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Arunachal: EC team recounts ardous journey to conduct re-poll, trek back t
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 14 (ANI): An election team deputed to conduct re-polling in some of the remotest villages near the Indo-China border in Arunachal Pradesh had to battle mountainous terrain and a dense forest to trek back to mainland after inclement weather left the team stranded, a
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India, Russia will define world landscape: Envoy Nikolas Kudashev
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 13 (ANI): India and Russia will define the world landscape in the coming future, said Moscow ambassador Nikolas Kudashev on Wednesday
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PM Modi's visit shows India's solidarity with Sri Lanka following Easter t
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jun 7 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi's upcoming official visit to Sri Lanka after taking charge for a second time shows India's humane approach towards the people of island-nation after the Easter Sunday terror blasts, the Sri Lankan High Commissioner to India, Aus
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VVPAT makes EVM polling process foolproof: Former CEC Syed Nasim Ahmad Zai
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal ) [India], May 23 (ANI): Former Chief Election Commissioner of India, Syed Nasim Ahmad Zaidi on Thursday stressed that Voter-Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) brought about qualitative improvement in the electoral process.
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Villagers in Purulia's Jhalda block decide to boycott LS polls citing 'no
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Purulia (West Bengal) May 11 (ANI): A day before the sixth phase of polling, nearly 500 residents of Bortar and Madhupur villages have decided to boycott the Lok Sabha poll to register their protest against the lack of development in their areas.
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Villages in West Bengal's Bankura district face acute water scarcity
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Bankura (West Bengal) [India], May 11 (ANI): Shuili Bona village in Saltora block in West Bengal's Bankura district, home to nearly 400 Santhals, is on the verge of becoming parched due to acute water scarcity.
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WB: TMC stares at BJP's surge and CPM's attempt to wrest back Bankura
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Bankura (West Bengal) [India], May 11 (ANI): Known as one of the major CPI(M) bastions since 1970s, Bankura changed the wind in 2014 Lok Sabha elections. The electorate elected TMC's new entrant Moonmoon Sen who defeated CPI(M)'s 9 times MP Basudeb Acharya from the constituency.
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Bengal to vote in 5th phase tomorrow, Howrah candidates bat for free and f
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Howrah (West Bengal) May 5 (ANI): West Bengal is set to vote under the fifth phase of general elections on Monday.
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Can't bear damage of my fishing net, says fisherman as 'Fani' nears
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Digha (West Bengal) [India], May 03 (ANI): West Bengal is on high alert with the 'extremely severe' cyclonic storm 'Fani' which is set to make landfall in the state today as predicted by the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
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West Bengal under 'Yellow Alert', gears up against cyclone Fani
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Digha (West Bengal) [India], May 02 (ANI): With severe cyclonic storm Fani gearing up to make landfall in Odisha, parts of the adjacent state of West Bengal has been put on high alert. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) had issued a "Yellow Alert " warning for Odisha, West Bengal
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WB: NDRF, panchayat, local bodies meet to discuss Fani preparedness in Med
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Digha (West Bengal) [India], May 2 (ANI): A meeting was held here on Thursday among the members of Padima 1 village panchayat in Medinipur district to discuss preparedness in the wake of cyclonic storm Fani, which is expected to hit the coastal regions of West Bengal anytime after it hits
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TMC's district unit chief under house arrest ahead of fourth phase LS poll
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Bolpur (West Bengal) Apr 28 (ANI): Trinamool Congress district unit president Anubrata Mondol has been put under the house arrest from Sunday evening here ahead of the fourth phase of polling on Monday. He will be under the strict vigilance of the central forces till April 30.
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