoti Basu) |
20 January
Vasanta Panchami / Shree Panchami |
23 January
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti |
26 January
Republic of India Day |
30 January
Guru Rivadas Jayanti |
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| February |
12 February
Maha Shivaratri |
27 February
Milad-un-Nabi
(Prophet’s birthday) |
28 February
Doijatra / Holika Dahan |
| March |
1 March
Holi |
15 March
Kashmiramji Jayanti |
16 March
Gudi Padva / Ugadi / Telugu New Year |
17 March
Chetti Chand |
23 March
Ram Navami (Smarta) |
24 March
Ram Navami (Vaishnava) |
28 March
Majavir Jayanti |
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| April |
1 April
Holi |
2 April
Good Friday |
4 April
Easter |
14 April
Dr Ambedkar / Tamil New Year |
15 April
Bengali New Year / Vaisakh / Masadi |
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| May |
1 May
May Day / Maharshi |
16 May
Maharshi Parasuram |
27 May
Bhuda Purnima |
| June |
16 June
Martydom Day of Sri Guru Arjun Dev Ji |
26 June
Harzat Alis Birthday |
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| August |
15 August
Independence Day |
19 August
Parsi New Year (Shahenshahi) |
24 August
Raksha Bandhan |
| September |
1 September
Janmashtami (Smarta) |
2 September
Janmashtami (Vaishnava) |
10 September
Jumat-ul-Wida / Ramazan |
11 September
Ramazan / Idu’l Fitir (End of Ramadan) / Ganesh Chaturthi / Vinayaka Chaturthi |
20 September
Onam |
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| October |
2 October
Gandhi Jayanti
(Mahatma Gandhi's birthday) |
7 October
Mahalaya |
14 October
Dussehra (Maha Septami) |
15 October
Dussehra (Maha Ashtami) |
16 October
Dussehra (Maha Navami) |
17 October
Dussehra (Maha Dashami) |
22 October
Lakshmi Puja / Birthday of Maharishi Valmiki Ji |
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| November |
1 November
Kannada Rajyothsava |
5 November
Diwali (Festival of Lights) / Deepavali (Festival of Lights) / Kanaka Jayanti |
6 November
Balipadyami Diwali (Gobardhan Puja) / Bali Padyami |
7 November
Bhai Duj / Chitragupth Jayanti |
17 November
Bakri Id / Idu’l Zuha (Feast of Sacrifica) |
21 November
Guru Nanak Jayanti |
| December |
17 December
Muharram |
25 December
Christmas Day |
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2010 India Cricket Team |
The Indian cricket team is the national cricket team of India. Governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), it is a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) with Test and One Day International (ODI) status.
The Indian cricket team is currently ranked first by the ICC in Tests (as of February 19 2009) and second in ODIs (as of 6 December 2009). As of December, 2009, the Indian team has played 430 Test matches, winning 101, losing 136 and drawing 195 of its games, with 1 match ending in a tie. In One Day Internationals, India has won over 50% of matches played.
India Cricket Test Debut: Against England at Lords on 25/06/1932
India Cricket One Day International (ONI) Debut: Against England at Headingley on 13/07/1974 |
2010 India Cricket Schedual |
January |
India in Bangladesh - 2 Test + Tri-series |
February - March |
South Africa in India - 3 Test + 5 ODI |
April |
Asia Cup - ODI Tournament |
| T20 WC in West Indies - Twenty20 World Cup |
| May |
India in Zimbabwe - 3 ODI Series |
| July |
India in Sri Lanka – Tri-series |
| October |
Australia in India - 7 ODI Series |
| November |
New Zealand in India - 3 Test + 5 ODI |
Current Squad |
| Abhimanyu Mithun |
Abhishek Nayar |
Amit Mishra |
Ashish Nehra |
| Dinesh Karthik |
MS Dhoni |
Murali Vijay |
Praveen Kumar |
| Ravichandran Ashwin |
Ravindra Jadeja |
Rohit Sharma |
Sachin Tendulkar |
| Sreesanth |
Sudeep Tyagi |
Suresh Raina |
Virat Kohli |
| Virender Sehwag |
Yusuf Pathan |
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Planet Talk Instant offers no nonsense, simple, cheap calls to India. Just dial the correct access
number for India and when you hear the prompt just dial your Indian destination
& that’s it you’re connected. You can make cheap calls from home, office or mobile (although mobile
operators may charge more). You only pay for the call to the access number.
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Only two simple steps to start calling instantly! |
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1. Find your destination.
2. Dial the access number & at the prompt dial your destination
in full
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Planet Talk Card is the simplest way to make a cheap call
to India from your Mobile. Simply send an SMS to 88077 (charged at standard operator
rate) and we will send you £5 international calling credit with an 0207 access
number. Then just dial your access number followed by your India number to make
a cheap call to India from your mobile.
You don’t need to go to the shops to buy calling cards for India, you don’t
need to buy an extra SIM card for your call to India simply send a SMS to 88077
and we will add £5 international calling credit straight to your mobile, so
you can start calling India immediately any time day or night.
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Only three simple steps to start calling instantly! |
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1. Text CARD to 88077 for a £5 top-up
2. Receive a reply from us with an 0207 access number
3. Dial the access number 0207 669 0999 followed by your destination in full
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Planet Talk Account is a prepay account giving you access
to cheap
calls to India and with great functions to help you make cheap calls to India from home, from your mobile or
from any UK landline.
Planet Talk Account helps you manage your finances, using
our easily accessible balance information allowing you to keep in touch with your
friends and family in India without worrying about the cost.
You can sign up online or over the phone you can start saving on your calls to India
almost immediately. Plus you get £10 FREE call credit whenever you introduce
a customer.
We are consistently reviewing our call charges to make sure that with Planet Talk Account offer the best rates to India of all
pre-pay cheap international calls accounts.
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| A new mobile phone available in India is capable of running on a AAA battery.read more |
| Indian mobile operators test VAS |
Monday, Mar 08, 2010 Filed Under :Planet Talk Instant News |
| Value-added services tested by local network operators could create new ways to make cheap calls to India in the coming months.read more |
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| International calls to Asia may be subject to better quality standards as the subscriber base in the region grows.read more |
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| Cheap international calls could help facilitate the long and meaningful conversations required for happiness.read more |
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Amritsar - 00 + 91 + 183
Banga - 00 + 91 + 1825
Bangalore - 00 + 91 + 80
Bar - 00 + 91 + 293742
Baroda - 00 + 91 + 265
Bhopal - 00 + 91 + 755
Calcutta - 00 + 91 + 33
Chandigarh - 00 + 91 + 172
Delhi - 00 + 91 + 11
Hyderabad - 00 + 91 + 40
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Madras - 00 + 91 + 44
Mumbai - 00 + 91 + 22
New Delhi - 00 + 91 + 11
Poo - 00 + 91 + 1785
Poona - 00 + 91 + 212
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Surat - 00 + 91 + 261
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