Panchayat Election

Polling Begins In Violence-hit Rural Bengal: Panchayat Elections

Around 5.67 crore voters are likely to exercise their franchise to choose representatives for nearly 928 seats across 22 zilla parishads, 9,730 panchayat samities, and 63,229 gram panchayats seats.  Despite reports of widespread violence and killings since polls were announced, voting finally began at 7 am today in rural West...