Voting in West Bengal's municipal polls peacefulJune 28th, 2009 KOLKATA - Voting was held Sunday for 16 municipal bodies in West Bengal in polls seen as the first trial of strength between the ruling Left Front and the opposition Trinamool Congress and Congress combine after the Lok Sabha elections. There were reports of a bombing at Maheshtala in South 24 Parganas during the polling, and a couple of policemen sustained injuries.
Trinamool demands president's rule in West BengalMay 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Trinamool Congress Thursday demanded the imposition of president's rule in West Bengal, alleging there was complete breakdown of the constitutional machinery and people had lost confidence in the Left Front government there. 'The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M)-led Left Front government has to come to an end in West Bengal.
Poll panel to probe EVM malfunctioning in West BengalMay 13th, 2009 KOLKATA - The Election Commission will probe into the malfunctioning of EVMs in 101 polling booths of a Lok Sabha constituency in West Bengal Wednesday, prompting the poll in these booths to be deferred to Thursday. 'We'll order an investigation into the matter and also seek a clarification from the district administration as to how the EVMs were damaged by rain and found faulty on the polling day,' West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Debashis Sen told reporters here.
Polling ends for round four of electionsMay 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India entered the last lap of Election 2009 Thursday with polling ending for the fourth of the five-phase elections. It was a largely peaceful election across eight states, except for West Bengal where three people were killed.
Polling begins in West BengalMay 7th, 2009 KOLKATA - Polling began Wednesday morning for 11 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal in the final phase of the general elections, which will decide the fate of Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee. After the first two rounds of polling in the state April 30 and May 7, the voting now covers Kolkata and its two adjoining districts of South 24 Parganas and North 24 Parganas.
Re-polling at 35 booths in Bihar, West Bengal, Sikkim and Gujarat beginsMay 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Re-polling at 35 booths in Bihar, West Bengal, Sikkim and Gujarat began this morning. The Election Commission has ordered re-polling following irregularities during the third phase of Lok Sabha polls last Thursday.
West Bengal re-polling peacefulMay 3rd, 2009 KOLKATA - Peaceful re-polling was held at six booths of three Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal Sunday, state Election Commission officials said. 'The polling was peaceful.
No Maoist violence in third phase of Indian electionApril 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The third phase of Lok Sabha elections Thursday was largely free of extremist violence, unlike the previous phases, the Election Commission said here. 'There were many polling booths under the the 10 Naxal-affected parliamentary constituencies in West Bengal (7) and Bihar (3),' Deputy Election Commissioner R.
Phase 3 has 15,000 Maoist-affected polling stationsApril 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - More than 15,000 polling stations in 10 parliamentary constituencies in Bihar and West Bengal are affected by Maoist violence, the Election Commission said Tuesday. 'As many as 15,193 polling stations in 10 parliamentary constituencies spread over Bihar and West Bengal are Naxal-affected.
West Bengal Left Front fears violence during pollsApril 16th, 2009 KOLKATA - West Bengal's ruling Left Front Thursday expressed apprehension about violence during the first-phase elections in 14 constituencies in the state April 30. The state's northern part, which has witnessed several agitations demanding separate states, and the wewstern districts of West Midnapore, Bankura and Purulia - where Moaists have some presence - go to the polls in the first round.
CPI-M confident of defeating Congress-Trinamool allianceApril 14th, 2009 KOLKATA - The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) faces a tough fight in the Lok Sabha elections but would get a majority of seats in West Bengal, the party's general secretary Prakash Karat said here Tuesday. 'We will have a tough battle in the elections, but we have faced situations in the past when the opposition had virtually come together without an alliance,' Karat told reporters in response to the Congress and Trinamool Congress joining hands in the state.
Left Front faces tough battle in West Bengal: KaratApril 14th, 2009 KOLKATA - Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) general secretary Prakash Karat Tuesday conceded that West Bengal's ruling Left Front (LF) will face a tough battle in the Lok Sabha polls in the state after the Congress-Trinamool Congress pact but hoped it will win majority of seats. 'My party's assessment is that we'll have a tough battle in this election.
Left faces tough battle but will win in Bengal, says KaratApril 14th, 2009 KOLKATA - West Bengal's ruling Left Front faces a tough battle in the Lok Sabha polls but will still win a majority of the state's 42 states, Marxist leader Prakash Karat said Tuesday. 'My party's assessment is that we'll have a tough battle in this election,' the general secretary of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) said at an interaction at the Kolkata Press Club.
A manifesto seeking peaceful voting in West BengalApril 9th, 2009 KOLKATA - A section of city intellectuals opposed to West Bengal's Left Front (LF) government Thursday released their election manifesto demanding fair and peaceful voting in the coming Lok Sabha polls in the state. Releasing the manifesto, the intellectuals appealed to all political parties and electorate to consider the points mentioned in the four-page proposal sheet.
When 'didi' praised the Left Front!April 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - It was a rare occasion when 'didi' saw something good in the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M)-led Left Front in West Bengal. 'The Left Front ran the state more or less properly from 1977 till 1984 or 1987.
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