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WB panchayat polls: Results to be announced today
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 17 (ANI): The results for the West Bengal panchayat polls will be announced today.
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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 polls: Police baton charged on people
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Uttar Dinajpur [West Bengal], May 16 (ANI): Police baton charged on people in Uttar Dinajpur district's Goalpokhar as a crowd-control measure during the re-polling of panchayat polls.
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WB panchayat polls: Re-polling underway in 568 booths
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 16 (ANI): As violence were reported in a number of places during panchayat polls in West Bengal, which was held on May 14, re-polling is being held on Wednesday in 568 panchayat election booths spread across 19 districts of the state.
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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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WB violence: BJP accuses TMC of destroying democracy
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 14 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday hit out at Trinamool Congress (TMC), saying that the party has shown a glimpse of destroying the democracy from the roots in the current West Bengal Panchayat Election.
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Panchayat polls violence: Home Ministry seeks reports from WB Govt
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 14 (ANI): The Ministry of Home Affairs on Monday sought a report from the West Bengal Government regarding incidents of violence during Panchayat Election in the state.
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WB panchayat election: Polling ends, 72.5% voter turnout recorded
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 14 (ANI): A voter turnout of 72.5 percent was recorded in West Bengal panchayat polls, at the end of the polling at 5 p.m. on Monday.
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Violence in WB is destruction of democracy: Yechury
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 14 (ANI): Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI-M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Monday called incidents of violence during West Bengal Panchayat Election a complete destruction of democracy.
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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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