Poll Violence
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Tripura: CPI(M) calls statewide shutdown today after Left leader murdered ahead of panchayat polls
Tripura | July 14, 2024 8:12 ISTCPI(M) state secretary Jitendra Chaudhury said, "This is not the death of Badal Shill, it is the murder of democracy by the BJP. I appeal to the people to protest this brutal murder and save the democracy."
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Election Commission to retain 400 Companies of central forces in West Bengal till June 6
June 01, 2024 0:03 ISTThe seventh and final phase of voting in nine Lok Sabha constituencies of West Bengal will take place on June 1 and the results will be declared on June 4.
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BJP-TMC workers clashed during voting in West Bengal, Dilip Ghosh's car vandalised
May 13, 2024 23:56 ISTIn the fourth phase of Lok Sabha elections, 8 of total 42 Lok Sabha seats of West Bengal went to poll on May 13. These constituencies included, Baharampur, Krishnanagar, Ranaghat, Bardhaman – Purba, Bardhaman – Durgapur, Asansol, Bolpur, Birbhum.
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Pakistan Army chief claims military provided secure environment despite several killed on poll day
World | March 05, 2024 21:05 ISTThough the military chief did not name any political party, it was directed at jailed former prime minister Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), which has been alleging that the powerful establishment had supported the PML-N party to steal its mandate.
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TMC alleges BJP goons indulged in Bengal rural poll violence and not its workers
August 14, 2023 10:28 ISTVirtually addressing the BJP's Panchayati Raj Parishad in West Bengal on Friday, the Prime Minister had earlier in the day criticised the TMC for using 'terror and threats' to intimidate the opposition in the state during the rural polls held in July.
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Bengal panchayat elections: Death toll in poll day violence rises to 18 as TMC govt faces criticism
July 09, 2023 11:47 ISTInstances of ballot box theft, bloodshed and stone-pelting were reported from across West Bengal on polling day. TMC, BJP, CPI-M and Congress traded blame for the violence in the state.
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West Bengal panchayat polls: Violence continues in the state as TMC worker shot dead
July 02, 2023 20:58 ISTMolla was a youth Trinamool activist from Khirishkhali village in Ramachandrakhali panchayat, as per information provided by sources in the victim's family and police.
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Fresh clashes erupt in West Bengal; Guv says 'Supervising situation in Cooch Behar'
July 02, 2023 14:00 ISTBose monitored the situation throughout the night from Cooch Behar circuit house, where he is staying, and issued instructions to State Election Commissioner Rajiva Sinha, SP and District Magistrate, officials said.
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Post-poll violence in Bengal: 'People were dying, govt in denial mode', HC censures Mamata admin
India | July 03, 2021 0:05 ISTA committee constituted by the NHRC had on Wednesday submitted a report before the High Court on cases of alleged human rights violations in post-poll violence in West Bengal.
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'Constrained to observe your continued silence': Dhankhar to Mamata on post-poll violence
India | June 15, 2021 23:24 ISTWest Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar wrote to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday, alleging that she has been silent over post-poll violence in the state and has not taken steps to rehabilitate and compensate the suffering people.
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SC seeks Centre, West Bengal replies on plea to prevent post-poll violence exodus from state
India | May 25, 2021 13:10 ISTThe top court said the replies of the Centre and West Bengal be filed in the matter and listed the plea for further hearing in the week starting June 7
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West Bengal's post-poll violence shows gory side of politics: Shiv Sena
India | May 07, 2021 13:09 ISTOut of the 17 people who have so far died in the post-poll violence in West Bengal, nine are linked to the BJP, while the rest are TMC workers. This means that both sides are involved, it said. "Prime Minister Narendra Modi took stock of the situation from West Bengal governor over phone."
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Kurukshetra: Why Poll Violence became an Integral Feature of elections in West Bengal?
Kurukshetra | April 06, 2021 19:44 ISTSporadic violence was reported and some candidates were attacked during the third phase of West Bengal assembly elections on Tuesday.
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West Bengal poll violence: Voter killed, polling agent found dead
April 23, 2019 18:31 ISTAccording to reports, two Congress workers and a TMC worker also got injured after a clash erupted between the two parties.
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BJP organises sit-in protest against poll violence
April 12, 2019 16:04 ISTThe BJP on Friday launched a sit-in demonstration in front of the office of state Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) protesting against stray incidents of violence during and after the polls in Cooch Behar.
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Poll violence in Bengal claims 8 lives, 811 injured
India | May 02, 2014 23:04 ISTKolkata: Poll violence has so far claimed eight lives in West Bengal and left 811 people injured in 874 incidents, an Election Commission official said today.While one person died in Nadia district later in the
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