Jagdev -"the conqueror"

Rourkela, Apr 29: The four day National Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship organised by Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) in association with All Odisha Chess Association (AOCA) at Rourkela Club concluded today. G S Prasad, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of RSP graced the concluding function as the Chief Guest. Among others present on the occasion were Dr A K Singh, Director (M&HS), S Pradhan, GM (Finance), P K Pradhan, GM In-charge (P&A), Rehman Khan, GM (Town Services) and R Mohanty, Vice-President, AOCA. Speaking on the occasion, Prasad said, “It is a matter of great happiness and pride for RSP to host a National Level Event at Rourkela.” “Organising of such events paves way for a good exposure for the youngsters. It’s a learning experience especially for the budding talents of Rourkela,” he said. Addressing the parents he stressed upon the need for the holistic development of children. As a token gesture the CEO played a round of Blitz Chess with t...

Rourkela, Aug 11: The team from Jhirpani village bagged the Winners’ Trophy in the Samvardhan Rural Football Tournament organized by Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP). In a toughly contested final held at Ispat Stadium here yesterday, Jhirpani team from Bisra block defeated the team from Sunmarin village of Lathikata block 3-1 to win the tournament. Winners receiving trophy and certificates from guests Mrs Manjari Prasad, president of Deepika Mahila Sanghati (DMS) graced the concluding function as the Chief Guest. Congratulating the winners and the runners-up team Mrs Prasad, along with Mrs Sharmistha Das, Mrs Jyotsna Acharya and Mrs Sabiata Kumar, all vice presidents of DMS as well as S Pradhan, GM (F&A) and PK Pradhan, GM (TA& CSR) awarded the trophies and certificates to them. The champion Jhirpani team was presented with a cash award of Rs 10,000 along with a trophy, while the runners-up Sunmarin team was presented with a cash award of Rs 8,000 along with a trophy....

Rourkela: Municipal College Rourkela (MCR) entered semifinal after defeating Neelasaila Mahavidyalaya Rourkela (NMR) in the Inter-College Men’s Kabaddi Tournament-2012 of Sambalpur University (SU) at H K Ray Mahavidyalaya (HKRM) playground, Chhend here today. In the first session of the match, MCR scored 25 points against 05 points of NMR thereby guiding them towards semifinals. Apart from this, in afternoon session of the day Bonaigarh College, Bonaigarh defeated Dalmia College, Rajgangpur by 26-06 points while Gangadhar Meher College, Sambalpur defeated Netaji Subash Chandra Bose College, Sambalpur by 32-26 points. Yesterday former Champions Post Graduate Department of Jyoti Vihar had entered the semifinals. These four teams will play their semifinals tomorrow. Both the semifinals and final will be held tomorrow informed S N Panda, PET instructor.

Rourkela: The Inter-College Men’s Kabaddi Tournament-2012 of Sambalpur University (SU) kick-started at H K Ray Mahavidyalaya (HKRM) playground, Chhend here today. The three-day tournament is organized by HKRM under the aegis of Sports Council of SU in which 17 teams from different colleges are participating. Inaugurating the event, Principal of H K Ray Mahavidyalaya, Bhabesh Chandra Sahoo said that organizing such type of events will influence and attract more and more students towards sports especially Kabaddi in the tribal district of Sundargarh. Appreciating the members of organizing committee and thanking the participating teams, Sahoo said this event will not only energize the sport persons but also help them in building up their physical stamina. Neelashila Mahavidyalaya, Rourkela defeated V P College, Dudka 45-21 while Bonaigarh College beat Barpali College 64-19 in the inaugural session. Post Graduate Department of Jyoti Vihar defeated HKRM 56-12 in th...