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WB: Miscreant ran away with ballot box from polling station in Malda's Mah
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Several other incidents of ballot box and ballot paper looting and destruction were reported from numerous polling booths in the State.
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Bengal Panchayat Elections: Central and state security forces deployed on
Updated : 3 years ago IST
To conduct a fair, safe and impartial election for 3,317 Gram Panchayats, 341 Panchayat Samitis and 20 Zila Parishads in West Bengal on Saturday, security forces from Centre as well as the state are deployed on all 61,636 polling booths.
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West Bengal panchayat polls: Voting underway amid violence; polling suspen
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Amid incidents of violence during voting for the Panchayat election across West Bengal, workers of the state BJP on Saturday staged a protest outside the State Election Commission office in Kolkata.
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WB panchayat polls: Polling agent killed in attack, claims BJP candidate
Updated : 3 years ago IST
A booth agent of an independent candidate and a polling agent of a BJP were allegedly killed in two separate violence-related incidents during voting for single-phase panchayat elections in West bengal on Saturday.
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"Elections must be through ballots, not bullets": West Bengal Governor on
Updated : 3 years ago IST
This is the most sacred day for democracy...The election must be through ballots and not bullets," the Governor said while talking to the reporters in the State. Around 5.67 crore voters are likely to exercise their franchise to choose representatives for nearly 928 seats across 22 zilla
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"TMC hooliganism... openly looting ballots": BJP's Sukanta Majumdar
Updated : 3 years ago IST
BJP state chief Sukanta Majumdar alleged "TMC hoologanism crossed all limits" and that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee along with the Chief Electoral Officer of the state were "responsible" for murders.
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Panchayat polls: "TMC workers have been murdered, central forces failed to
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Earlier, Trinamool Congress alleged that three of its party workers have been murdered in multiple incidents of violence in West Bengal after polling for the single-phase panchayat elections began in the state on Saturday morning.
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WB panchayat polls: "3 party workers killed", alleges Trinamool Congress
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Polling for panchayats in West Bengal began this morning under stringent security cover.
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WB: Voting begins for single phase Panchayat polls in state
Updated : 3 years ago IST
After hectic campaigning and nominations scarred by violence polling for the Panchayat Polls in West Bengal began on Saturday morning under stringent security measures.
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WB panchayat polls: Police conduct searches after tip of bombs stockpiled
Updated : 3 years ago IST
A search operation was underway ahead of the West Bengal panchayat polls, on Friday, after police received information that crude bombs and weapons have been stockpiled in the district, an official statement said on Friday.
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WB Panchayat Polls: BJP leader found dead in Purulia, probe underway
Updated : 3 years ago IST
"Police recovered the body of a BJP leader named Bankim Hansda from the Bodo area of Purulia district. Further investigation into the matter is underway," said Purulia DSP Abhijeet Bandopadhyay.
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West Bengal panchayat polls: 485 CAPF companies deployed today
Updated : 3 years ago IST
West Bengal has seen several incidents of violence around the filing of nominations for the panchayat polls as well as after, including one where crude bombs were allegedly hurled at a Block Development Office (BDO) at Ahmadpur in Birbhum district.
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