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.
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.
Mamata Banerjee knee surgery: The TMC supremo is scheduled to visit the state-run SSKM Hospital in the city on Thursday, July 6.
Mamata Banerjee alleged that the BJP is attempting to divide Bengal using 'divisive forces', after 'destroying' Kashmir and Manipur.
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.
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.
BJP has expressed apprehensions that the TMC would attempt to rig panchayat polls on the voting day in West Bengal on July 8.
Bengal Governor CV Anand Bose said the death knell of democracy should not ring in hands of its custodian.
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.
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.
Dhananjay Chaubey, the president of TMC's Adra town, was shot dead on Thursday at the party office in the Pandey Market area.
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.
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.
The District Magistrate Nitin Singhania said weighty rainstorms lashed Malda at night, during which seven individuals passed on.
CBI to investigate violent incidents involving the submission of nominations for the West Bengal panchayat elections.
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.
The SC's move comes days after West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose exuded confidence that the panchayat election will be held peacefully. The governor has been critical of the TMC government over pre-poll violent incidents.
The shocking incident in which 5 children got injured once again exposed the law and order situation in the state. The law and order situation in the state is already being criticised over pre-Panchayat election violent incidents.
West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Saturday evening paid a visit to Canning in South 24 Parganas district to take stock of the situation following the death of a Trinamool Congress activist during sporadic violence there over filing of nomination papers for the panchayat election.
Union Minister of State (Home) Nisith Pramanik, who met the family of Das at his home on Sunday, said that the youth was killed by criminals who were protected by the Trinamool Congress.
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