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Mary Kom eyes Olympic gold at Rio
Assam Tribune | IANS | Kolkata, Sept 7 ()
London Olympics bronze medal winning woman boxer MC Mary Kom on Thursday received a a cash award of Rs 2 lakh from West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her historic feat. Kom called on Banerjee at the State Secretariat, Writers' Buildings.
Earlier, the mother of two - the first Indian woman boxer to win an Olympic medal - was the cynosure of all eyes at separate felicitations organised by some northeast-based NGOs and the Bengal Chamber. The Assam government has pledged Rs 20 lakh for Mary Kom which would be given to her once the situation normalises in the violence-hit northeastern State.
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