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"Trying to save face": TMC leader hits out at BJP over violence ahead of p
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
West Bengal minister and ruling Trinamool Congress leader Javed Ahmed Khan hit out at the BJP over the latter's allegations of violence around the filing of nominations for the upcoming panchayat elections in the state.
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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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"Nothing to do with BJP": TMC on CM Mamata Banerjee's campaigning for Panc
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Saugata Roy on Monday stated that the party's decision to choose Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for the Panchayat Poll campaign has nothing to do with the BJP's strength in the state.
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PIL filed in Calcutta HC challenging Rajiva Sinha's appointment as electio
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
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.
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"Mamta Banerjee has to return to the ground after 12 years for Panchayat e
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
On Monday, Trinamool Congress supremo Banerjee will kick-start her party's campaign from North Bengal's Cooch Behar.
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"Volcano of violence" in Bengal: Adir Ranjan requests security for media p
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
"I beg to state that prior to the Panchayat Elections, 2023, the state of West Bengal is literally on the volcano of violence with as many as 10 persons having been fallen victims to crude violence since the Issuance of notifications for the said elections on 8th June," the Congress West Ben
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WB Panchayat Polls: Violence breaks out after CPI(M), TMC workers clash in
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Ahead of the Panchayat elections, scheduled to be held on July 8, the state witnessed continuous clashes in various parts of the state, including a violent incident at the Block Development Office in Birbhum's Ahmadpur, where crude bombs were reportedly thrown.
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Panchayat elections: West Bengal State Election Commissioner Rajiva Sinha
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
West Bengal State Election Commissioner Rajiva Sinha is to meet Governor CV Ananda Bose this evening, as per sources.
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WB panchayat polls: Mamata Banerjee to kick-start full-scale campaign on M
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee will kick-start her full-scale campaign for the July 8 panchayat elections in the state on Monday.
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Bengal panchayat polls: Central forces start route march to instil confide
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
The administration and Bolpur police also joined hands with the central forces to ensure that the election process could be done peacefully in the Panchayat elections.
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Panchayat polls: One company of paramilitary force reaches West Bengal's J
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
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.
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Calcutta HC directs State Election Commission to deploy more Central force
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
The court's directive specifies that the number of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) companies should not be less than those requisitioned for the 2013 panchayat polls.
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