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"A festival of death": Union Minister Pramanik on Bengal panchayat polls
Updated : 2 years, 8 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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Panchayat elections: One person "suspected" to be dead at polling booth in
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
"One person is suspected to be dead and yet to be declared by the doctors. The bomb hit the victim's head. He has been sent to Basanti rural hospital," said Dibakar Das, Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO).
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Instead of killing poverty they are "killing the poor": West Bengal Govern
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Asking people to take violence off the purview of politics and how lack of peace will affect the new generation, he said that violence needs to be "nipped in the bud".
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Violence, arson reported in West Bengal on panchayat poll day; TMC, BJP ac
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
West Bengal witnessed several incidents of violence and arson during the voting for the three-tiered panchayat polls in rural parts of the state on Saturday.
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More than 12 people killed in violence in West Bengal on panchayat poll da
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Ravi Shankar Prasad on Saturday said that more than 12 people have lost their lives so far in the violence that broke out in several areas in West Bengal on panchayat poll day.
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WB Panchayat polls: 3 BJP workers were shot at by TMC workers in Cooch Beh
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
"From the morning our workers were not allowed to enter the booths. They were beaten in every place. One woman in the village has got a bullet injury on her stomach, one of our workers also got a bullet injury on his chest. There were instances of bombing and firing as well. Another man got
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Permanent solution to problems is "black ink on index finger," WB Guv urge
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Friday urged people to exercise their franchise on voting day saying that the "permanent solution" to everything lies in the "black ink on the index finger."
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West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose's "intellect" needed more in Manipur:
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
"I would rather request the Central government that it is the need of the hour that we should take cognizance of the 'intellect' that the Governor of West Bengal has and immediately send him to Manipur and states like Madhya Pradesh," Abhishek Banerjee advised.
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Bengal poll violence: Governor consoles deceased TMC worker's family over
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The Governor who was on his way back from Cooch Behar assured the bereaved family of all help, a video released from the Raj Bhavan showed.
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WB: Guv CV Ananda Bose visits injured in Dinhata violence
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Sunday paid a visit to a private hospital in Cooch Behar to meet the injured in the violence at Dinhata.
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Will not tolerate this anymore: WB Governor on violence in state ahead of
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Taking a strong pitch on the recent violence in the state ahead of the panchayat elections, West Bengal Governor CV Anand Bose on Thursday said he would not tolerate it anymore.
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WB Panchayat polls: BJP requests SEC to transfer polling personnel taking
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
In a letter written to the West Bengal State Election Commission, the state unit of the BJP has called for various confidence-building measures ahead of the Panchayat polls.
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