How to pass data to BroadcastReceiver?

What I am trying to do is that the numbers to which my application sends messages to, are passed to the BraodcastReceiver...but so far either I am getting null or BroadcastReceiver just simply crashes..

here is my intent for BroadcastReceiver from CreateMessage class...

        Intent intent = new Intent();
        Bundle bundle = new Bundle();
        bundle.putString("phN", phoneNo);
        intent.putExtras(bundle);
        startActivity(intent);

And in BroadcastReceiver (SmsReceiver class) I am trying to catch intent like this..

public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
    //---get the SMS message passed in---
    Bundle bundle = intent.getExtras();
    try{
    //receiveNumbers = intent.getExtras().get("phN").toString();
        String  receiveNumbers = intent.getStringExtra("phN");
        Toast.makeText(context, receiveNumbers, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
    }catch(Exception e){
        e.printStackTrace();
    }

My Manifest File:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
      package="com.AEM_n"
      android:versionCode="2" android:versionName="2.0">
    <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="8" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_CONTACTS"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_SMS"/>    
    <uses-permission  android:name="android.permission.SEND_SMS"/>
    <uses-permission  android:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_SMS"/>

    <application android:icon="@drawable/icon" android:label="@string/app_name" android:debuggable="true">
        <activity android:name=".new_menu"
                  android:label="@string/app_name">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
                <category android:name="android.intent.ca