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WB panchayat polls: Clash breaks out between TMC and Congress workers in M
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Ahead of the West Bengal panchayat elections, a clash broke out between Trinamool Congress and Congress workers on Friday night in the Shamsherganj area of Murshidabad district.
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West Bengal panchayat polls: 485 CAPF companies deployed today
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
West Bengal has seen several incidents of violence around the filing of nominations for the panchayat polls as well as after, including one where crude bombs were allegedly hurled at a Block Development Office (BDO) at Ahmadpur in Birbhum district.
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WB Panchayat polls: Central forces carry route march in Bengal's East Medi
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
West Bengal has seen several incidents of violence around the filing of nominations for the panchayat polls as well as after, including one where crude bombs were allegedly hurled at a Block Development Office (BDO) at Ahmadpur in Birbhum district.
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WB civic polls: Outsiders with firearms brought in to rig polls, says BJP'
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], February 27 (ANI): Hitting out at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on the alleged rigging during the civic polls, BJP MLA Asansol South Agnimitra Paul on Sunday claimed that 'outsiders' were brought into the state who 'attacked' every booth and rigged
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'It is to put pressure on me ahead of Punjab polls': Channi on raids at re
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], January 18 (ANI): While reacting to raids at his relative Bhupinder Singh Honey's house, Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Tuesday said "the same thing happened during the West Bengal polls, it is to put pressure on me in view of upcoming Assembly p
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Calcutta HC quashes FIR against Mithun Chakraborty over his controversial
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], December 9 (ANI): The Calcutta High Court on Thursday quashed a first information report (FIR) against actor and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Mithun Chakraborty over an alleged controversial speech made during the West Bengal Assembly election campaign e
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Opposition 'zeros' together can never match stature of PM Modi: Union Mini
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 1 (ANI): Terming Opposition leaders as 'zeros', Union minister of state for Home Affairs and BJP leader Ajay Mishra Teni on Saturday said that together they can never match the stature of Prime Minister Narendra Modi who has been taking the country forward on the path
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West Bengal: BJP's Rahul Sinha files plea in Calcutta HC challenging Habra
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], July 29 (ANI): BJP leader Rahul Sinha, who was the party's candidate from Habra Vidhan Sabha constituency during recently held West Bengal polls, filed a petition in the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday, challenging the results where he got defeated by Trinamoo
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Mamata Banerjee's poll plea matter allocated to bench of Justice Sampa Sar
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], July 13 (ANI): After Justice Kausik Chanda recused himself from the hearing of the petition filed by West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee over Nandigram poll results, the matter has been allotted to the Bench of Justice Sampa Sarkar of Calcutta High Court.
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BJP's NV Subhash terms attack on NHRC team in Bengal as 'inhuman', says Ma
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], June 30 (ANI): Telangana senior BJP leader NV Subhash on Wednesday condemned the alleged attack on the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) team which was probing post-poll violence in West Bengal and called it "inhuman and detrimental" for the country's dem
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Kolkata Police questions Mithun Chakraborty over controversial speech duri
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 16 (ANI): Actor-turned-politician Mithun Chakraborty was questioned by the Kolkata Police on Wednesday over a controversial speech during the Bengal election campaign.
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5-member Congress Committee submits initial reports to Sonia Gandhi on rec
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 2 (ANI): A five-member Congress Committee has submitted an initial report to the Interim President Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday in which they have stated their assessment on the party's performance in the recently concluded assembly elections.
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