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WB Panchayat elections: No fresh case of violence reported during re-polli
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
A day after the violence-marred Panchayat polls, the West Bengal State Election Commission on Monday conducted re-polling at 696 polling booths, however, no fresh cases of violence were reported as it was under the supervision of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF).
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West Bengal Governor to meet Amit Shah today, panchayat poll violence lik
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose is scheduled to meet Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday evening, two days after panchayat polls in the state that saw violence
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After Bengal panchayat poll violence, voters happy with re-poll under heav
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
"Today, it feels like an election day. We can see the central forces today", said Anamika Mandal, who came to cast her vote at Tikiapara Primary High School in the Murshidabad district.
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WB panchayat elections: Re-polling underway in 697 booths in 5 districts
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Ahead of the re-polling of the Panchayat elections, the voters, on Monday, queued up outside the polling booth in the Murshidabad district. According to an official statement, the re-polling will be conducted in 697 booths across five districts: Purulia, Birbhum, Jalpaiguri, Nadia and Sou
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Adhir Chowdhury writes to BSF, seeks deployment of additional forces for r
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said that 19 people were killed on the day of the Panchayat polls adding that the presence of the central security forces in and around the polling stations will ensure that voters cast their vote fearlessly.
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WB panchayat elections: Re-polling to be held in over 600 booths in 5 dist
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Following the violence during the panchayat polls in West Bengal, the State Election Commission (SEC) announced re-polling to be conducted in 697 booths spread across five districts on July 10.
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West Bengal Panchayat Polls: BJP MP Khagen Murmu alleges ballot rigging, d
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Alleging ballot rigging in the West Bengal panchayat polls which is marred by violence, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Khagen Murmu called for re-polling in Bengal, claiming that presiding officers and election staff were engaged in proxy voting in favour of the Trinamool Congress (TMC).
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WB: Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury meets family of victim of Panchayat poll violen
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
West Bengal Pradesh Congress President Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Sunday slammed the ruling Trinamool Congress over deaths in separate incidents of violence that marred Panchayat polls across the state on Saturday.
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"No casualty where central forces were deployed": BSF after violence in WB
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Deputy Inspector General of BSF SS Guleria, while speaking to ANI said that no causality was reported at the places where the central forces were deployed.
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Bengal Panchayat polls: No information was provided on sensitive booths, s
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
SS Guleria, DIG BSF said that BSF has written several letters to the state election commission seeking information on sensitive polling booths but no information was provided except on June 7, when they were informed of just the numbers of such booths but nothing about their location or a
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"A festival of death": Union Minister Pramanik on Bengal panchayat polls
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Coming down heavily on the Mamata Banerjee government over the widespread violence during the panchayet elections in West Bengal on Saturday, Union Minister Nishith Pramanik said the single-phased polls were not a festival of the republic but a festival of death.
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West Bengal panchayat poll: Adhir Ranjan Chowdhary meets victims of Murshi
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
West Bengal Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhary visited the hospital in West Bengal's Murshidabad on Saturday to meet the family member of a 62-year-old man who was killed in a bombing incident following the panchayat polls.
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