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"Trying to save face": TMC leader hits out at BJP over violence ahead of p
Updated : 2 years, 8 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, 8 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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J&K: Fire breaks out at a house in Udhampur
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
A fire broke out at a house in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur district, officials said on Thursday.
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Panchayat polls: WB police defuses bomb in Murshidabad
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Earlier on Sunday, West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Sreerupa Mitra Chaudhary alleged that bombs were being manufactured in almost every house in the villages of Murshidabad and in all other border areas of West Bengal.
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Bengal Panchayat polls: "BJP only gives assurance...," says CM Mamata in J
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
"Where is your Ujjwala, where is Rs 15 lakh? BJP only gives assurance", the Chief Minister who is on a visit to Jalpaiguri.
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WB Panchayat polls: BJP releases manifesto, promises to provide corruption
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
West Bengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar unveiled its manifesto for the upcoming panchayat polls that are scheduled to be held on July 8, promising corruption-free village councils and a focus on rural infrastructure development.
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WB Panchayat polls: BJP requests SEC to transfer polling personnel taking
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
In a letter written to the West Bengal State Election Commission, the state unit of the BJP has called for various confidence-building measures ahead of the Panchayat polls.
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"Those who created ruckus came from Bangladesh," claims local BJP leader o
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Local BJP leader Ajay Roy said, "Those who have created the ruckus and the person who died came from Bangladesh. There was a scuffle between them regarding the exchange of money and no politics was involved."
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"Nothing to do with BJP": TMC on CM Mamata Banerjee's campaigning for Panc
Updated : 2 years, 8 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, 8 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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ISF's lone MLA Naushad Siddiqui gets Central security from MHA
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Days after Calcutta High Court's order, Indian Secular Front (ISF)'s lone MLA Naushad Siddiqui on Sunday received Central security from the Ministry of Home Affairs.
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"Mamta Banerjee has to return to the ground after 12 years for Panchayat e
Updated : 2 years, 8 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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