TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 25, 2021 KIIT & KISS fraternity felicitated CA Bhavani Devi, a KIIT student, who qualified for Tokyo Olympics 2021 in Fencing. She has earned the distinction of becoming the first-ever Indian to qualify for the Olympics in Fencing. A felicitation ceremony for the ace fencer was organized at KIIT-DU in presence of distinguished personalities including KITT ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 20, 2021 Following the International Chess Federation (FIDE)’s policy to include chess in school level study curriculum, the same is being executed in different nations across the world. In this context, All India Chess Federation (AICF) has also decided to include chess in school curriculum. Accordingly, AICF and All Odisha Chess Association (AOCA) have chosen Kalinga ...

TBB BUREAU BARBIL/KEONJHAR, MARCH 15, 2021 JSW Steel Limited has organized a selection trial for the young football trainees from Jajang Mines region in Keonjhar district. The selection process was carried out on March 12 in presence of the selection committee members. The committee comprised of Birendra Kumar Mahanta, national level Football Coach, Sukumari Laguri, National level Football player and ...

TBB BUREAU BARBIL, MARCH 15, 2021 Babulu Munda of Sialijoda village under Deojhar Grampanchayat in Keonjhar district has once again brought laurels for Odisha. Supported by JSPL Foundation, the social arm of Jindal Steel and Power Limited (JSPL), the tribal talent has clinched gold medal in the 19th Junior National Wushu Championship-21 held at Fatehabad, Haryana from 10th to 15th ...

TBB BUREAU KONARK, FEB 23, 2021 Tata Steel got the better of the Paradeep Port Trust (PPT) to win the championship title of the Beach Soccer 2021, at Chandrabhaga Sea Beach here on Tuesday. The champion team defeated PPT t2-1 in the penalty shootout in the final today. Sunando Sen of Team Nalco was adjudged the ‘Player of the Tournament’. ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, FEB 16, 2021 Known as the cradle of hockey, Rourkela in Sundargarh district of Odisha will have the ‘largest’ hockey stadium, the foundation stone of which was laid by Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday. The stadium spread over 15 acres of land on the Biju Patnaik University of Technology campus, will have sitting capacity of ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JANUARY 18, 2021 Herbalife Nutrition, the global leader in nutrition, on Monday announced the renewal of contract with its sponsored athletes for the year 2021. The company is continuing its association with globally celebrated boxing champion Mary Kom, Indian Table Tennis player Manika Batra and Indian Badminton sensation Lakshya Sen. Herbalife Nutrition, a leader in developing scientifically ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JANUARY 15, 2021 East Coast Railway (ECoR) General Manager Vidya Bhushan inaugurated a series of sports facilities at Railway Indoor Stadium and a Cricket Academy at Railway Cricket Stadium, here today in presence of Additional General Manager Sudhir Kumar and all Principal Heads of the Departments of ECoR, senior officials and sports personnel. Vidya Bhushan inaugurated a ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JANUARY 3, 2021 Twenty five referees from Odisha have been qualified in the National Level Volleyball Referees Examinations conducted by Volleyball Federation of India (VFI) recently, informed Achyuta Samanta, President, VFI. Presiding over the virtual executive committee meeting, Samanta said, for the first time so many referees from Odisha have qualified in national level which is a ...

ROURKELA, DEC 31            India’s 1975 hockey World Cup-winning and 1972 Olympics bronze winning team member Michael Kondo died at Ispat General Hospital (IGH) here on Thursday due to age-related ailments.            He was 73, and is survived by his wife, a son and two daughters.            “Michael Kindo passed away at the Ispat General Hospital due to age ...