Wes Bengal Panchayat Polls

In West Bengal, counting begins at eight am of ballot papers stamped for Panchayat polls that resulted in the death of more than 20 people in violence on poll day, Monday. The bitterly fought election - both electorally and politically - had Prime Minister Narendra Modi wading in, calling the election a murder of democracy. The Trinamool Congress d...

The West Bengal State Election Commission today ordered repolling in 568 booths tomorrow following complaints of violence during the pancahayat polls held on Monday. "We have ordered repolling in 568 booths spread across 20 districts of the state," an SEC official said.

West Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh today courted controversy by saying that his party would take the fight for the upcoming panchayat polls from polling booths to crematoriums.

A Trinamool Congress' leader in Birbhum district, Anubrata Mondal, has threatened to break the legs of two opposition leaders if they ever come back to his territory again. "I don't know who they are, I don't care. If they create trouble we will break their arms and legs," he said on Wednesday, a warning that is seen to signal political temperature...

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has taken her attack on the State Election Commissioner Meera Pandey a step further.

In West Bengal, counting begins at eight am of ballot papers stamped for Panchayat polls that resulted in the death of more than 20 people in violence on poll day, Monday. The bitterly fought election - both electorally and politically - had Prime Minister Narendra Modi wading in, calling the election a murder of democracy. The Trinamool Congress d...

The West Bengal State Election Commission today ordered repolling in 568 booths tomorrow following complaints of violence during the pancahayat polls held on Monday. "We have ordered repolling in 568 booths spread across 20 districts of the state," an SEC official said.

West Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh today courted controversy by saying that his party would take the fight for the upcoming panchayat polls from polling booths to crematoriums.

A Trinamool Congress' leader in Birbhum district, Anubrata Mondal, has threatened to break the legs of two opposition leaders if they ever come back to his territory again. "I don't know who they are, I don't care. If they create trouble we will break their arms and legs," he said on Wednesday, a warning that is seen to signal political temperature...

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has taken her attack on the State Election Commissioner Meera Pandey a step further.