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Villages in West Bengal's Bankura district face acute water scarcity
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Bankura (West Bengal) [India], May 11 (ANI): Shuili Bona village in Saltora block in West Bengal's Bankura district, home to nearly 400 Santhals, is on the verge of becoming parched due to acute water scarcity.
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EC orders re-polling at two polling stations in West Bengal on May 12
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 11 (ANI): Election Commission of India (EC) has declared "void", the polls held on May 6 at polling station no-116 in Barrackpur parliamentary constituency and polling station no-110 in Arambag parliamentary constituency of West Bengal.
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WB: TMC stares at BJP's surge and CPM's attempt to wrest back Bankura
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Bankura (West Bengal) [India], May 11 (ANI): Known as one of the major CPI(M) bastions since 1970s, Bankura changed the wind in 2014 Lok Sabha elections. The electorate elected TMC's new entrant Moonmoon Sen who defeated CPI(M)'s 9 times MP Basudeb Acharya from the constituency.
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WB Child Rights Commission takes cognisance of sexual assault allegations
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 10 (ANI): West Bengal Commission for Protection of Child Rights (WBCPCR) has taken cognisance of a complaint against BJP candidate from Diamond Harbour constituency, Nilanjan Roy, who has been allegedly accused of sexually assaulting a minor girl in South 2
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WB poll body sends ECI report on cash seized from BJP candidate Bharati Gh
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 10 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Electoral Office on Friday sent a report to the Election Commission of India (ECI) regarding money seized from BJP Lok Sabha candidate from Ghatal seat, Bharati Ghosh's car earlier in the day.
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WB: 713 companies of central forces deployed for 6th phase
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 9 (ANI): After all five phases of polling in West Bengal were marred with violence, 713 companies of Central forces are being deployed to ensure peaceful voting in the state, informed S.Ravindran, IG, CRPF, West Bengal.
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Mamata challenges Modi to do '100 sit-ups', if coal mafia allegations prov
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Bankura (West Bengal) [India], May 09 (ANI): Snapping back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday challenged him to prove coal mafia allegations made by him on TMC leaders else do "100 sit-ups holding his ears" for lying.
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Is Ram BJP's election agent? Asks Mamata
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Kharagpur (West Bengal) [India], May 9 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi Did not talk about Lord Ram during his five-year term, adding that the latter and his party used the lord's name for electoral benefit.
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WB: Local BJP leader allegedly beaten up by TMC supporters
Updated : 7 years ago IST
South 24 Parganas (West Bengal) [India], May 9 (ANI): Local BJP leader Gobinda Mistry was allegedly beaten up by TMC leaders on Thursday.
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Your slap is blessing for me, I accept it: PM Modi to Mamata
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Purulia (West Bengal) [India], May 9 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday hit back at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and said that her "slap" will be a blessing for him.
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PM Modi to address marathon rallies in WB, UP today
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 9 (ANI): With elections in its last leg, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to address five public rallies on Thursday in poll-bound districts of West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh.
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Wanted to give PM Modi "tight slap of democracy' after he called TMC tolab
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Purulia (West Bengal) [India], May 7 (ANI): Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of lying and said when he attacked her party of being a "tolabaaz" (toll collector), she wanted to give him a "tight slap of democracy."
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