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WB panchayat polls: Clash breaks out between TMC and Congress workers in M
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Ahead of the West Bengal panchayat elections, a clash broke out between Trinamool Congress and Congress workers on Friday night in the Shamsherganj area of Murshidabad district.
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West Bengal: Bombs go silent but war of words escalates day before panchay
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
While the bombs fell silent under the watchful eyes of the central paramilitary forces, the war of words in West Bengal escalated just a day ahead of the panchayat elections on Saturday.
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WB panchayat polls: Police conduct searches after tip of bombs stockpiled
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
A search operation was underway ahead of the West Bengal panchayat polls, on Friday, after police received information that crude bombs and weapons have been stockpiled in the district, an official statement said on Friday.
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WB: BJP candidate's house allegedly attacked by TMC workers in Cooch Behar
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
West Bengal has witnessed several instances of violence during the filing of nominations for the panchayat polls and thereafter. One incident involved the alleged hurling of crude bombs at a Block Development Office (BDO) in Ahmadpur, Birbhum district.
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Permanent solution to problems is "black ink on index finger," WB Guv urge
Updated : 2 years, 11 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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WB Panchayat polls: BJP candidate attacked allegedly by TMC in Coochbehar
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Ahead of the Panchayat election in West Bengal, the house of a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate was attacked allegedly by Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Friday.
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BJP, Cong, CPI(M) resorting to violence in 6-7 booths: TMC leader Kunal Gh
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Pointing fingers at the Opposition over the violence in West Bengal in the run-up to the July 8 panchayat elections, ruling Trinamool Congress leader Kunal Ghosh on Thursday said of the 73,000 booths put together for the polls, there are only about 6-7 where the BJP, Congress and the CPI(M)
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West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose's "intellect" needed more in Manipur:
Updated : 2 years, 11 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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WB Panchayat polls: Governor CV Ananda Bose forms committee to maintain pe
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The Raj Bhavan issued a statement saying, "West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose forms a Peace and Social integration committee headed by former Chief Justice Calcutta High Court Subhro Kamal Mukherjee who has consented to be the interim Vice Chancellor of the Rabindra Bharati University (RBU)
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Panchayat Polls: WB Guv sends sealed envelope to SEC containing field visi
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
West Bengal Governor also called SEC Rajiva Sinha in Raj Bhavan to discuss the issue of the report which he had got from the violence-hit areas in the state.
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WB Panchayat polls: TMC writes to SEC against Guv Ananda Bose for "interdi
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
" Conducting meetings with the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India and Central Security Agency to provide for security arrangements for members of BJP without consulting with the State or the State Election Commission," wrote TMC state Vice President Subrata Bakshi.
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WB Panchayat Polls: BJP leader found dead in Purulia, probe underway
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
"Police recovered the body of a BJP leader named Bankim Hansda from the Bodo area of Purulia district. Further investigation into the matter is underway," said Purulia DSP Abhijeet Bandopadhyay.
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