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Panchayat polls: Emerged victorious in 90% seats, claims Mamata Banerjee
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 17 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday claimed that the Trinamool Congress (TMC) has emerged victorious in 90 percentage seats in West Bengal panchayat elections, the counting for which began today.
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WB Panchayat polls: Counting delayed in North 24 Parganas centre
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 17 (ANI): Counting of votes for the Panchayat Polls in West Bengal, which saw massive violence, has been delayed at a counting centre in North 24 Parganas.
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WB poll: Miscreants brandish gun, escape with ballot box
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Ratua (West Bengal) [India], May 16 (ANI): Brandishing a gun, unidentified miscreants, on Wednesday, escaped with a ballot box from polling booth no. 76 in Malda's Ratua during the re-polling in the Panchayat elections.
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WB Panchayat elections: Re-polling to be held in 568 booths tomorrow
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 15 (ANI): As violence were reported in a number of places during panchayat polls in West Bengal, which was held on May 14, re-polling will be held in 568 booths across various districts tomorrow.
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PM Modi calls WB violence 'murder of democracy'
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): Calling it unfortunate, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the violence that broke out during West Bengal panchayat elections on Tuesday was a murder of democracy.
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12 killed in West Bengal panchayat poll violence
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India] May 14 (ANI): Violence marred the West Bengal panchayat elections on Monday as at least 12 people were killed.
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Left Parties stage protest at WB Election Commission
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India] May 14 (ANI): The Left Parties on Monday staged protest outside the State Election Commission against the incidents of violence, during ongoing panchayat elections in the state.
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WB panchayat polls: Ballot boxed looted at gunpoint in Murshidabad
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
West Bengal (India), May 14 (ANI): Ballot boxes were looted at gunpoint on Monday by unidentified people at polling booths in West Bengal's Murshidabad where Panchayat Election is underway.
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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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TMC workers ride bikes without helmets during panchayat poll campaigning
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], May 12 (ANI): While campaigning for the forthcoming Panchayat Elections in West Bengal's Siliguri, Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers were seen riding motorcycles without helmets.
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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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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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