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Trinamool Scores Landslide Victory in Violence-Marred Bengal Civic Polls
In a major boost for ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) ahead of next year's assembly polls, the party today scored landslide victory in violence-marred elections to Bidhannagar and Asansol Municipal Corporations and wrested Bally civic body from the Left Front.
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Opposition Parties Demand Municipal Re-Election in Bengal
Opposition parties in West Bengal today demanded re-election in both Bidhannagar and Asansol municipal corporations, alleging that votes were looted amid violence turning yesterday's polls into a 'farce'.
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1 Shot Dead, 1 Injured as Violence Hits West Bengal Civic Polls
One person was shot dead while another suffered a bullet injury in Burdwan and North 24 Parganas districts as voting began in 91 municipalities across West Bengal today.
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Mamata magic works in civic polls, her party puts Congress on notice
The Mamata magic remains intact a year after she powered a historic victory against the Left in West Bengal and became the state's Chief Minister. Her Trinamool Congress has won four of the six civic bodies. However, the CPM held onto Haldia near Nandigram, which is being seen as a setback for Ms Banerjee. Cooper's Camp, traditionally a Congress st...
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Buddhadeb to skip Politburo meet?
West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya will skip the two-day CPI (M) Politburo meeting in New Delhi beginning on Saturday."I am not going. I am staying here," he told reporters at the state secretariat here.Bhattacharya skipping the politburo meet follows the drubbing of the ruling Left Front in the civic elections at the hands of Trinam...
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Mamata wins Bengal civic polls, demands early elections
Mamata Banerjee and her Trinamool Congress (TMC) have won the West Bengal civic polls, seen as the semi-final before next year's state elections. She's now asking for the state elections to be brought forward. Kolkata may be the sweetest part of Banerjee's victory- she has swept the elections for the Kolkata Municipal Corporation, dislo...
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Mamata wins Bengal civic polls, demands early elections
Kolkata has given Mamata Banerjee the giant victory she was looking for. Her Trinamool Congress (TMC) has swept the Kolkata civic polls, winning 98 of the 141 seats. That's a gain of 56 seats for the TMC in the Kolkata Municipal Corporation.
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Bengal civic polls: Mamata sweeps Kolkata, close contest in other seats
Kolkata has given Mamata Banerjee a giant victory. Her Trinamool Congress (TMC) has swept the Kolkata civic polls, winning 97 of the 141 seats. That's a gain of 55 seats for the TMC. The state's civic polls are the semi-final for the West Bengal elections next year. Outside Kolkata, it's proving to be a much closer battle between the TM...
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Battleground Bengal: Civic polls verdict today
All eyes are on West Bengal today as the counting of votes in the recently held civic polls for 81 civic bodies takes place in the state. The most hard-fought contest is, of course, for the Kolkata Municipal Corporation which the Left snatched from the Trinamool in 2005.These polls are seen as the semi-finals ahead of the Assembly elections next ye...
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Trinamool Scores Landslide Victory in Violence-Marred Bengal Civic Polls
In a major boost for ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) ahead of next year's assembly polls, the party today scored landslide victory in violence-marred elections to Bidhannagar and Asansol Municipal Corporations and wrested Bally civic body from the Left Front.
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Opposition Parties Demand Municipal Re-Election in Bengal
Opposition parties in West Bengal today demanded re-election in both Bidhannagar and Asansol municipal corporations, alleging that votes were looted amid violence turning yesterday's polls into a 'farce'.
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1 Shot Dead, 1 Injured as Violence Hits West Bengal Civic Polls
One person was shot dead while another suffered a bullet injury in Burdwan and North 24 Parganas districts as voting began in 91 municipalities across West Bengal today.
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Mamata magic works in civic polls, her party puts Congress on notice
The Mamata magic remains intact a year after she powered a historic victory against the Left in West Bengal and became the state's Chief Minister. Her Trinamool Congress has won four of the six civic bodies. However, the CPM held onto Haldia near Nandigram, which is being seen as a setback for Ms Banerjee. Cooper's Camp, traditionally a Congress st...
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Buddhadeb to skip Politburo meet?
West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya will skip the two-day CPI (M) Politburo meeting in New Delhi beginning on Saturday."I am not going. I am staying here," he told reporters at the state secretariat here.Bhattacharya skipping the politburo meet follows the drubbing of the ruling Left Front in the civic elections at the hands of Trinam...
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Mamata wins Bengal civic polls, demands early elections
Mamata Banerjee and her Trinamool Congress (TMC) have won the West Bengal civic polls, seen as the semi-final before next year's state elections. She's now asking for the state elections to be brought forward. Kolkata may be the sweetest part of Banerjee's victory- she has swept the elections for the Kolkata Municipal Corporation, dislo...
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Mamata wins Bengal civic polls, demands early elections
Kolkata has given Mamata Banerjee the giant victory she was looking for. Her Trinamool Congress (TMC) has swept the Kolkata civic polls, winning 98 of the 141 seats. That's a gain of 56 seats for the TMC in the Kolkata Municipal Corporation.
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Bengal civic polls: Mamata sweeps Kolkata, close contest in other seats
Kolkata has given Mamata Banerjee a giant victory. Her Trinamool Congress (TMC) has swept the Kolkata civic polls, winning 97 of the 141 seats. That's a gain of 55 seats for the TMC. The state's civic polls are the semi-final for the West Bengal elections next year. Outside Kolkata, it's proving to be a much closer battle between the TM...
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Battleground Bengal: Civic polls verdict today
All eyes are on West Bengal today as the counting of votes in the recently held civic polls for 81 civic bodies takes place in the state. The most hard-fought contest is, of course, for the Kolkata Municipal Corporation which the Left snatched from the Trinamool in 2005.These polls are seen as the semi-finals ahead of the Assembly elections next ye...
