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"BJP will present case of faulty...": Suvendu Adhikari on West Bengal Panc
Updated : 2 years, 10 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, 10 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, 10 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, 10 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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"We want security...," says family of victim of Panchayat poll violence in
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
After a wave of violence that claimed at least 10 lives in West Bengal during Panchayat polls on Saturday, a family member of 62-year-old Congress worker who allegedly killed in the Murshidabad demanded security.
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WB panchayat elections: Re-polling to be held in over 600 booths in 5 dist
Updated : 2 years, 10 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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West Bengal Governor to visit Delhi, likely to meet Amit Shah
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
After violence during panchayat polls in the state, West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose will visit Delhi and is likely to meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
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"Police confirmed 10 deaths in poll-related violence": West Bengal SEC on
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
West Bengal State Election Commission on Sunday said that as many as ten people had lost their lives in the violence that broke on the Panchayat Polls day in the state.
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Bengal Panchayat polls: No information was provided on sensitive booths, s
Updated : 2 years, 10 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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"Centre should intervene": Suvendu Adhikari demands President's Rule amid
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Attacking the Trinamool Congress (TMC) for violence during the three-tier panchayat elections in West Bengal, State Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday said that the state is burning and the Central government should intervene with Article 355 or Article 356 (President's Ru
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"Death toll is mounting": TMC slams opposition parties amid violence in WB
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Taking a jibe, TMC said that the death toll due to the election-related incidents is mounting under the "close supervision of Central Forces".
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West Bengal panchayat polls: Voting underway amid violence; polling suspen
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Amid incidents of violence during voting for the Panchayat election across West Bengal, workers of the state BJP on Saturday staged a protest outside the State Election Commission office in Kolkata.
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