Lalgarh, June 27 (ANI): In what can be seen as a small step towards pulling the youth’s interest in sports, the state sports ministry organised a football match in the Maoist affected area of Lalgarh in West Bengal on Sunday. Thousands of local villagers came to see the match between Kolkata team, which was headed
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