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WB panchayat polls: Many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip?
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Midnapore (West Bengal) [India], May 13 (ANI): Ahead of the West Bengal panchayat elections, voters are claiming that they are deprived of the Centre's prominent schemes such as Ujjwala Yojana (gas connection) and Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (house) to name a few.
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WB Panchayat polls: Candidates filing e-nominations being threatened, says
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 10 (ANI): Left Front chairman and Communist Party of India (Marxist) politburo member Biman Bose on Thursday said that some candidates who have filled e-nominations for the upcoming panchayat polls in West Bengal are being threatened and attacked to withdra
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WB panchayat polls: Govt will be liable for loss of life, property
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 10 (ANI): The division bench of the Calcutta High Court said on Thursday that the West Bengal government would be held responsible for any loss of life or property in the run-up to the panchayat elections.
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WB panchayat polls: SC to hear state EC's plea
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi, [India] May 10 (ANI): The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear the West Bengal Election Commission's plea that challenged the Calcutta High Court's order on allowing candidates to file online nominations in the upcoming panchayat elections.
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WB panchayat polls: 3 TMC workers injured in clash with BJP cadres
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 10 (ANI): Three Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers were injured in a clash which broke out between TMC and BJP cadres on May 8 in Gosaba village of South 24 Parganas district.
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WB Panchayat polls: Calcutta HC refuses to interfere in EC notification
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Calcutta (West Bengal) [India], May 04 (ANI): A division bench of the Calcutta High Court on Friday refrained from interfering in state Election Commission's notification concerning the extension of filing of nominations for West Bengal Panchayat polls by one date.
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WB Panchayat Polls rescheduled for May 14, counting on May 17
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Apr. 26 (ANI): The West Bengal Election Commission, on Thursday, issued a notice, declaring a single phase Panchayat election to be held in the state on May 14, with the counting of votes scheduled for May 17.
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WB Panchayat polls: Nomination process to continue unaffected
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Apr 24 (ANI): Dismissing the petitions filed by the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday said that the process of nomination scrutiny and withdrawal of nominations for Panchayat polls will carry on as it is.
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WB panchayat polls: Calcutta HC orders fresh dates for nomination, polls
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Apr. 20 (ANI): The Calcutta High Court on Friday sets aside it's earlier order and directed the state Election Commission to issue fresh extension for filing of nomination and polls in connection with the West Bengal Panchayat Election matter.
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WB panchayat polls: SC directs BJP to approach state EC
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 9 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday directed the West Bengal faction of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to approach the state Election Commission in connection with its petition over the Panchayat polls.
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WB Panchayat polls: Over 25 injured in TMC-BJP clash
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Jalpaiguri (West Bengal) [India] Apr 6 (ANI): More than 25 political party workers were injured after a fresh clash erupted between Trinamool Congress (TMC) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Jalpaiguri district on Friday over filing of nomination for the upcoming Panchayat polls.
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Congress, BJP move court over WB panchayat polls
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India] April 5 (ANI): The West Bengal units of the Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday moved Calcutta High Court and the Supreme Court respectively in connection with upcoming panchayat polls in the state.
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