Boat capsizes in Odisha’s Jharsuguda: Woman dead, seven missing
A 35-year-old woman was killed, and seven others, including three children, are missing after a boat they were travelling in capsized in Odisha's Jharsuguda, police said on Saturday.
Kolkata, 1 July: Mr Madan Mitra, state sports minister and president of Southern Samity ~ one of the oldest clubs of South Kolkata that is presently on the verge of closure ~ has sought financial assistance from corporate firms and private companies.
Mr Mitra today held a meeting with the club officials at the Writers’ Buildings. Set up in 1945, Souther Samity has been involved in various cultural activities apart from sports. Mr Mitra said that the club is presently going through an acute financial crunch. "We do not have enough resources to run the clubs and despite several attempts to rope in sponsors, we have failed," said Mr Mitra. We request private organisers and corporate firms to provide financial assistance so as to prevent it from closure, he added. It may be mentioned here that the government provided Rs two lakh each to 700 local clubs to upgrade infrastructure. sns
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