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Meghalaya will host the 39th edition of the National Games in February/March 2027, Indian Olympic Association (IOA) President PT Usha has informed state chief minister Conrad Sangma. As host state of the next edition, Meghalaya will be handed the IOA flag during the closing ceremony of the ongoing 38th Games in Uttarakhand. The ceremony will he held in Haldwani on Friday. "I am pleased to inform you that the IOA has decided to allocate the hosting rights of the 39th National Games to the state of Meghalaya, scheduled to be held in February/March 2027," Usha wrote in the letter to Sangma on Monday. "As Meghalaya embarks on the exciting journey, I would like to invite you to the closing ceremony of the 38th National Games in Haldwani, Uttarakhand, where the IOA flag will be ceremoniously handed over to Meghalaya," she added. Sangma reacted to the decision, saying that it was a "huge honour" that his state has been chosen as the host of the Games in 2027. "Overjoyed to share that ...

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Omnichannel travel firm Thomas Cook (India) on Tuesday said it signed a partnership with the central government for providing accommodation, catering and transport services for the National Games of India 2025 being held in Uttarakhand. National Games of India 2025 is a multi-sport extravaganza bringing together top athletes from across the country to participate in 32 sporting disciplines and 4 demonstration events during January 28-February 14, 2025, Thomas Cook said in a statement. Thomas Cook India has been appointed the exclusive partner to deliver end-to-end management across 3 key portfolios of accommodation, catering and transport for 20,000 contingent, including over 10,000 athletes, 5,000 support staff, and 3,000 dignitaries. For this, the company has set up a dedicated team of over 200 members to manage operations across 11 locations and 32 venues. Additionally, the company will sponsor physiotherapy services throughout the 38th National Games with a dedicated team of 54

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The Gujarat police have arrested one more partner of the Rajkot-based TRP game zone where a devastating fire last week killed 27 persons, an official said on Tuesday. Dhaval Thakkar, the proprietor of Dhaval Corporation, which ran the TRP game zone along with five partners of Raceway Enterprises, was arrested from Abu Road in neighbouring Rajasthan, Banaskantha Superintendent of Police Akshayraj Makwana said. With this, four persons have so far been arrested in connection with the fire incident at the game zone on Saturday. "Thakkar was arrested from Abu Road in a joint operation carried out by the Rajkot and Banaskantha police last night," Makwana said. The police had earlier arrested Yuvrajsinh Solanki and Rahul Rathod, partners in the Raceway Enterprises, and game zone manager Nitin Jain. They were on Monday sent to 14-day police custody by a court in Rajkot. The police have registered an FIR against six persons - Thakkar, Solanki, Rathod, and Raceway Enterprises partners Ashok

Gaming company Nazara Technologies will acquire intellectual property rights pertaining to Ultimate Teen Patti from Games24x7 for Rs 10 crore, the company said in a regulatory filing. Launched in 2015, Ultimate Teen Patti (UTP) is a free casual card game for entertainment purposes only and does not offer any real money to the players. "Next Wave Multimedia Private Limited, a subsidiary of the company, at their meeting held today i.e. on April 04, 2024, has approved the acquisition of all the Intellectual Property rights pertaining to the 'UTP - Ultimate Teen Patti' casual freemium card game software and associated trademarks," the filing said. The acquisition will be done by by way of assignment from U Games Private Limited, the subsidiary of Play Games24x7 Private Limited for an aggregate consideration of Rs 10 crore inclusive of applicable taxes, the filing said. Out of the total aggregate consideration of Rs 10 crore inclusive of applicable taxes, if any, as per the IP assignme

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Australia is unlikely to be able to host the 2026 Commonwealth Games and sports officials have called on the international federation to consider bids from other countries. Commonwealth Games Australia chief executive Craig Phillips made the comments Monday after Gold Coast confirmed it had scrapped its plans to pick up the games after Victoria state withdrew as host in July. Phillips said while Australia hasn't entirely given up on hosting, the Commonwealth Games Federation should seriously consider other offers. We have indicated to (the CGF)... they would have our support in doing that, Phillips told the Australian Associated Press. It's our preference to host here and we will keep going while we think we have got options to explore. But if they have a better option, then they should seriously consider it. Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate announced Sunday that the city had scrapped its bid to host the Games after failing to secure support from state or federal governments. Gold Coast,