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WB: In viral clip, woman purportedly seen helping voter inside polling boo
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
During repolling for West Bengal panchayats in over 600 booths on Monday, a clip went viral where a woman was purportedly seen helping another cast her vote as she stood with her through the entire process in the vouting cubicle.
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"BJP will present case of faulty...": Suvendu Adhikari on West Bengal Panc
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
He further highlighted that the Calcutta High Court had previously directed the State Election Commission to ensure the presence of CCTV cameras and centralized monitoring of footage with police assistance in all polling booths. However, Adhikari alleged that these directives were not follow
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WB Panchayat elections: No fresh case of violence reported during re-polli
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
A day after the violence-marred Panchayat polls, the West Bengal State Election Commission on Monday conducted re-polling at 696 polling booths, however, no fresh cases of violence were reported as it was under the supervision of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF).
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After Bengal panchayat poll violence, voters happy with re-poll under heav
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
"Today, it feels like an election day. We can see the central forces today", said Anamika Mandal, who came to cast her vote at Tikiapara Primary High School in the Murshidabad district.
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WB panchayat elections: Re-polling underway in 697 booths in 5 districts
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Ahead of the re-polling of the Panchayat elections, the voters, on Monday, queued up outside the polling booth in the Murshidabad district. According to an official statement, the re-polling will be conducted in 697 booths across five districts: Purulia, Birbhum, Jalpaiguri, Nadia and Sou
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Adhir Chowdhury writes to BSF, seeks deployment of additional forces for r
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said that 19 people were killed on the day of the Panchayat polls adding that the presence of the central security forces in and around the polling stations will ensure that voters cast their vote fearlessly.
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WB panchayat elections: Re-polling to be held in over 600 booths in 5 dist
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Following the violence during the panchayat polls in West Bengal, the State Election Commission (SEC) announced re-polling to be conducted in 697 booths spread across five districts on July 10.
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WB: BJP's Jagannath Chattopadhyay writes to SEC; demands repolling of Panc
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
"You will recollect yesterday the BJP WB delegation called on you and asked you to review CCTV/video footage to establish booths which have to be re-polled due to booth, looting, polling officers seen participating/helping in rigging/where BJP candidate agents were forced to leave or removed
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West Bengal Panchayat Polls: BJP MP Khagen Murmu alleges ballot rigging, d
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Alleging ballot rigging in the West Bengal panchayat polls which is marred by violence, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Khagen Murmu called for re-polling in Bengal, claiming that presiding officers and election staff were engaged in proxy voting in favour of the Trinamool Congress (TMC).
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Bengal Panchayat polls: No information was provided on sensitive booths, s
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
SS Guleria, DIG BSF said that BSF has written several letters to the state election commission seeking information on sensitive polling booths but no information was provided except on June 7, when they were informed of just the numbers of such booths but nothing about their location or a
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Panchayat elections: One person "suspected" to be dead at polling booth in
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
"One person is suspected to be dead and yet to be declared by the doctors. The bomb hit the victim's head. He has been sent to Basanti rural hospital," said Dibakar Das, Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO).
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WB: Miscreant ran away with ballot box from polling station in Malda's Mah
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Several other incidents of ballot box and ballot paper looting and destruction were reported from numerous polling booths in the State.
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