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Friday, February 26, 1999

RSCB to become RSPB now

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NEW DELHI, Feb 25: Railways will fill 70 per cent of vacancies in the sports quota through open advertisements, Railway Minister Nitish Kumar said today. The Railways Sports Control Board has been renamed as Rail Sports Promotion Board to reflect the new orientation, the minister said presenting the Railway budget for 1999-2000 today.

Stating that five out of the seven gold medals won by India in the recently concluded Bangkok Asian Games were won by Railway athletes, Nitish Kumar said with the measures taken to promote sports in Railways, ``our sportspersons would continue to give outstanding performance in the future also''.

Copyright © 1999 Indian Express Newspapers (Bombay) Ltd.


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