Panchayat Elections

State election commission says under the laws of West Bengal there is no provision for receiving nominations through emails

Calcutta HC has told EC to accept nominations for at least one more day, which means West Bengal panchayat elections cannot be held as scheduled on 1 May and 5 May

The Calcutta high court ordered the state election commission to give a detailed account of actions taken to dispose of complaints of malpractices in West Bengal panchayat elections

A key TMC leader in North 24 Parganas, Safiar Rahman Mondal, was stabbed while celebrating his victory in West Bengal panchayat elections, following which TMC workers retaliated and lynched the attacker identified as Rajiv Ali

West Bengal EC reversed its decision of Monday night to extend the deadline for filing nomination papers for panchayat elections in the state by a day

The BJP had asked for extension of time for filing of nominations, citing violence and other means of obstruction by rival political parties

Violence marred the third day of filing nominations for the West Bengal panchayat elections, following which opposition leaders met governor Keshari Nath Tripathi

CPM may join forces with the Congress for next year's panchayat election in West Bengal, notwithstanding the debacle the alliance faced in the 2016 assembly polls

The 2018 panchayat elections will be a key test for the BJP in West Bengal, ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections

Mamata Banerjee says the move is aimed at helping farmers recoup their losses from the cancellation of high denomination notes