Tag: Opening Ceremony

PM Modi on Sunday flagged off the first-ever torch relay for the 44th Chess Olympiad which is to be held in Mahabalipuram from July 28 to August 10.

Bhubaneswar: All the buzz culminated with a flourish and Odisha kept its date in sporting history as the opening ceremony of 22nd Asian Athletics Championship kicked off one of the biggest track and field events of the continent at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar. Kalinga Stadium looked at its glittering and majestic best to welcome the […]

Bhubaneswar: With opening ceremony of 22nd Asian Athletics Championship scheduled to be held on July 5 at Kalinga Stadium here, all government offices in the capital city will observe a half-day holiday in view of it. As per a notification of the Revenue and Disaster Management Department, all government offices located in Bhubaneswar will be […]

Jakarta: Indonesian President Joko Widodo has invited North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to the opening ceremony of the Asian Games which will be held at Bung Karno Stadium here on August 18, authorities said on Wednesday. An invitation was sent by the Indonesian Coordinating Human Development and Cultural Affairs Minister Puan Maharani to the President […]

PyeongChang (South Korea): The opening ceremony of the PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games kicked off on Friday. The highlight of the ceremony, which is being attended by 35,000 people, is North and South Korea marching together under a unified flag for the first time in 12 years in front of a North Korean delegation led by […]

Bhubaneswar: At a time when Odisha government is patting its own back for organising a magnificent opening ceremony for the men’s Hockey World Cup, BJP’s Lekhashree Samantsinghar today accused Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik of spending crores of public money just for taking selfie with Bollywood stars and his own promotion. In a tweet, Samantsinghar criticised […]

Bhubaneswar: Ahead of the inaugural ceremony of the men’s Hockey World Cup, music maestro AR Rahman today met Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in Bhubaneswar. Rahman will be performing live during the inaugural ceremony at Kalinga Stadium on November 27 and also at a concert at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on November 28. “I am […]