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WB poll violence: 133 people sought refuge in Assam, says CM Himanta Biswa
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday said that 133 individuals who feared for their lives sought refuge in Assam's Dhubri district amid violence in West Bengal during panchayat polls.
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"There will be relentless fight against growing violence in Bengal": WB Gu
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
"There will be a relentless fight against growing violence in Bengal. Those who commit violence in the field will be made to curse the day they are born. All authorities will come down with a heavy hand on the goons and lawbreakers...", Governor Bose said.
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WB: In viral clip, woman purportedly seen helping voter inside polling boo
Updated : 2 years, 12 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 delegation to visit areas affected by violence during Panchayat poll d
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
Days after the election-related violence in the three-tier West Bengal panchayat polls broke out, claiming several lives across all parties, the Bharatiya Janata Party national president JP Nadda on Monday nominated a four-member fact-finding committee to visit the affected areas in the stat
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BJP constitutes four-member fact-finding committee to probe West Bengal pa
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
The senior BJP MP expressed disappointment over the state of violence in the state. "We will visit the places where violence broke out. We will meet the victims," he said.
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"BJP will present case of faulty...": Suvendu Adhikari on West Bengal Panc
Updated : 2 years, 12 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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'Unprecedented era of peace, progress, prosperity' in J-K post abrogation
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
The Central government on Monday defended its decision to abrogate Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir saying post the changes, street violence, which was engineered and orchestrated by terrorists and secessionist networks has now become thing of past.
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SC to hear Manipur govt's plea against HC order on internet restoration on
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
A bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha said it will hear the case on Tuesday.
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WB Panchayat elections: No fresh case of violence reported during re-polli
Updated : 2 years, 12 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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Manipur violence: "Don't use this platform to escalate situation..." says
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
The Supreme Court on Monday cautioned the counsels representing the Meitei and Kuki groups to refrain from levelling allegations and using the court as a platform to escalate the volatile situation in Manipur.
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West Bengal Governor to meet Amit Shah today, panchayat poll violence lik
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose is scheduled to meet Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday evening, two days after panchayat polls in the state that saw violence
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After Bengal panchayat poll violence, voters happy with re-poll under heav
Updated : 2 years, 12 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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