The West Bengal government will approach the Supreme Court if a division bench of the Calcutta High Court upholds Friday`s order establishing the State Election Commission`s primacy.
May 11 2013, 6:23 pm
Read MoreThe West Bengal government today hailed the Calcutta High Court order on panchayat elections as "historic."
May 14 2013, 3:14 pm
Read MoreThe Congress on Saturday sought details of the security arrangements from the State Election Commission for the panchayat polls in West Bengal.
May 25 2013, 6:47 pm
Read MoreWelcoming the Calcutta High Court`s order on panchayat poll, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said now people in rural Bengal would be able to vote in the three-tier panchayat system.
May 14 2013, 3:33 pm
Read MoreThe Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of taking contradictory stands on panchayat polls in the state as she was not in favour of holding the elections.
May 11 2013, 7:12 pm
Read MoreExpressing scepticism over Mamata Banerjee government`s intention to hold panchayat polls in West Bengal, CPI(M) on Sunday said Trinamool Congress had lost its support base it had in 2011.
May 12 2013, 5:54 pm
Read MoreThe State Election Commission is yet to get any response from the West Bengal government regarding the Calcutta High Court`s order on providing the names of 400 observers for the panchayat elections.
May 11 2013, 8:59 pm
Read MoreWest Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee (WBPCC) president Pradip Bhattacharya on Sunday alleged that the state government wants to delay the rural polls.
May 12 2013, 6:10 pm
Read MoreDeoband issued a fatwa denouncing an order by a local community Panchayat to socially boycott a man and his family for giving divorce to his wife.
June 19 2012, 1:47 pm
Read MoreThe standoff between the West Bengal government and the State Election Commission over Panchayat Election remained unresolved.
March 29 2013, 3:54 pm
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