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TMC MP files PIL against BJP's bandh call
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal), Sep 24 (ANI): Trinamool Congress (TMC) Member of Parliament (MP) Idris Ali has filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the Calcutta High Court against a bandh call given by the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) in West Bengal on September 26. He filed the plea on behalf o
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WB Panchayat polls: SC allows 30 days to file election petitions
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Aug 24 (ANI): In a big relief to the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) government, the Supreme Court on Friday set aside the Calcutta High Court order which permitted e-filing of nominations in West Bengal Panchayat polls, through mediums such as e-mail and What
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CBI probe sought into 20-year-old BJP worker's death in Purulia
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 18 (ANI): Pano Mahato, father of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker Trilochan Mahato, who was found hanging from a tree in Purulia district last month, has filed a case at the Calcutta High Court, demanding a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe in
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WB panchayat polls begin
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 13 (ANI): The much-awaited West Bengal panchayat polls began at 7am on Monday.
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WB panchayat polls: Many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip?
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Midnapore (West Bengal) [India], May 13 (ANI): Ahead of the West Bengal panchayat elections, voters are claiming that they are deprived of the Centre's prominent schemes such as Ujjwala Yojana (gas connection) and Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (house) to name a few.
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WB panchayat polls: Govt will be liable for loss of life, property
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 10 (ANI): The division bench of the Calcutta High Court said on Thursday that the West Bengal government would be held responsible for any loss of life or property in the run-up to the panchayat elections.
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E-mailed Panchayat poll nominations won't be accepted in WB: SC
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] May 10 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday set aside Calcutta High Court order that asked West Bengal Election Commission (WBEC) to accept nominations for Panchayat polls through e-mail.
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WB panchayat polls: SC to hear state EC's plea
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi, [India] May 10 (ANI): The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear the West Bengal Election Commission's plea that challenged the Calcutta High Court's order on allowing candidates to file online nominations in the upcoming panchayat elections.
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WB Panchayat polls: Calcutta HC refuses to interfere in EC notification
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Calcutta (West Bengal) [India], May 04 (ANI): A division bench of the Calcutta High Court on Friday refrained from interfering in state Election Commission's notification concerning the extension of filing of nominations for West Bengal Panchayat polls by one date.
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WB Panchayat polls: Nomination process to continue unaffected
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Apr 24 (ANI): Dismissing the petitions filed by the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday said that the process of nomination scrutiny and withdrawal of nominations for Panchayat polls will carry on as it is.
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WB panchayat polls: Calcutta HC orders fresh dates for nomination, polls
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Apr. 20 (ANI): The Calcutta High Court on Friday sets aside it's earlier order and directed the state Election Commission to issue fresh extension for filing of nomination and polls in connection with the West Bengal Panchayat Election matter.
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WB govt moves Calcutta HC over panchayat polls
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Apr 13 (ANI): The West Bengal government on Friday moved the division bench of the Calcutta High Court over the process of conducting the panchayat elections, scheduled to be held next month.
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