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Such an atmosphere was created in 2001: Suvendu Adhikari on post-poll viol
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 5 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Suvendu Adhikari, who defeated West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in the Nandigram Assembly seat, on Wednesday slammed the state government over post-poll violence and said that such an atmosphere was cre
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We condemn failure of the govt to protect lives: Owaisi on WB violence
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], May 4 (ANI): Regarding the post-poll violence in West Bengal, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) party chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday said he condemns the failure of any government, in any part of India, to protect lives.
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Tripura: Pradyot Kishore warns supporters of strict action, if found invol
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], April 11 (ANI): Two days after the attack on Tipraha Indigenous Peoples Regional Alliance (TIPRA) chief Pradyot Kishore inside Mohanpur Sub-Divisional Magistrate's (SDM) office in Tripura, Kishore Deb has said that he will take strict action against his supporters
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TMC leaders express concern over repeat questions on political violence in
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 16 (ANI): Leaders of Trinamool Congress group in in both the Houses of Parliament have written to the presiding officers raising concern that repeat questions regarding political violence during 2019 general Assembly elections have been allowed which ithey said was
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WB Violence: Governor convenes meet of political parties
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 12 (ANI): West Bengal Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi has called for a meeting of four major political parties in context with the reported post-poll violence in the state.
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Andhra: YSRCP, TDP workers clash; 10 injured
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
East Godavari (Andhra Pradesh) [India], June 10 (ANI): Ten workers of the ruling YSR Congress and Telugu Desam Party were injured in a post-poll clash at a village in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh on Sunday.
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Kin of BJP workers killed in WB poll violence reach Delhi
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), May 30 (ANI): Kin of the BJP workers who were allegedly killed in political violence in West Bengal arrived here to take part in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's swearing-in ceremony scheduled to be held on Thursday evening.
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Mamata Banerjee to join TMC protest against poll violence in Naihati tomor
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 29 (ANI): West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee will join the Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers protesting outside Naihati Municipal Corporation against the violence in the state during the Lok Sabha polls that have allegedly rendered many TMC worker
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Violence will not be tolerated, says Tripura CM
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], May 29 (ANI): Issuing a stern warning to all party workers not to carry out any act of violence, Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb alleged that post-poll violence occurs in both West Bengal and Tripura due to the hangover of the Communist rule in these st
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CPI(M) delegation meets Tripura CM over post-poll violence
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], May 29 (ANI): A six-member delegation of the Tripura CPI(M) under the leadership of former state chief minister and Opposition leader Manik Sarkar on Tuesday met Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb at his official residence and submitted a memorandum demanding his
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WB: Bomb hurled at BJP rally in Birbhum
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Bhirbhum (West Bengal) [India], May 28 (ANI): Poll violence in West Bengal has not ceased to exist even after the conclusion of Lok Sabha elections as a victory procession of the BJP in Birbhum was disrupted, allegedly by TMC workers.
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WB: EC imposes Section 144 in Bhatpara for undefined time-period
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Bhatpara (West Bengal) [India], May 20 (ANI): Section 144 has been imposed in West Bengal's Bhatpara Assembly constituency for undefined time-period to deal with post-poll violence, the Election Commission of India (ECI) said on Monday.
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