Panchayat Poll

The Cabinet has approved 'one nation, one election' push - which proposes simultaneous Lok Sabha and state polls, with urban body and panchayat polls to be held within 100 days - accepting the report of a panel led by ex-President Ram Nath Kovind.

CPI(M) leader Badal Shill, who was critically injured in an attack in South Tripura's Rajnagar area, died while undergoing treatment at a hospital on Saturday, police said.

Panchayat and municipal elections in Jammu and Kashmir are "extremely unlikely" to take place before the upcoming Lok Sabha polls as the Centre is yet to amend the law for extending reservation to Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in local bodies.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday accused the Congress of not implementing reservation for the OBC community despite the party ruling from "panchayat to Parliament" for so many years after Independence.

A woman panchayat president in Tamil Nadu was prevented from assuming office merely because she hailed from the Scheduled Caste community, Governor RN Ravi said on Friday.

The Assam cabinet has approved the amendment of certain provisions of Assam Panchayat Act to introduce electronic voting machines (EVMs) in panchayat elections.

Referring to the violence during Panchayat polls in West Bengal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday alleged that the ruling Mamata-Banerjee Trinamool Congress had "played with blood."

Bengal Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury wrote to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee requesting her "urgent intervention to stop the intimidation and abduction of the elected opposition candidates prior to the formation of Panchayat boards".

Four candidates who won the panchayat elections in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district alleged that they were kidnapped by Trinamool supporters, a charge denied by the state's ruling party.

Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur on Saturday alleged that violence in West Bengal during the recently concluded panchayat elections was carried out by Trinamool Congress activists as per instructions of Mamata Banerjee.

The Central forces deployed for the panchayat elections will continue to remain in West Bengal for another 10 days, the Calcutta High Court said on Monday.

An enquiry conducted by BJP MPs into incidents of violence during the recent panchayat polls in West Bengal has exposed the "utter state of lawlessness" and the state government's insensitivity towards political adversaries, JP Nadda said.

Last week, Bengal's largest vernacular daily Anandabazar Patrika said in a front-page report that some of its reporters were huddled under a table to avoid splinters of crude bombs while covering the Panchayat elections in the state.

Three sealed and uncounted ballot boxes were recovered from a high school at Gajol in West Bengal's Malda district today morning.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched a sharp attack on opposition parties ahead of their mega unity meet in Bengaluru. The PM's remarks came during his address while virtually inaugurating the Veer Savarkar International Airport in Port Blair.

The Cabinet has approved 'one nation, one election' push - which proposes simultaneous Lok Sabha and state polls, with urban body and panchayat polls to be held within 100 days - accepting the report of a panel led by ex-President Ram Nath Kovind.

CPI(M) leader Badal Shill, who was critically injured in an attack in South Tripura's Rajnagar area, died while undergoing treatment at a hospital on Saturday, police said.

Panchayat and municipal elections in Jammu and Kashmir are "extremely unlikely" to take place before the upcoming Lok Sabha polls as the Centre is yet to amend the law for extending reservation to Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in local bodies.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday accused the Congress of not implementing reservation for the OBC community despite the party ruling from "panchayat to Parliament" for so many years after Independence.

A woman panchayat president in Tamil Nadu was prevented from assuming office merely because she hailed from the Scheduled Caste community, Governor RN Ravi said on Friday.

The Assam cabinet has approved the amendment of certain provisions of Assam Panchayat Act to introduce electronic voting machines (EVMs) in panchayat elections.

Referring to the violence during Panchayat polls in West Bengal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday alleged that the ruling Mamata-Banerjee Trinamool Congress had "played with blood."

Bengal Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury wrote to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee requesting her "urgent intervention to stop the intimidation and abduction of the elected opposition candidates prior to the formation of Panchayat boards".

Four candidates who won the panchayat elections in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district alleged that they were kidnapped by Trinamool supporters, a charge denied by the state's ruling party.

Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur on Saturday alleged that violence in West Bengal during the recently concluded panchayat elections was carried out by Trinamool Congress activists as per instructions of Mamata Banerjee.

The Central forces deployed for the panchayat elections will continue to remain in West Bengal for another 10 days, the Calcutta High Court said on Monday.

An enquiry conducted by BJP MPs into incidents of violence during the recent panchayat polls in West Bengal has exposed the "utter state of lawlessness" and the state government's insensitivity towards political adversaries, JP Nadda said.

Last week, Bengal's largest vernacular daily Anandabazar Patrika said in a front-page report that some of its reporters were huddled under a table to avoid splinters of crude bombs while covering the Panchayat elections in the state.

Three sealed and uncounted ballot boxes were recovered from a high school at Gajol in West Bengal's Malda district today morning.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched a sharp attack on opposition parties ahead of their mega unity meet in Bengaluru. The PM's remarks came during his address while virtually inaugurating the Veer Savarkar International Airport in Port Blair.