05 Apr 2013
The West Bengal government on Thursday announced fresh panchayat election dates on May 5 and 8, but the State Election Commission told the Calcutta High Court that it would not conduct the polls without deployment of central paramilitary forces.
28 Mar 2013
Rejecting the State Election Commission's recommendations, West Bengal government stuck to its notification of holding the panchayat poll in two phases next month but effected a change in schedule apparently to keep Congress happy.
01 Jan 2013
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is all set to exhibit her paintings for incurring the expenses of state panchayat elections. The exhibition will be organised from January 02 to 17 in Town hall in Kolkata.
21 Nov 2012
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday inducted eight new faces, mostly from rural Bengal, with an eye on the coming panchayat elections in the state.
25 Jul 2013
Kolkata: Sporadic violence was reported on Thursday in the fifth and last phase of Panchayat elections in West Bengal covering four districts of north Bengal with 30 percent voter turnout reported till noon.
14 Sep 2011
Fed up with the alleged suppression by workers of the Trinamool Congress, workers of the Congress from West Bengal have approached General Secretary Rahul Gandhi for his intervention.
04 Apr 2012
With panchayat elections barely a year away , West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has announced monthly stipend of Rs 2500 for the State’s 30,000 Imams.
11 Apr 2016
Kolkata: The second part of phase one of West Bengal Assembly polls for 31 seats, where the future of top state opposition leaders is at stake, began this morning. An alliance of Left Front and Congress have put up a tough fight against Trinamool Congress which aspires to come to power for a consecutive second term.
10 Apr 2016
Kolkata: The fate of top opposition leaders in West Bengal will be sealed by about 70 lakh voters in 31 constituencies in high-stakes multi-cornered contest in second part of phase one of Assembly elections tomorrow.
21 Apr 2016
Kolkata: Amid reports of sporadic violence which killed a CPI-M activist, over 20 percent of polling was registered in the first two hours for the third phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections involving 62 constituencies in four districts today.