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.
Rajiv Sinha was appointed as the SEC on June 7 and the panchayat elections were declared on June 8 for July 8, a move termed hasty by the Opposition parties.
Days after Calcutta High Court's order, Indian Secular Front (ISF)'s lone MLA Naushad Siddiqui on Sunday received Central security from the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Days after Calcutta High Court ordered the West Bengal State Election Commission (SEC) to requisition Central Forces within 24 hours for deployment in panchayat elections, one company of paramilitary force reached Jalpaiguri on Friday evening.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to interfere with the Calcutta High Court's order regarding the deployment of central forces in West Bengal for the upcoming panchayat elections and dismissed the plea challenging it.
Calcutta High Court on Tuesday ordered central forces security to Indian Secular Front (ISF)'s lone MLA Naushad Siddiqui over his petition seeking security while alleging a life threat to him after the violence in Bhangar.
Senior Advocate Meenakshi Arora mentioned before the apex Court seeking an urgent listing of the petition challenging the Calcutta High Court's order regarding the deployment of central forces in panchayat elections. Earlier, West Bengal State Election Commission and the West Bengal Governme
Special Task Force (STF) on Friday arrested a man for allegedly possessing arms and ammunition, under the Siuri police station in the Birbhum district of West Bengal, said the police.
"The decision that has come this evening regarding the violence that took place during the filing of nominations for Panchayat elections is very clear," Suvendu Adhikari said.
West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party chief Sukanta Majumdar on Thursday criticised the State Election Commission, accusing the poll commission of "bypassing" the Calcutta High Court's decision for the deployment of the central forces in the districts for the panchayat polls scheduled to be hel
A division bench of Calcutta High Court, led by Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam, on Thursday directed the election commission in West Bengal to request the deployment of central paramilitary forces in all districts of the state within the next 48 hours, ahead of the upcoming panchayat electio
BJP leaders are being beaten up ruthlessly with iron rods. We are seeing bomb blasts happening. Is it Russia-Ukraine? Are we fighting a war?" BJP state general secretary Agnimitra Paul said.