Shillong, Sept. 16 -- The North East Zone Inter-State Badminton Championship kicked off at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Sports Complex here in Meghalaya's capital on Wednesday, with 250 top-tier shuttlers competing for the title.
Returning to Meghalaya for the first time since 2016, the tournament serves as the official qualifying ground for the team events of the highly anticipated National Games 2027, in Meghalaya.
The event is organised by the Meghalaya State Badminton Association (MSBA), under the aegis of the Badminton Association of India (BAI).
Top-tier shuttlers representing all eight Northeastern states-Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland, Tripura, and Sikkim-are set to battle it out on the court.
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