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"Elections Can't Be Followed By Violence": Bengal's Supreme Court Setback
Elections cannot be a license for violence, the Supreme Court said today, dismissing the West Bengal government's challenge to a High Court order calling for central forces for the July 8 local body polls in West Bengal.
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Bengal Civic Polls: BJP Alleges Trinamool Congress Burnt Down Tent In Midnapore
Amid the polling for West Bengal local body elections, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders on Sunday alleged that Trinamool Congress (TMC) "goons burnt down a booth in Midnapore municipality".
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Amid Tussle Within, Trinamool Sweeps Civic Polls In 4 Bengal Towns
Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress today won local body elections in four major towns that voted on Saturday, reaffirming its grip over the state nearly a year after its big victory in the state election.
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Trinamool Congress Sweeps Local Body Elections In Bengal
Trinamool Congress Monday made a clean sweep in the civic polls to four municipal corporations in West Bengal -- Bidhannagar, Siliguri, Chandernagore and Asansol -- as per data available on the State Election Commission's website.
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Bengal Election 2021: Trinamool Asks Election Body To Appoint Only Locals As Poll Booth Agents
A Trinamool Congress delegation, led by MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay, has urged the Election Commission to bring back the rule which enjoined upon political parties to appoint only people, registered as voters in an assembly segment where an election booth was located, as polling agents for that booth.
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BJP Urges Poll Panel To Remove "Political Appointees" From Local Bodies In West Bengal
The BJP on Thursday urged the Election Commission to remove "political appointees" from various boards of administrators in civic bodies appointed by the West Bengal government, saying it appointed the same representatives who had completed their term of five years in blatant violation of constitutional and legal provisions.
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Big Relief For Mamata Banerjee In Supreme Court Order On Rural Body Polls
There will be no re-election for over 20,000 rural seats in Bengal that were won uncontested by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress in May, the Supreme Court said today, in a huge reprieve for the state's ruling party. The court, however, left room for petitions from candidates who have alleged that they were stopped from filing the...
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Top Court To Consider No-Contest On Local Bodies Seats In West Bengal
The Supreme Court on Monday said it will have to consider the issue that there was no contest on over 20,000 seats in recently-held elections for local bodies in West Bengal in the wake of allegation that the candidates were obstructed from filing their nomination papers.
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Top Court Questions Bengal Poll Panel On Uncontested Seats In Local Polls
The Supreme Court today asked the West Bengal State Election Commission (WBSEC) as to whether it conducted any probe into the fact that a large number of seats in the local body elections in the state went uncontested.
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West Bengal Panchayat Poll Results: Trinamool Congress Leads, BJP Distant Second
The Trinamool Congress reinforced its dominant position in rural West Bengal's local bodies, elections of which were hit by rampant violence leaving several dead. Mamata Banerjee's party bagged 9,270 seats in gram panchayats, while the BJP emerged as the main challenger in most districts, according to results available till 2 pm today.
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Mamata Banerjee's Party Wins More Than A Third Of Seats Without Contest
Even before the May 14 local body elections in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's party has won a stunning 34 per cent seats unopposed. There were no opposition candidates for these seats by the time nominations closed on Saturday, which means a walkover for the Trinamool Congress.
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Trinamool's Total Triumph In Bengal Civic Polls, BJP Distant Second
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress has swept all seven urban local bodies for which elections were held in West Bengal on Sunday. Of a total 148 wards, the Trinamool has won a massive 140 and the BJP six. The Left's seat was won by the Forward Bloc, while the CPM and Congress drew a blank.
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Left Front Making Preparations for West Bengal Assembly Polls: Sitaram Yechury
CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury today said the semi-finals of the West Bengal Assembly elections will be held this year during the local bodies polls in the state.
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US Official Cites West Bengal for Greater Women Representation
Citing the example of West Bengal villages, a top US official has said that local elected bodies with greater women representation raise important social issues.
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Six municipalities in West Bengal go to polls today
Around six lakh people in West Bengal are casting their vote today in elections to six municipal bodies across the state. It is the first local poll after the Trinamool Congress was swept to power in the state last year.
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"Elections Can't Be Followed By Violence": Bengal's Supreme Court Setback
Elections cannot be a license for violence, the Supreme Court said today, dismissing the West Bengal government's challenge to a High Court order calling for central forces for the July 8 local body polls in West Bengal.
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Bengal Civic Polls: BJP Alleges Trinamool Congress Burnt Down Tent In Midnapore
Amid the polling for West Bengal local body elections, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders on Sunday alleged that Trinamool Congress (TMC) "goons burnt down a booth in Midnapore municipality".
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Amid Tussle Within, Trinamool Sweeps Civic Polls In 4 Bengal Towns
Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress today won local body elections in four major towns that voted on Saturday, reaffirming its grip over the state nearly a year after its big victory in the state election.
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Trinamool Congress Sweeps Local Body Elections In Bengal
Trinamool Congress Monday made a clean sweep in the civic polls to four municipal corporations in West Bengal -- Bidhannagar, Siliguri, Chandernagore and Asansol -- as per data available on the State Election Commission's website.
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Bengal Election 2021: Trinamool Asks Election Body To Appoint Only Locals As Poll Booth Agents
A Trinamool Congress delegation, led by MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay, has urged the Election Commission to bring back the rule which enjoined upon political parties to appoint only people, registered as voters in an assembly segment where an election booth was located, as polling agents for that booth.
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BJP Urges Poll Panel To Remove "Political Appointees" From Local Bodies In West Bengal
The BJP on Thursday urged the Election Commission to remove "political appointees" from various boards of administrators in civic bodies appointed by the West Bengal government, saying it appointed the same representatives who had completed their term of five years in blatant violation of constitutional and legal provisions.
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Big Relief For Mamata Banerjee In Supreme Court Order On Rural Body Polls
There will be no re-election for over 20,000 rural seats in Bengal that were won uncontested by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress in May, the Supreme Court said today, in a huge reprieve for the state's ruling party. The court, however, left room for petitions from candidates who have alleged that they were stopped from filing the...
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Top Court To Consider No-Contest On Local Bodies Seats In West Bengal
The Supreme Court on Monday said it will have to consider the issue that there was no contest on over 20,000 seats in recently-held elections for local bodies in West Bengal in the wake of allegation that the candidates were obstructed from filing their nomination papers.
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Top Court Questions Bengal Poll Panel On Uncontested Seats In Local Polls
The Supreme Court today asked the West Bengal State Election Commission (WBSEC) as to whether it conducted any probe into the fact that a large number of seats in the local body elections in the state went uncontested.
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West Bengal Panchayat Poll Results: Trinamool Congress Leads, BJP Distant Second
The Trinamool Congress reinforced its dominant position in rural West Bengal's local bodies, elections of which were hit by rampant violence leaving several dead. Mamata Banerjee's party bagged 9,270 seats in gram panchayats, while the BJP emerged as the main challenger in most districts, according to results available till 2 pm today.
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Mamata Banerjee's Party Wins More Than A Third Of Seats Without Contest
Even before the May 14 local body elections in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's party has won a stunning 34 per cent seats unopposed. There were no opposition candidates for these seats by the time nominations closed on Saturday, which means a walkover for the Trinamool Congress.
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Trinamool's Total Triumph In Bengal Civic Polls, BJP Distant Second
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress has swept all seven urban local bodies for which elections were held in West Bengal on Sunday. Of a total 148 wards, the Trinamool has won a massive 140 and the BJP six. The Left's seat was won by the Forward Bloc, while the CPM and Congress drew a blank.
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Left Front Making Preparations for West Bengal Assembly Polls: Sitaram Yechury
CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury today said the semi-finals of the West Bengal Assembly elections will be held this year during the local bodies polls in the state.
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US Official Cites West Bengal for Greater Women Representation
Citing the example of West Bengal villages, a top US official has said that local elected bodies with greater women representation raise important social issues.
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Six municipalities in West Bengal go to polls today
Around six lakh people in West Bengal are casting their vote today in elections to six municipal bodies across the state. It is the first local poll after the Trinamool Congress was swept to power in the state last year.
