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"How Can You Say...": Top Court Scolds CBI Over Bengal Post-Poll Violence Plea
The Supreme Court on Friday rebuked the Central Bureau of Investigation over the wording of a plea asking that cases related to violence after the 2021 Bengal election be heard outside the state.
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Calcutta High Court Expresses Concern Over Reports Of Post-Poll Violence
Stating that similar allegations had come up after the 2021 assembly elections, the court asked whether incidents of post-poll violence happened in any other state.
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Central Forces Will Remain In Some States To Prevent Post Poll Violence: Election Body
In a bid to prevent post-poll violence, the Election Commission (EC) has for the first time decided to continue with the deployment of central forces in some states even after the expiry of the Model Code of Conduct period, Chief Election Commissione
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"Worried About Situation In Sandeshkhali": Bengal Governor On Post Poll Violence
West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose on Sunday said he was worried after getting reports about post-poll violence in Sandeshkhali, and asked Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to intervene immediately and restore peace there.
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Top Andhra Officials Must "Personally Explain" Poll Violence: Poll Body
The Election Commission has summoned the Andhra Pradesh Chief Secretary and Director-General of Police to Delhi to "personally explain" the state's failure in containing violence after voting on Monday for the Lok Sabha and state elections.
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Chandrababu Naidu's Party Candidate Injured In Andhra Post Poll Violence
In continuing post-poll violence in Andhra Pradesh, a TDP candidate from Chandragiri Assembly constituency was injured after he was attacked by a group of assailants in Tirupati on Tuesday.
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Opinion: Political Violence Dents Bengal's Image
Last week, Bengal's largest vernacular daily Anandabazar Patrika said in a front-page report that some of its reporters were huddled under a table to avoid splinters of crude bombs while covering the Panchayat elections in the state.
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Facebook Asked to Evaluate Political Violence Promotion on Platform by Parent Meta’s Oversight Board
Meta's Oversight Board has asked Facebook to evaluate efforts to prevent the promotion of political violence on its platform after it allowed a video calling for violence post the 2022 Brazilian election to stay online.
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Durga Puja Pandal By Kolkata BJP Leader Recalls Bengal Post-Poll Violence
Violence that rocked West Bengal following last year's assembly elections is the theme of a Durga Puja pandal in Kolkata with the Goddess shown as the mother of a dead child.
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Trinamool Leader Running From Murder Probe: Probe Agency To Supreme Court
Trinamool Congress leader SK Supiyan, who was the election agent of Mamata Banerjee in Nandigram in the 2021 Assembly elections, has been running away from the investigation in the murder case of a BJP worker, the CBI told the Supreme Court.
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West Bengal Appoints 10 IPS Officers To Assist Probe On Post-Poll Violence
The West Bengal government has appointed ten IPS officers to assist a special investigating team (SIT) formed by the Calcutta High Court to probe cases of post-poll violence in the state, a senior official said on Thursday.
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In Bengal Case, Court Says State's Obligations Not Vested With Poll Panel
Calcutta High Court today ordered a court-monitored Central Bureau of Investigation probe into the incidents of post-poll violence in West Bengal and stated that Constitutional obligations of the state do not get vested in the Election Commission
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CBI, Special Team To Probe Post-Election Violence In Bengal
The Calcutta High Court today ordered a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into "heinous crimes of murder and rape" after the results of the West Bengal election was announced.
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Supreme Court Seeks Centre's Reply For President's Rule In Bengal Over Post-Poll Violence
Supreme Court agreed to hear a plea seeking direction to the Centre to impose President's Rule in Bengal in view of deteriorating law and order situation due to the post-poll violence which started on May 2, the day of assembly election result.
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Rights Body Submits Report On West Bengal Post-Poll Violence To Court
A committee constituted by the chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Wednesday submitted a report before the Calcutta High Court on cases of alleged human rights violations in post-poll violence in West Bengal.
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"How Can You Say...": Top Court Scolds CBI Over Bengal Post-Poll Violence Plea
The Supreme Court on Friday rebuked the Central Bureau of Investigation over the wording of a plea asking that cases related to violence after the 2021 Bengal election be heard outside the state.
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Calcutta High Court Expresses Concern Over Reports Of Post-Poll Violence
Stating that similar allegations had come up after the 2021 assembly elections, the court asked whether incidents of post-poll violence happened in any other state.
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Central Forces Will Remain In Some States To Prevent Post Poll Violence: Election Body
In a bid to prevent post-poll violence, the Election Commission (EC) has for the first time decided to continue with the deployment of central forces in some states even after the expiry of the Model Code of Conduct period, Chief Election Commissione
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"Worried About Situation In Sandeshkhali": Bengal Governor On Post Poll Violence
West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose on Sunday said he was worried after getting reports about post-poll violence in Sandeshkhali, and asked Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to intervene immediately and restore peace there.
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Top Andhra Officials Must "Personally Explain" Poll Violence: Poll Body
The Election Commission has summoned the Andhra Pradesh Chief Secretary and Director-General of Police to Delhi to "personally explain" the state's failure in containing violence after voting on Monday for the Lok Sabha and state elections.
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Chandrababu Naidu's Party Candidate Injured In Andhra Post Poll Violence
In continuing post-poll violence in Andhra Pradesh, a TDP candidate from Chandragiri Assembly constituency was injured after he was attacked by a group of assailants in Tirupati on Tuesday.
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Opinion: Political Violence Dents Bengal's Image
Last week, Bengal's largest vernacular daily Anandabazar Patrika said in a front-page report that some of its reporters were huddled under a table to avoid splinters of crude bombs while covering the Panchayat elections in the state.
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Facebook Asked to Evaluate Political Violence Promotion on Platform by Parent Meta’s Oversight Board
Meta's Oversight Board has asked Facebook to evaluate efforts to prevent the promotion of political violence on its platform after it allowed a video calling for violence post the 2022 Brazilian election to stay online.
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Durga Puja Pandal By Kolkata BJP Leader Recalls Bengal Post-Poll Violence
Violence that rocked West Bengal following last year's assembly elections is the theme of a Durga Puja pandal in Kolkata with the Goddess shown as the mother of a dead child.
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Trinamool Leader Running From Murder Probe: Probe Agency To Supreme Court
Trinamool Congress leader SK Supiyan, who was the election agent of Mamata Banerjee in Nandigram in the 2021 Assembly elections, has been running away from the investigation in the murder case of a BJP worker, the CBI told the Supreme Court.
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West Bengal Appoints 10 IPS Officers To Assist Probe On Post-Poll Violence
The West Bengal government has appointed ten IPS officers to assist a special investigating team (SIT) formed by the Calcutta High Court to probe cases of post-poll violence in the state, a senior official said on Thursday.
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In Bengal Case, Court Says State's Obligations Not Vested With Poll Panel
Calcutta High Court today ordered a court-monitored Central Bureau of Investigation probe into the incidents of post-poll violence in West Bengal and stated that Constitutional obligations of the state do not get vested in the Election Commission
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CBI, Special Team To Probe Post-Election Violence In Bengal
The Calcutta High Court today ordered a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into "heinous crimes of murder and rape" after the results of the West Bengal election was announced.
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Supreme Court Seeks Centre's Reply For President's Rule In Bengal Over Post-Poll Violence
Supreme Court agreed to hear a plea seeking direction to the Centre to impose President's Rule in Bengal in view of deteriorating law and order situation due to the post-poll violence which started on May 2, the day of assembly election result.
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Rights Body Submits Report On West Bengal Post-Poll Violence To Court
A committee constituted by the chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Wednesday submitted a report before the Calcutta High Court on cases of alleged human rights violations in post-poll violence in West Bengal.
