Panchayat Polls
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UP panchayat elections: BJP loses in Ayodhya, Varanasi, Gorakhpur; Samajwadi Party makes advances
Trends on Tuesday evening showed that of 3,050 zila panchayat wards, the Samajwadi Party bagged 760, while the BJP got 719.
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Tripura panchayat polls: BJP wins 82% seats uncontested, CPI(M) blames ruling party’s ‘armed gangs’
The Left party condemned the BJP’s ‘authoritarian and anti-democratic tactics’ in Tripura.
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Tripura panchayat bye-polls to be held on September 30, announces state election commission
The results will be announced on October 3.
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Trending
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Former Uttarakhand minister kills himself after police book him for molesting granddaughter
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Watch: Madhuri Dixit does the viral ‘My Money Don’t Jiggle Jiggle’ dance trend on Instagram
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SC pulls up West Bengal election panel for alleged malpractices during panchayat polls
The court asked the poll panel to submit a report by Wednesday on the number of seats that went uncontested in the violence-marred elections.
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Panchayat election results show how strong Trinamool is at the grassroots, says Mamata Banerjee
BJP comes a distant second, but gets elected to gram panchayats in every district of West Bengal.
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West Bengal panchayat elections: One dead in violence during re-polling
In Malda’s Ratua, unidentified people brandished a gun at a polling booth and fled with the ballot box.
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Video
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‘She was the sweetest little girl who did nothing wrong’: Father of student killed in Texas shooting
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Watch: Akila the temple elephant celebrates her twentieth birthday with a feast of fruits
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Watch: Nine-year-old boy discovers a puma in one of the toilet stalls at his school in Brazil
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Watch: Shikhar Dhawan mock-knocked out by father for not qualifying for IPL playoffs
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West Bengal panchayat polls: State election body orders re-election in 568 booths after violence
As many as 23 people have died in the violence so far.
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West Bengal panchayat polls: 18 killed, says DGP; Centre seeks report from state government
Opposition parties protested outside the state Election Commission office in Kolkata against incidents of booth capturing and voter intimidation.
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West Bengal panchayat elections: Over 26% voter turnout recorded till 11 am amid violence
The state election commission got complaints of clashes from at least four districts within two hours of voting.
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The Reel
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‘Top Gun: Maverick’ review: Flights of nostalgia
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‘Goodfellas’ and ‘Field of Dreams’ actor Ray Liotta dies at 67
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Watch: Partition, art and the idea of home in short film ‘The Miniaturist Of Junagadh’
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Watch: ‘The Gray Man’ stars Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, Dhanush and Ana de Armas
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Panchayat polls: SC sets aside Calcutta High Court order allowing nominations to be filed via e-mail
The top court directed the West Bengal State Election Commission not to issue a notification declaring the results till July 3.
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Bengal panchayat polls: State poll panel challenges Calcutta HC order allowing online nominations
The West Bengal State Election Commission told the Supreme Court that the High Court’s ruling would cause ‘irreparable loss and injury’.
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West Bengal: Sitaram Yechury denies reports about CPI(M) and BJP alliance in panchayat polls
BJP’s north Nadia unit president Mahadeb Sarkar had said the development was an ‘isolated incident’.
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The Field
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IPL 2022, Qualifier 2, RR v RCB as it happened: RR reach final, fourth ton of the season for Buttler
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Champions League final: The economic tactics that drive Liverpool and Real Madrid off the field
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Athletics: ‘Great feeling,’ says Sreeshankar after 8.31m jump for first international gold of season
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Watch: When grandson took his 84-year-old grandfather with dementia to Man City’s title-winning game
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Football: Gokulam Kerala defend Indian Women’s League title after beating Sethu FC 3-1 on final day