Kolkata Civic Polls
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KMC Polls 2021: BJP holds sit in strike at EC office demanding repoll
News | Dec 20, 2021, 08:20 AM ISTAlleging large-scale rigging during the Kolkata Municipal Corporation elections, Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari held a sit-in strike inside the State Election Commissioner Office. They demanded repolling for the KMC election.
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KMC Polls 2021: 50% voter turnout recorded till now; bombs hurled outside booths
Elections | Dec 19, 2021, 04:32 PM ISTAlthough the SEC claimed that only one person was injured in the incident, police said that three people were injured, of whom one has lost his leg. The BJP and the CPI (M) alleged that the TMC has forcibly stopped opposition booth agents from entering polling centres in several wards, a charge that the ruling party dubbed as "baseless".
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Police forces in West Bengal to provide security for Kolkata civic polls, rules Calcutta HC
Elections | Dec 16, 2021, 02:04 PM ISTThe state unit of the BJP filed a petition before the high court on December 14, seeking deployment of central forces for Kolkata civic polls, expressing apprehensions that its candidates and workers might be subjected to threats and attacks.
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Mamata's sister-in-law debuts as candidate in Kolkata civic polls, says she's not a greenhorn
India | Dec 13, 2021, 05:52 PM ISTKajari Banerjee said TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee has asked her to fight the electoral battle by herself and prove her worth.
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Bandh affects life partially in West Bengal
India | Apr 30, 2015, 01:17 PM ISTKolkata: Normal life was partially affected in West Bengal today following a state-wide 12-hour general strike called by Left Parties and trade unions, with the BJP also calling a 10-hour bandh to protest against alleged
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Adhir admits Congress in cleft stick
National | Jan 03, 2015, 11:43 PM ISTKolkata: West Bengal Congress President Adhir Chowdhury today admitted that it would be an uphill task for the party to make any great impact in the upcoming Kolkata Municipal Corporation elections and that BJP had