sports development

BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha government, which is aiming to secure the title of 'national sports capital' for Bhubaneswar, has signed agreements with seven top business groups to nurture sporting talent and bolster the sports ecosystem in the state.

At a special event, ‘Sports in Odisha’ at the Kalinga Stadium in the Odisha capital, the state’s Sports and Youth Services Department signed Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with seven leading industrialists for a high performance centre to provide world-class training to promising sports talents.

Dec 23, 2017 12:12
NEW DELHI: A day after Sachin Tendulkar was forced to stop his maiden speech as a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha (Upper House) due to Congress protests, the cricket legend took to Facebook deliver his address. Sachin read out on the social networking platform the following speech that he was supposed to deliver in the Rajya Sabha on Friday: