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WB panchayat polls: Many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip?
Updated : 7 years, 10 months 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 : 7 years, 10 months 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 : 7 years, 10 months 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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E-mailed Panchayat poll nominations won't be accepted in WB: SC
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] May 10 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday set aside Calcutta High Court order that asked West Bengal Election Commission (WBEC) to accept nominations for Panchayat polls through e-mail.
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WB panchayat polls: SC to hear state EC's plea
Updated : 7 years, 10 months 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 : 7 years, 10 months 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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BJP workers attacked by TMC cadre in WB
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Midnapore (West Bengal) [India], May 6 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers have alleged that they were attacked by Trinamool Congress (TMC) cadres during the panchayat election campaign in West Bengal's West Midnapore district.
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WB Panchayat polls: Calcutta HC refuses to interfere in EC notification
Updated : 7 years, 10 months 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 : 7 years, 11 months 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 violence victims arrive in Delhi to meet President Kovind
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 26 (ANI): A delegation of about 30-35 people led by West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) vice president Biswapriya Roy Chowdhury arrived in the national capital to meet President Ram Nath Kovind.
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WB violence victims to meet President Kovind
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Howrah (West Bengal) [India], April 25 (ANI): Following the clashes that erupted over the filing of fresh nominations for the panchayat elections in the state, the victims are scheduled to meet President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday.
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WB Panchayat polls: Nomination process to continue unaffected
Updated : 7 years, 11 months 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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