Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Wednesday released commemorative postage stamps on Odisha Men’s Hockey World Cup 2018.
“I would like to thank the postal department for producing beautiful stamps at the time of the Hockey World Cup,” Patnaik said.
Chief Postmaster General, Odisha, Jaleswar Kahanr said a stall has been set up at the Kalinga Stadium from where citizens can get the new stamps. He added that a state-level exhibition will be held at Keonjhar from December 15 to 17 to promote the stamps.
In the inaugural ceremony Tuesday evening Madhuri Dixit Nene and AR Rahman performed at the Kalinga Stadium here while actor Shah Rukh Khan, who once played a hockey coach in the 2007 Hindi flick, Chak De! India, recalled his days playing the sport. “I did play a little bit of hockey in school and college. I used to play as a centre forward, and right opposite me was obviously a goalkeeper,” he said. Khan, keeping his promise with fans that he would be present at the opening ceremony, had some words of motivation for the audience and the 16 captains.
