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WB panchayat polls: 56% voter turnout recorded till 3 pm
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 14 (ANI): A voter turnout of 56 percent has been recorded in West Bengal panchayat polls till 3 p.m. on Monday.
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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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BJP accuses WB Govt. for violence in state
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi/Kolkata [India], May 14 (ANI): Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Babul Supriyo on Monday accused the West Bengal Government for the ongoing protest in the state amid the panchayat polls and demanded President's rule in the state.
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WB panchayat polls: 41.51% voter turnout recorded till 1 pm
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 14 (ANI): A voter turnout of 41.51 percent has been recorded in West Bengal panchayat polls till 1 p.m. on Monday.
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WB Panchayat polls: TMC worker shot dead, ballot papers thrown in pond
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
South 24 Parganas (West Bengal) [India], May 14 (ANI): A Trinamool Congress (TMC) worker was shot dead on Monday in Kultali area of West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district in poll-related violence even as voting continues in the state.
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Panchayat polls: Stray incidents of violence in WB
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Cooch Behar (West Bengal) [India], May 14 (ANI): As many as 20 people were injured in fresh clashes which broke out between two groups here in Cooch Behar on Monday morning, amid the ongoing panchayat polls in the state.
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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 to be held tomorrow amid tight security
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India] May 13 (ANI): The much-awaited panchayat polls will be held in West Bengal 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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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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Rape victim faces social boycott in Rajasthan
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Chittorgarh (Rajasthan) [India], May 11 (ANI): A rape victim and her family in Rajasthan's Chittorgarh had to face social boycott after the victim refused to change her statement in the court against the accused.
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WB Panchayat polls: Candidates filing e-nominations being threatened, says
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 10 (ANI): Left Front chairman and Communist Party of India (Marxist) politburo member Biman Bose on Thursday said that some candidates who have filled e-nominations for the upcoming panchayat polls in West Bengal are being threatened and attacked to withdra
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