The Assam government renamed Karimganj district as ‘Sri Bhoomi’ honoring Tagore’s century-old reference. The Cabinet also finalised panchayat election dates and announced a Global Investment Summit for February 2025.
Punjab Panchayat elections: The voting for the panchayat elections is underway. It started at 8:00 am and will end at 4:00 pm. After the voting concludes, the counting of the votes will be done at the polling booths
All the inter-state and inter-district boundaries in the state have been sealed, he added. The Dussehra festival will be celebrated on Saturday (October 12) and the panchayat elections are scheduled for Tuesday (October 15).
The elections for over 13,000 gram panchayats will be held on October 15. On September 19, the Rural Development and Panchayat Department had issued a notification and said that polls must be conducted before October 20.
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.
15 people have lost their lives in violent incidents that took place in several districts during voting in panchayat elections.
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Dhananjay Chaubey, the president of TMC's Adra town, was shot dead on Thursday at the party office in the Pandey Market area.
Incidents of violence were also reported from Bhangar in South 24 Parganas district, and Saithia in Birbhum district over the filing of nominations on the last day.
During the brawl that took place at Bhangar in the South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal between the ruling TMC and the ISF, a number of cars were damaged, and bombs were thrown in the presence of the police.
West Bengal panchayat election 2023: The BJP's internal feud in West Bengal has been an ongoing issue that has hampered the party's unity and coordination.
West Bengal panchayat election 2023: The opposition parties alleged that the time given for filing nominations is not enough as a huge number of candidates will have to file nominations for over 70,000 seats in just seven days, a contention mocked by the ruling Trinamool Congress.
West Bengal rural polls: The outreach programme will be launched at a TMC party workers' convention at Nazrul Mancha in Kolkata on Monday, he said, adding Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee will address the gathering.
According to the figures of the Haryana State Election Commission available at 10 pm, 81.4 per cent voting was recorded in the nine districts.
Goa Panchayat election result: As much as 78.70 per cent voter turnout was recorded for the panchayats elections with a total of 6,26,496 voters casting their votes.
During the meeting, state Panchayat Minister Mahendra Singh Sisodia put forth a proposal before the Cabinet to rescind an ordinance which the state government had recently issued to conduct elections.
The outcome could be seen as an impact of the ongoing women empowerment campaign of the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh.
Reports of clashes had surfaced from several areas of the state with allegations that candidates backed by opposition parties were not allowed to file nomination papers.
The Samajwadi Party has sacked presidents of 11 districts, mostly the ones where the BJP candidate has been elected unopposed.
The dates for panchayat polls will be announced later after a review of the Covid situation in the state.
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