{"id":301994,"date":"2018-08-30T11:40:11","date_gmt":"2018-08-30T11:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=301994"},"modified":"2018-08-30T11:40:11","modified_gmt":"2018-08-30T11:40:11","slug":"west-bengal-cm-mamata-banerjee-announces-job-rs-10-lakh-award-for-swapna-barman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/west-bengal-cm-mamata-banerjee-announces-job-rs-10-lakh-award-for-swapna-barman\/","title":{"rendered":"West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee announces Job, Rs 10 lakh award for Swapna Barman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-301995 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/mamata-swapna-300x184.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"634\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/08\/mamata-swapna-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/08\/mamata-swapna-696x428.jpg 696w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/08\/mamata-swapna-683x420.jpg 683w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/08\/mamata-swapna.jpg 732w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" \/>West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday announced Rs 10 lakh cash award and a government job to Swapna Barman who won India\u2019s first ever gold medal in the heptathlon in the ongoing Asian Games 2018, in Jakarta.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The 21-year-old from Jalpaiguri created history when she achieved her personal best score of 6026 points in the seven-event competition to earn India\u2019s first heptathlon gold in Asian Games.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Congratulating Swapna, Mamata Banerjee tweeted, \u201cHeartiest congratulations to @Swapna_Barman96 our heptathlon queen from India and Bangla, on winning the gold at the Asian Games. You have made us very proud.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Former Indian Captain Sourav Ganguly took to his twitter account and congratulated the golden girl.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0\u201cCongratulations to Swapna Burman @Swapna_Barman96 ..for her gold ..we in India and Bengal are so happy and proud,\u201d Ganguly wrote.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Swapna and said that India is extremely proud of her for winning gold medal. \u201cA talented athlete wins a prestigious medal. Well done\u00a0@swapna Barman96 for winning the Gold in the Heptathlon. This success demonstrates the skills and perseverance you are blessed with. India is extremely proud of you!\u00a0#AsianGames2018\u201d, tweeted Modi.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday announced Rs 10 lakh cash award and a government job to Swapna Barman who won India\u2019s first ever gold medal in the heptathlon in the ongoing Asian Games 2018, in Jakarta. The 21-year-old from Jalpaiguri created history when she achieved her personal best score of 6026 points [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":301995,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2089,2014,2917],"tags":[4397,4511,1380,4312,4510,4287,1889,4509,411],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301994"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=301994"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301994\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":301996,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301994\/revisions\/301996"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/301995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}