 | 77 held over post-panchayat poll violence in BhubaneswarSome miscreants even reportedly cut off power supply to the area to avoid getting caught by police. |
 | After BJP's debacle in rural polls, Amit Shah likely to visit Bengal next monthShah termed the incidents in the rural polls that claimed 39 lives as “bloodcurdling” violence. |
 | Bengal rural polls' fine print: Opposition expands space, Left-Congress bounces backThis shift in voting pattern could mean the results of the 2024 Parliamentary elections may well be different from what both the ruling party and the principal opposition would like to see. |
| Fearing violence after panchayat poll results, people from Bengal flee to AssamDisclosing the influx of the people, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said they were lodged at a relief camp. |
 | In violence-hit Bhangar, TMC wins majority of panchayat seats without contestSouth 24 Parganas, Murshidabad, Uttar Dinajpur and Cooch Behar recorded more clashes during the days of the filing of nomination papers. |
 | Voting begins for 73,000 seats in Bengal panchayat polls, two lakh candidates in frayThe election assumes significance for political parties as it will serve as an opportunity for them to assess their organisational strengths and weaknesses ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. |
 | Vicious cycle of violence in West BengalThe challenger for the TMC in this election is not so much the BJP even though it is the official opposition in the West Bengal State Assembly with 70 lawmakers. |
 | Despite 14 deaths in 26 days, DGP terms Bengal pre-poll violence 'sporadic'Former CPI(M) Lok Sabha member Samik Lahiri said that the situation in the state is not under control of police but that of the anti-social elements. |
 | Bengal: TMC worker killed, Cong activist shot at in rural poll violenceAround 5.67 crore people are eligible to cast their votes in the three-tier panchayat elections in the state on July 8 for nearly 74,000 seats in zilla parishads, panchayat samitis and gram panchayats |
 | Violence continues in Bengal over upcoming rural polls, TMC candidate beaten to death“Mustafa was taken to a local healthcare centre with severe injuries on his head but the doctors declared him dead on arrival,” said a police officer. |
 | Bengal: 3 shot dead in clashes during panchayat poll nomination filingOpposition parties have been alleging that the ruling Trinamool Congress supporters resorted to violence to prevent their candidates from filing nomination papers. |
 | Crude bombs hurled, vehicles vandalised as violence continues ahead of panchayat polls in BengalSeveral vehicles were vandalised and a huge contingent of police personnel rushed to the spot and resorted to lathi-charge to bring the situation under control. |
 | Kolkata High Court asks state election commission for central force deployment ahead of pollsThe division bench refused the plea for filing nominations online as demanded by opposition parties citing the ruling party’s highhandedness. |
