Panchayat Poll
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Assam Panchayat poll: CM Sarma slams Congress for 'defaming state' amid allegations of intimidation
Assam | Apr 18, 2025, 05:03 PM ISTThe Chief Minister pointed out that a 'massive withdrawal' of candidates has not happened, and that over 2000 candidates have registered their names to contest the 300 zilla panchayat seats.
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BJP gains early ground in Assam Panchayat Polls with unopposed wins in Barak Valley
Assam | Apr 14, 2025, 08:10 PM ISTAssam government has declared a public holiday on May 2 and May 7. The official order issued on Friday announces the closure of all government and non-government offices in the state.
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West Bengal SEC orders repolling on Monday in booths where voting declared 'void'
West Bengal | Jul 10, 2023, 06:26 AM ISTWest Bengal Panchayat Polls Violence: At least 15 people were killed in violence during polling in West Bengal on Saturday.
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Bengal panchayat polls: BSF 'threatening' voters in border areas, alleges Mamata; Force responds
India | Jun 27, 2023, 06:28 AM ISTMamata Banerjee on Monday leveled massive allegations against the BSF stating that the force is 'threatening voters' not to vote in the border areas of the state. She also said that law and order is a state subject and the Centre has no role to play in it. The Force dubbed allegations as 'baseless'.
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WB: Mamata to hit panchayat poll ground for campaigning; BJP-TMC trade barbs
Kolkata | Jun 25, 2023, 09:19 PM ISTMamata Banerjee will kickstart the panchayat poll campaign for the TMC candidates from Monday. The BJP and TMC indulged in a war of words following the development.
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West Bengal: Congress panchayat poll candidate among five arrested for making crude bombs
West Bengal | Jun 24, 2023, 06:50 PM ISTA Congress panchayat poll candidate was among the five people arrested for allegedly making crude bombs at a house, the police said on Saturday.
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OBCs get only 9-13% reservation in panchayat polls, claims Kamal Nath
India | May 29, 2022, 07:16 AM ISTMP Congress claimed that OBC seats had reduced by 60 per cent (compared to previous polls of 2014-15) this time. The official handle of the party claimed that the district panchayat member posts had come down by 61 per cent and in 13 districts, OBC quota had become nil.
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Andhra writes to SEC to resume panchayat polls post vaccination
India | Jan 09, 2021, 12:18 PM ISTAndhra Pradesh Chief Secretary Aditya Nath Das wrote to the State Election Commissioner (SEC) Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar, that the halted rural local body elections could be resumed once the total vaccination programme along with coronavirus management is allowed to proceed unhindered on Friday.
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Punjab Panchayat Polls: Stray incidents of violence reported, candidates allege booth capturing at some places
India | Dec 30, 2018, 11:28 PM ISTApproximately 80 per cent voters turned up at polling booths to exercise their franchise, the officials said.
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Voting for municipal body elections underway at polling booth in Jammu and Kashmir
News | Oct 08, 2018, 11:44 AM ISTVoting for municipal body elections underway at polling booth in Jammu and Kashmir
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JK Civic Poll: Voting for 1st phase today, BJP urges people to vote in large number
Politics | Oct 08, 2018, 08:03 AM ISTJK Civic Poll: Voting for 1st phase today, BJP urges people to vote in large number. NC and PDP have already boycotted the poll.
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55% Voter Turnout in 1st Phase of Bihar Panchayat Polls, 1 Killed
National | Apr 24, 2016, 10:13 PM ISTPatna: Stray incidents of violence, in which one person was killed, marred the first phase of the three-tier Bihar panchayat polls which recorded a 55 per cent voter turnout. One person was killed when two
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Trinamool Congress surges ahead of others in West Bengal panchayat polls
National | Jul 29, 2013, 04:12 PM ISTKolkata, Jul 29: The ruling Trinamool Congress led by West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee today forged ahead in a big manner in the panchayat elections, capturing 628 panchayats, with the Left Front trailing in
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Two die, 70 percent turnout in Bengal panchayat poll last phase
National | Jul 25, 2013, 11:35 PM ISTKolkata, July 25: Two people died while an average 70 percent voters exercised their democratic rights amid reports of sporadic violence during the fifth and final phase of the West Bengal panchayat polls Thursday.An old
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Mamata blames Congress, CPI(M) for panchayat poll violence
India | Jul 23, 2013, 06:52 PM ISTFalakata (WB), Jul 23: Alleging that Congress-CPI(M) nexus for area domination led to violence during the fourth phase of the panchayat election in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today warned that they would face
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Bengal agrees to seek central forces for panchayat poll
India | May 29, 2013, 05:20 PM ISTKolkata, May 29: The West Bengal government has decided to seek central forces for the panchayat poll in a bid to break the impasse over deployment of security forces, climbing down from its earlier stand
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Mamata hails court verdict on panchayat poll
India | May 14, 2013, 05:44 PM ISTKolkata, May 14: Welcoming the Calcutta High Court's order on panchayat poll, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said now people in rural Bengal would be able to vote in the three-tier panchayat system and criticised
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BJP Fear Of Panchayat Poll May Give BSY Breather
National | Nov 23, 2010, 08:21 PM ISTNew Delhi, Nov 23: BJP central leadership today toyed with the idea of giving more time to defiant Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, who refused to quit in the wake of the charge of