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  West Bengal: BJP predicts Mamata govt's collapse in near future, TMC reacts sharply

  July 16, 2023 18:20 IST

  BJP MP Shantanu Thakur said the TMC government will not last beyond five months.

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  ​Bengal panchayat polls: After TMC's massive victory, BJP alleges 'loot' at counting centres

  July 13, 2023 17:06 IST

  The ruling TMC secured victory on all 20 Zila Parishads in the three-tier panchayat system, winning 880 seats, while the BJP emerged as its closest rival which won 31 seats out of the total 928. The Congress-Left Front alliance secured 15 seats while others won the remaining two seats.

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  'You have shamed democracy': BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad targets Mamata Banerjee on poll violence

  July 12, 2023 17:04 IST

  BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad, who heads the party's fact-finding delegation, slammed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on poll violence in just concluded panchayat elections.

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  Violence, corruption enemies of Bengal, says Governor CV Ananda Bose

  July 11, 2023 19:31 IST

  West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose's statement has come in the wake of the violence which took place during the recently concluded Panchayat elections in the state.

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  BJP constitutes four-member fact-finding committee to visit violence-affected areas in Bengal

  July 10, 2023 17:25 IST

  As many as 15 people have been killed in separate violent incidents that took place on Saturday during the panchayat elections in West Bengal.

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  'Darkest hour is just before dawn...'- Bengal Governor after meeting Amit Shah on poll violence

  July 10, 2023 19:40 IST

  15 people have lost their lives in violent incidents that took place in several districts during voting in panchayat elections.

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  Setback for TMC's Abhishek Banerjee as SC refuses to stay probe in West Bengal recruitment scam

  July 10, 2023 14:24 IST

  The Enforcement Directorate (ED) summoned Abhishek Banerjee last month over its investigation in the teacher recruitment scam. Abhishek declined to comply citing political responsibilities.

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  Bengal panchayat poll: BJP alleges central forces 'deliberately' not deployed in sensitive areas

  July 09, 2023 17:46 IST

  BJP national vice president Dilip Ghosh said had the central forces been deployed in sensitive areas, there would not have been so much violence. TMC hit back and said there is no guarantee that doing so would have prevented the violence.

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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 IST

  Instances 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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  Bengal Panchayat election: Violence, bloodshed mark poll day's end; death toll climbs | 10 Points

  July 09, 2023 0:02 IST

  West Bengal Panchayat poll was held on Saturday, however, the reports of violence and deaths dominated the headlines the entire day. Political parties including the TMC, BJP, and Congress said that they lost their supporters in the violence.

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  West Bengal panchayat election: Parties condemn violence on poll day, BJP demands President’s Rule

  July 08, 2023 16:21 IST

  The ruling TMC, which said that it lost six of its supporters in the violence, accused the opposition of instigating violence and hit out at the central forces for their failure to provide security to the voters.

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  West Bengal Panchayat election: Man elopes with ballot box, caught on camera | WATCH

  July 08, 2023 12:47 IST

  The polling for the panchayat poll elections is underway.

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  Panchayat elections in West Bengal today; pre-poll violence puts security in spotlight | Top Points

  July 08, 2023 0:02 IST

  The panchayat elections in West Bengal, which witnessed pre-poll violence leading to deaths, will be held today amid tight security. The Governor has appealed to the people to come out in large numbers and cast their votes.

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  Bengal panchayat polls: CPI(M) demands history sheeters be taken into custody to avoid unrest

  July 07, 2023 19:05 IST

  CPI(M) demanded that the history sheeters be taken into custody to percent the from creating any chaos during voting in the West Bengal panchayat polls on July 8.

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  West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee likely to undergo knee surgery ahead of panchayat polls

  July 06, 2023 13:57 IST

  Mamata Banerjee knee surgery: The TMC supremo is scheduled to visit the state-run SSKM Hospital in the city on Thursday, July 6.

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  After 'destroying' Kashmir, Manipur, BJP instigating divisive forces in Bengal: Mamata

  July 03, 2023 17:33 IST

  Mamata Banerjee alleged that the BJP is attempting to divide Bengal using 'divisive forces', after 'destroying' Kashmir and Manipur.

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  Congress appears to be serious about fighting BJP at Centre, not in West Bengal: TMC

  July 02, 2023 22:12 IST

  TMC has alleged that West Bengal Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has never uttered a single word against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

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  West Bengal panchayat polls: Violence continues in the state as TMC worker shot dead

  July 02, 2023 20:58 IST

  Molla 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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  Bengal panchayat polls: BJP expresses apprehensions over TMC attempting to rig elections

  July 01, 2023 20:48 IST

  BJP has expressed apprehensions that the TMC would attempt to rig panchayat polls on the voting day in West Bengal on July 8.

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  'Very very disturbing...': West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose Mamata govt on pre-poll violence

  June 29, 2023 14:26 IST

  Bengal Governor CV Anand Bose said the death knell of democracy should not ring in hands of its custodian.

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  Bengal panchayat polls: SEC calls on Governor amid violent incidents

  June 26, 2023 0:02 IST

  State Election Commissioner (SEC) Rajiva Sinha on Sunday met Governor CV Ananda Bose at the Raj Bhavan amid violent incidents in various parts of West Bengal ahead of the panchayat elections.

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  WB: Mamata to hit panchayat poll ground for campaigning; BJP-TMC trade barbs

  June 25, 2023 21:19 IST

  Mamata 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: 2 arrested in TMC leader's murder case

  June 23, 2023 23:39 IST

  Dhananjay Chaubey, the president of TMC's Adra town, was shot dead on Thursday at the party office in the Pandey Market area.

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  Bengal Panchayat polls: Election Commission requests MHA for 800 companies of central forces

  June 22, 2023 22:14 IST

  Hearing a contempt petition, the high court had on Wednesday directed the SEC to requisition more than 82,000 central forces personnel within 24 hours.

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  Railways Minister inspects East-West Metro project, newly built Metro tunnel under river Hooghly

  June 21, 2023 22:49 IST

  The Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw inspected the progress of the East-West Metro project work and the newly built Metro tunnel under river Hooghly in West Bengal.

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  West Bengal: Seven people killed as lightning strikes Malda

  June 21, 2023 22:48 IST

  The District Magistrate Nitin Singhania said weighty rainstorms lashed Malda at night, during which seven individuals passed on.

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  Bengal panchayat polls: Calcutta HC orders CBI probe into violence during filing of nominations

  June 21, 2023 17:03 IST

  CBI to investigate violent incidents involving the submission of nominations for the West Bengal panchayat elections.

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  No end of violent incidents in West Bengal; house, shop torched by mob in Muribasti

  June 21, 2023 13:32 IST

  West Bengal violence: TMC-ruled state is witnessing one of the worst streaks of violent incidents ahead of Panchayat election. The HC recently ordered the deployment of the Central forces in the every district to stop the ongoing violence.