084 Pride of India (Karnataka) Queen's baton relay

'The first time i have witnessed baton relay it was great feeling'



Invitation Thanks for H.V Rangannath Indian post the card been given to me at the stadium











out side the Sree Kanteerava stadium police staffs and organising committee waiting for the baton to arrival






The poor India post staffs are getting ready to sale the special covers, but no scale of stamps at the counter, thank god rain god saved them with out raining, the staff put up in such a place no proper arrangement were made to postal staffs



young athletes and sports person gathering at stadium





The band getting ready for the celebration



Stage prepared for the celebrated




India post chief post master general (karnataka circle) Yeshodara Menon released a special cover to mark the occasion to the state Law Minister Suresh Kumar the State Sports Minister Goolohatti Shekar,Karnataka Olympic Association President Govindaraj along with Karnataka Olympic Association Secretary General Anantha Raju



The special cover Queen' baton relay




Additional Director of QBR Raj Kadian, Entering the Stadium with baton

The Baton reached here Sree Kanteerava stadium from Mysore at 4.15 pm Additional Director of QBR Raj Kadian, handed the baton first to State Sports Minister Goolohatti Shekar to mark the beginning of the relay,



Mr.Raj Kadian, handed the baton first to State Sports Minister Goolohatti Shekar and Karnataka Olympic Association President Govindaraj with the state Law Minister Suresh Kumar in attendance Karnataka Olympic Association Secretary General Anantha Raju












The media,officials, organisers and volunteers mobbed Powell and Padukone, restring their free movement but the legends carried on Queen' baton





Veteran athlete Kenneth Powell and Badminton legend Prakash Padukone hold the Queen's baton at the start of the relay (Paper cutting) Thanks to DH photo/ Kishir Kumar Bolar



A request to Readers and friends


Readers are requested to send Special Baton Covers from their area to me for exchange. As I am collecting these covers. and I shall send the same.

068 India will bid for 2020 Olympics

The Indian Olympic Association has stated that Delhi will bid for the 2020 Olympic Games.
after India missed out on the race to host the 2014 Asian Games.
Delhi is already the venue for the 2010 Commonwealth Games, while India will co-host the 2011 cricket World Cup.
"We will start our preparations as soon as the 2010 Commonwealth Games are over," said IOA president Suresh Kalmadi. "Delhi will bid for 2020."
The bidding process for the 2020 Games will open in 2011.
International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge, in India to inaugurate an Olympic facility, told Kalmadi that the country should bid for 2020.
"I think you have great potential based on the general conditions of your country's progress, which will definitely also evolve in a positive way at the time when the Games are awarded in 2013," he said.
"We have a lot of expectations from India and we in the IOC think that India have great potential in sports.
"You have six years to prepare an impeccable bid. You have to unite for it."
Delhi lost out to the South Korean port city of Incheon in the race for the 2014 Asian Games