Panchayat polls begins in Bengal with clashes among party workers

Eleven persons were injured in a clash between the Trinamool Congress and Congress party workers at Sabong in West Midnapore district as the first phase of panchayat polls began on Thursday in West......

Two by-polls held peacefully in West Bengal

Around 67 per cent of the electorate exercised their franchise right on Tuesday in the by-elections at Bankura in West Bengal while the figure was 73 per cent at Daspur, officials said. State......

Maoists kill 2 CPM cadre, threaten to kill 6 more

Maoists shot dead two Communist Party of India-Marxist leaders and issued posters threatening to kill six otherMarxists in West Midnapore district as violence continued unabated in strife-torn......