Srinivasan misses BCCI emergent meet after mother passes away

BCCI President N Srinivasan will not attend the Board's Emergent Meeting today after his mother, Jayalakshmi Narayanaswamy, passed away here.

She was 92 and breathed her last while asleep in the wee hours this morning, family sources said.

The development has forced Srinivasan to skip the BCCI Emergent Meeting, which was to be chaired by him.

In Srinivasan's absence, BCCI vice-president Shivlal Yadav will chair the meeting, the agenda of which was unknown to all the affiliated units of the board.

Even though the agenda is not clear, there is speculation that the meeting might have been called to discuss the scheduling of the seventh Indian Premier League the dates of which haven't been announced.

The IPL clashes with the country's general elections are still not out and there are chances that a few of the matches might be held in neighbouring Sri Lanka.  Read more..

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AirAsia to offer 'dramatically' low fares in India: Tony Fernandes

Hopeful of launching flights in India in next 2-3 months, AirAsia chief Tony Fernandes has said the airline would introduce 'dramatically' low fares in the country, which would be cheapest in the market and take air travel to masses.

Fernandes, who is in Davos for World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting, said that AirAsia India is fully prepared from its side for the launch and is waiting for final government approvals that should come soon and help it begin flights by March-April this year.

"I think we are coming very close and March-April should be time when we should begin the India operations," the Malaysia-based airline major AirAsia's Chief Executive Officer told PTI in an interview.

AirAsia has partnered with Tata group and Arun Bhatia-led Telstra Tradeplace for AirAsia India, which is looking to run low-cost passenger airline service in the country.

Fernandes said that all preparatory work has been completed by the company for launch of its flights and it is just waiting to "open the sale" of the tickets.

Known to have revolutionised the airline market in Malaysia and some other Asian countries through low-cost airfares, AirAsia chief said that the strategy for India would be to offer "cheapest" possible tickets. Read more..

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