Denying her party's hand in the violence around the filing of nominations for the panchayat polls, the Bengal CM said, "Often, more than one member of a family file nominations for these elections. We are not involved in any way in the violence in Islampur and Chopra (in Uttar Dinajpur di
West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party chief Sukanta Majumdar on Thursday criticised the State Election Commission, accusing the poll commission of "bypassing" the Calcutta High Court's decision for the deployment of the central forces in the districts for the panchayat polls scheduled to be hel
A division bench of Calcutta High Court, led by Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam, on Thursday directed the election commission in West Bengal to request the deployment of central paramilitary forces in all districts of the state within the next 48 hours, ahead of the upcoming panchayat electio
The Court on Tuesday had ordered the requisition and deployment of central forces in all areas declared sensitive by the State Election Commission (SEC) for the polls.
The court further ordered the requisition and deployment of central forces in all areas declared sensitive by the State Election Commission (SEC) for the polls.
"Congress, Left and BJP are behind the violence in Murshidabad panchayat elections. For the last several elections, all three parties together want to defeat Mamta Banerjee in the elections, but Mamta Banerjee is winning the elections with more seats in every election," the TMC MP said.
Ahead of the upcoming rural polls in the state, TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee was visiting Cooch Behar as part of the launch of 'Trinamool ey Nabajowar', after which the scuffle broke out between the party workers.
New Delhi (India), Aug 24 (ANI): In a big relief to the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) government, the Supreme Court on Friday set aside the Calcutta High Court order which permitted e-filing of nominations in West Bengal Panchayat polls, through mediums such as e-mail and What
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 17 (ANI): The Election Commission on Thursday ordered re-polling at Part number 79/80 of Fulbari-1 in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri District.