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‘Those sitting in political control rooms…': Bengal governor warns ‘goons’
Published on Jul 11, 2023 11:39 AM IST
West Bengal has been witnessing a series of violent incidents since the election date was announced on June 8. The counting of votes took place on Tuesday.
West Bengal panchayat poll results: Litmus test for Mamata, BJP ahead of 2024
West Bengal panchayat election results: A total 5.67 crore people living in rural areas were eligible to decide fate of 2.06 lakh candidates in 73,887 seats.
Published on Jul 10, 2023 11:06 PM IST
1 CAPF company for each Bengal panchayat counting centre, Calcutta HC told
The West Bengal state election commission had earlier asked the Centre for 822 CAPF companies for the panchayat elections
Updated on Jul 10, 2023 10:54 PM IST
Bengal rural polls: Revoting underway at 696 polling booths
The re-polling was being held two days after the killing of at least 18 people, allegations of booth capturing, and harassment of poll officials marred the panchayat polls in the state
Updated on Jul 10, 2023 09:06 AM IST
West Bengal panchayat election: Re-polling for void booths tomorrow
Among districts where repolling was announced, Murshidabad has the highest number of booths at 175, followed by Malda with 112.
Updated on Jul 09, 2023 09:42 PM IST
PTI |
How death shadowed voters during Bengal panchayat polls
At least 40 people sustained bullet and bomb injuries in Murshidabad on Saturday, police officials said on condition of anonymity.
Updated on Jul 09, 2023 03:09 PM IST
Pramod GiriSreyasi Pal
They rained bombs, looted booths: Witnesses of Bengal panchayat poll violence
At least 18 people were killed in the state on Saturday on the day ofpolling for the three-tier panchayat elections.
Updated on Jul 09, 2023 04:40 AM IST
Pramod GiriSreyasi Pal
‘Turmoil because of…': Suvendu Adhikari's attack on Mamata govt
Many people have lost their lives as violence erupted between TMC and BJP workers in Bengal amid panchayat polls.
Published on Jul 08, 2023 06:52 PM IST
‘Matter of great concern’: Bengal governor on panchayat poll violence
Since midnight, as many as 11 people have allegedly been killed across the eastern state, along with incidents of booth loot and fire at booth stations, as voting is underway
Updated on Jul 08, 2023 04:38 PM IST
Panchayat polls begin in West Bengal; death toll mounts to 24
The polling began at 7am and will go on till 5pm. Around 50.67 million voters are likely to exercise their franchise to choose representatives for nearly 928 seats across 22 zilla parishads, 9,730 panchayat samitis, and 63,229 gram-panchayat seats
Updated on Jul 08, 2023 11:17 AM IST
West Bengal panchayat election: TMC says 3 workers ‘murdered’; toll now 23
West Bengal panchayat election 2023 voting began amid tight security, but three more deaths occurred, taking the toll to 23 since the poll dates were announced.
Updated on Jul 08, 2023 08:37 AM IST
Aniruddha Dhar | Reported by Joydeep Thakur
West Bengal panchayat election: Governor to be 'on road' during polls
The governor said Friday that he would monitor the situation throughout the state and take corrective measures.
Published on Jul 08, 2023 02:14 AM IST
PTI | | Posted by Nisha Anand
Bengal panchayat poll highlights: BJP's Adhikari demands CBI probe into violence
West Bengal panchayat election LIVE: The state is witnessing a fierce contest Saturday between the ruling TMC and BJP for control over local administrations.
Updated on Jul 08, 2023 11:36 PM IST
Bengal panchayat polls today amid tight security; a ‘litmus test’ for TMC, BJP
The upcoming polls are expected to witness a fierce competition for local administration control among the ruling TMC, Indian Secular Front (ISF), and BJP.
Published on Jul 08, 2023 12:04 AM IST
WB panchayat polls: Death toll mounts to 19; governor to hit streets tomorrow
The state election commission on Thursday informed the high court that even though the entire 822 companies may not reach the state before polling, efforts were being made to send in maximum forces
Updated on Jul 07, 2023 08:36 PM IST
Campaign for West Bengal rural body election ends, toll at 18
Three more people were killed in West Bengal, taking the toll from political violence during the panchayat polls campaign to 18.
Updated on Jul 07, 2023 04:35 AM IST
Bengal governor appoints ex-Karnataka chief justice as university V-C, triggers row
Subhro Kamal Mukherjee was a judge at the Calcutta high court before being transferred to Karnataka in 2015. He came chief justice in 2016, a year before his retirement
Updated on Jul 06, 2023 09:05 PM IST
West Bengal: Death toll mounts; HC orders deployment of forces after poll results
There are more than 61,000 polling stations in West Bengal. The Union ministry of home affairs had sanctioned 822 companies of central forces and state armed police for the July 8 panchayat polls
Updated on Jul 06, 2023 08:12 PM IST
‘You failed people’: Bengal guv skewers SEC for panchayat poll violence
At least 17 people have been killed and dozens injured in poll-related violence after the three-tier panchayat elections were announced on June 8
Updated on Jul 06, 2023 05:20 PM IST
How the victim of Bengal’s political violence became a BJP campaigner
Ten people were killed in March 2022 at Bogtui in West Bengal’s Birbhum in retaliation to the murder of a local functionary of the ruling TMC
Updated on Jul 07, 2023 10:28 AM IST
CBI files case in alleged forced conversion of brothers in West Bengal
The wives of Buddhu Mandal and Gauranga Mandal, both brothers, had approached the Calcutta high court claiming that their husbands were forcefully converted to Islam after they went missing on November 24, 2021
Updated on Jul 06, 2023 01:22 PM IST
Neeraj Chauhan
WB panchayat polls: Death toll reaches 16; last day of campaigning today
One person was killed in a blast at Beldanga while making crude bombs and the person has been identified, police said
Updated on Jul 06, 2023 10:00 AM IST
WB panchayat poll violence: 17-year-old killed in crude bomb explosion
Police said that the incident took place amid a political clash that broke out after midnight. The boy lost his life after a crude bomb exploded near him while one more person sustained injuries
Updated on Jul 05, 2023 12:08 PM IST
Kolkata college apologises for ‘colonial English-medium only' admission policy
Loreto college had announced that those who completed their school education in vernacular medium would not be considered for undergraduate admissions.
Updated on Jul 05, 2023 08:02 AM IST
‘End political Holi with human blood’: Bengal governor issues 48-hour deadline
West Bengal governor CV Ananda Bose said he will wait for 48 hours to see what action the authorities are taking before finalising his report
Updated on Jul 03, 2023 07:05 PM IST
West Bengal panchayat polls: Guv CV Ananda Bose visits violence-hit areas
Upon his visit, Bose met the family members of two victims who were killed in June in the political clashes. He also visited a hospital to meet with the people injured in the clashes
Updated on Jul 01, 2023 07:07 PM IST
WB school recruitment scam: ED grills TMC’s Saayoni Ghosh for over 10 hours
Saayoni was summoned by the ED on June 30 around 11:30am. Ghosh, a Bengali actress with no political background, succeeded TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee as state president of the youth wing in June 2021
Updated on Jul 01, 2023 01:04 PM IST
Fewer candidates withdrew panchayat poll nominations than in 2018: Bengal SEC
The division bench of chief justice T S Sivagnanam had asked the SEC to file a report after several petitions were filed by Opposition parties alleging that hundreds of candidates were threatened and forced to withdraw by workers of the ruling Trinamool Congress
Updated on Jun 29, 2023 08:01 PM IST
Sentinels of democracy shouldn’t sound its death knell: West Bengal governor
Earlier in the day, the governor met representatives of political parties in the hills. The opposition alleged that some candidates were not allowed to file nomination papers
Updated on Jun 29, 2023 06:58 PM IST
West Bengal panchayat polls: Political clashes continue in the state
While TMC leader Partha Pratim Roy claimed that BJP-backed goons attacked their party office, local BJP leader Sukumar Roy alleged that TMC workers attacked them
Updated on Jun 29, 2023 09:24 AM IST
