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Bengal panchayat polls: Counting begins amid tight security
Kolkata: The counting of votes for the violence-scarred three-tier panchayat elections in West Bengal began amid tight security on Tuesday morning, officials said. Votes — held for 73,887 seats in zilla parishad,…
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Bengal panchayat polls: With 3 more deaths, casualty figure rises to 39
Kolkata: With two deaths reported on Monday, the total casualty figure in poll-related violence for the panchayat elections in West Bengal has reached 38. Local Trinamool Congress leader from Raninagar Murshidabad district,…
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WB panchayat polls: Re-polling underway at 697 booths in 5 districts
Murshidabad: Re-polling is underway in 697 booths across five districts of West Bengal on Monday following the violence during the panchayat polls in the state on July 8. The re-polling will be…
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Bengal panchayat polls: Re-polling in certain booths under central armed force
Kolkata: A day after the violence-marred panchayat polls, the West Bengal State Election Commission on Sunday announced that there will be re-polling in certain booths and under complete security cover by central…
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WB Panchayat polls: Voting in South 24 Parganas
South 24 Parganas: An elderly votes is carried outside a polling booth during panchyat elections, in South 24 Parganas dictrict of West Bengal, Saturday, July 8, 2023. (PTI Photo) North 24 Pargana:…
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15 killed as WB rural polls turn violent; over 66% turnout recorded
Kolkata: The single-phase panchayat elections concluded in West Bengal on Saturday with a voter turnout of 66.28, with as many as 15 persons losing their lives in poll-related violence across the state.…
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West Bengal violence: Union Minister questions ‘silence’ of Rahul, other Oppn leaders
New Delhi: Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Saturday questioned the “silence” of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and other opposition leaders over the “murder of democracy” in West Bengal after violence marred panchayat…
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West Bengal polls: Booth vandalised, polling agent shot dead in Coochbehar
Kolkata: A polling booth at Baravita Primary School in Sitai, Coochbehar has been allegedly vandalised and ballot papers set on fire after voting began for the single-phase panchayat polls in West Bengal…
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Voting begins for 73k seats in WB panchayat polls, 2L candidates in fray
Kolkata: Polling began at 7 am on Saturday amid tight security for the West Bengal panchayat elections, in which about 5.67 crore people living in the state’s rural areas are eligible to…
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WB Panchayat polls: HC asks central forces to stay put until 10 days post results
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed the central armed forces to remain deployed in West Bengal for 10 days after the results for the July 8 panchayat elections are declared…
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Forceful conversation in Bengal: CBI lodges FIR against 7 persons
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday said that they have lodged a case against seven persons for their alleged involvement in the forceful conversion of two brothers to…
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Calcutta HC rejects NHRC’s plea for appointing observer for panchayat polls
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday rejected the National Human Right Commission (NHRC)’s plea for appointing an observer for July 8 West Bengal panchayat polls. Although the hearing in the matter…
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Mamata-Guv honeymoon over after row over panchayat polls, univ VCs
Kolkata: The signals were there for quite some time about the honeymoon period being over. But throughout the past week the tiff between Raj Bhavan and the state secretariat in West Bengal…
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Bengal Governor calls up Mamata after emergency landing
Kolkata: West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose on Tuesday called up Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee after her helicopter had to make an emergency landing at Sevak airbase to enquire about her condition.…
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Two goods train collide in West Bengal’s Bankura
Bankura: Several boggies derailed after two goods trains collided with each other near West Bengal’s Bankura, in the wee hours of Sunday, June 25, 2023. (PTI Photo) Bankura: Several boggies derailed after…