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Trinamool Sweeps Panchayat Polls, Consolidates Rural Hinterland Ahead Of 2024
The ruling Trinamool Congress on Wednesday steamrolled to a massive victory in West Bengal's violence-scarred rural polls, bagging all zila parishads and leaving its rivals trailing way behind in results declared by the State Election Commission.
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Calcutta High Court Dismisses Petitions Seeking Rural Polls As Void
The Calcutta High Court today dismissed petitions seeking that the 2023 West Bengal panchayat election be declared void because of non-compliance with the basic principles of the Constitution and the statute to ensure free and fair polls.
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Re-Polling Underway At Over 600 Booths Across 19 Districts In West Bengal
Fresh polling is underway today at over 600 booths across 19 districts of West Bengal where voting for panchayat elections was declared void amid allegations of tampering with ballot boxes and the violence that left 15 people dead, officials said.
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BJP Leader Found Dead In West Bengal Amid Panchayat Poll Violence: Cops
West Bengal Police on Monday recovered body of a BJP leader, Bankim Hansda, from the Bodo area of the state's Purulia district.
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"Politics Of Murder": West Bengal Governor Slams Panchayat Poll Violence
West Bengal Panchayat Polls: West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Monday criticised the ongoing violence in Panchayat polls and said that the violence can be described as politics of "murder", "intimidation" and of "muscle flexing".
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"Nothing To Do...": Trinamool On Mamata Banerjee's Panchayat Polls Campaign
Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Saugata Roy on Monday stated that the party's decision to choose Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for the Panchayat Poll campaign has nothing to do with the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) strength in the state.
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Violence "Reality, Not Fiction" In Bengal Panchayat Polls: Governor
West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose on Monday said incidents of violence in the run-up to the rural polls are "a reality and not fiction", which he is focused on containing.
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Eye On Bengal Panchayat Polls, Mamata Banerjee To Start 2-Day Dharna Today
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will start a two-day dharna in Kolkata today as the Trinamool Congress sharpens its attack on the BJP ahead of the panchayat polls in the state.
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Congress To Move Court Seeking Central Forces For Bengal Panchayat Polls
The Congress will move to court seeking the deployment of central forces to ensure that the upcoming panchayat polls in West Bengal are held peacefully and in a fair manner.
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Verdict On Rural Body Polls A "Tight Slap" On Opposition Face: Trinamool
West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress on Friday welcomed the Supreme Court verdict permitting the notification of the results of all uncontested seats in the recently held state Panchayat polls and termed it a ''tight slap'' on the face of the state's opposition parties that had sought re-election.
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"Today You're Dead": BJP Man Found Dead In Bengal, Chilling Note On Shirt
A young BJP worker was found hanging from a tree in West Bengal's Purulia this morning, in what the party alleged was a political murder linked to the violent civic polls in the state earlier this month. 20-year-old Trilochan Mahato was hanging by his own trousers.
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In Bengal Panchayat Polls, Independent Wins Seat Where False Voting Was Caught On Camera
One of the most blatant attempts to rig the result of a gram panchayat seat in West Bengal has backfired. An independent candidate has defeated the local Trinamool heavyweight in the fight for a seat at Krisnaganj, Nadia district, the very place where a man in a pink shirt was seen in a viral video furiously stamping ballot papers at a counting cen...
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Mamata Banerjee's Retort At PM's Jibe On Violence-Hit Bengal Panchayat Polls
The complete panchayat poll results were yet to be declared. But West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee said in Kolkata on Thursday evening, despite a united opposition and huge propaganda against it, the Trinamool Congress was set to win 90 per cent of the rural seats in the state.
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"Complete Lie": Top Bengal Election Officer On Threats From Trinamool
West Bengal's State Election Commissioner AK Singh, in charge of the once rescheduled and now controversial panchayat polls, today called a press conference at his office in Kolkata and announced he had not received any death threats from the Trinamool Congress.
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High Court Refuses To Interfere On West Bengal Panchayat Poll Schedule
The Calcutta High Court today refused to interfere in the West Bengal panchayat election schedule announced by the State Election Commission but pulled up the poll body, asking it to conduct itself in a neutral manner and consider its observations as a wake up call.
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Trinamool Sweeps Panchayat Polls, Consolidates Rural Hinterland Ahead Of 2024
The ruling Trinamool Congress on Wednesday steamrolled to a massive victory in West Bengal's violence-scarred rural polls, bagging all zila parishads and leaving its rivals trailing way behind in results declared by the State Election Commission.
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Calcutta High Court Dismisses Petitions Seeking Rural Polls As Void
The Calcutta High Court today dismissed petitions seeking that the 2023 West Bengal panchayat election be declared void because of non-compliance with the basic principles of the Constitution and the statute to ensure free and fair polls.
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Re-Polling Underway At Over 600 Booths Across 19 Districts In West Bengal
Fresh polling is underway today at over 600 booths across 19 districts of West Bengal where voting for panchayat elections was declared void amid allegations of tampering with ballot boxes and the violence that left 15 people dead, officials said.
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BJP Leader Found Dead In West Bengal Amid Panchayat Poll Violence: Cops
West Bengal Police on Monday recovered body of a BJP leader, Bankim Hansda, from the Bodo area of the state's Purulia district.
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"Politics Of Murder": West Bengal Governor Slams Panchayat Poll Violence
West Bengal Panchayat Polls: West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Monday criticised the ongoing violence in Panchayat polls and said that the violence can be described as politics of "murder", "intimidation" and of "muscle flexing".
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"Nothing To Do...": Trinamool On Mamata Banerjee's Panchayat Polls Campaign
Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Saugata Roy on Monday stated that the party's decision to choose Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for the Panchayat Poll campaign has nothing to do with the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) strength in the state.
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Violence "Reality, Not Fiction" In Bengal Panchayat Polls: Governor
West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose on Monday said incidents of violence in the run-up to the rural polls are "a reality and not fiction", which he is focused on containing.
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Eye On Bengal Panchayat Polls, Mamata Banerjee To Start 2-Day Dharna Today
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will start a two-day dharna in Kolkata today as the Trinamool Congress sharpens its attack on the BJP ahead of the panchayat polls in the state.
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Congress To Move Court Seeking Central Forces For Bengal Panchayat Polls
The Congress will move to court seeking the deployment of central forces to ensure that the upcoming panchayat polls in West Bengal are held peacefully and in a fair manner.
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Verdict On Rural Body Polls A "Tight Slap" On Opposition Face: Trinamool
West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress on Friday welcomed the Supreme Court verdict permitting the notification of the results of all uncontested seats in the recently held state Panchayat polls and termed it a ''tight slap'' on the face of the state's opposition parties that had sought re-election.
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"Today You're Dead": BJP Man Found Dead In Bengal, Chilling Note On Shirt
A young BJP worker was found hanging from a tree in West Bengal's Purulia this morning, in what the party alleged was a political murder linked to the violent civic polls in the state earlier this month. 20-year-old Trilochan Mahato was hanging by his own trousers.
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In Bengal Panchayat Polls, Independent Wins Seat Where False Voting Was Caught On Camera
One of the most blatant attempts to rig the result of a gram panchayat seat in West Bengal has backfired. An independent candidate has defeated the local Trinamool heavyweight in the fight for a seat at Krisnaganj, Nadia district, the very place where a man in a pink shirt was seen in a viral video furiously stamping ballot papers at a counting cen...
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Mamata Banerjee's Retort At PM's Jibe On Violence-Hit Bengal Panchayat Polls
The complete panchayat poll results were yet to be declared. But West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee said in Kolkata on Thursday evening, despite a united opposition and huge propaganda against it, the Trinamool Congress was set to win 90 per cent of the rural seats in the state.
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"Complete Lie": Top Bengal Election Officer On Threats From Trinamool
West Bengal's State Election Commissioner AK Singh, in charge of the once rescheduled and now controversial panchayat polls, today called a press conference at his office in Kolkata and announced he had not received any death threats from the Trinamool Congress.
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High Court Refuses To Interfere On West Bengal Panchayat Poll Schedule
The Calcutta High Court today refused to interfere in the West Bengal panchayat election schedule announced by the State Election Commission but pulled up the poll body, asking it to conduct itself in a neutral manner and consider its observations as a wake up call.
