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*     The venues for the U-13 and U-15 boys and girls matches will be Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) Swarna Bharati Indoor Stadium and Port Indoor Stadium
*     A total of 680 shuttlers from 28 states and 7 Union Territories are expected take part in the championship.
*     Odisha State Badminton Association (OSBA) on Oct 27, announced a nine-member squad for the above-mentioned championship.
*     But two of the squad members _ Soumya Ranjan Panda (Kalahandi) and Roshan Kumar Singh (Bolangir) _ will not be allowed to represent the state if they do not submit their original birth certificates for verification by October 28.
*     According to OSBA secretary Pradip Mohanty, the duo was found over-aged during the state championship held recently at Sambalpur.

ODISHA SQUAD: Swastik Das, Ayush Dash, Subhajit Subham Sahoo (all Angul); Ayushi Kar, Yashashree Samal (both Bhubaneswar); Ayush Pattanayak (Mayurbhanj), Hrishita Patra (Balasore); Soumya Ranjan Panda (Kalahandi) and Roshan Kumar Singh (Bolangir).