Agartala, March 19 -- Tripura Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Tinku Roy on Wednesday said that the department had created a digital database of budding players during the state-wide talent search campaign.

Speaking to the reporters at the civil secretariat, the Minister said, "A total of 34,571 children (below the age of 14 years) had participated in the state-wide talent search campaign of our department".

The department has conducted competitions in 247 zones which included all rural development blocks and urban local bodies.

The final round of the talent search campaign is coming to an end on March 21. We are organizing the state-level talent search event at Umakanta School," the Minister said.

He said that during the process, th...