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WB Panchayat elections: 102-year-old woman casts her vote

WB Panchayat elections: 102-year-old woman casts her vote

A 102-year-old tribal woman had cast her vote at a polling booth in Dantan area of West Midnapore. The voting for Panchayat elections began at 7 am on Monday. It will continue till 5 pm in 621 Zilla Parishads, 6157 panchayat samitis, and 31,827 gram panchayats. The counting will take place on May 17. and amp;nbsp; May 14, 2018
Chilling narratives of Naxal cruelty in Midnapur

Chilling narratives of Naxal cruelty in Midnapur

Villages in West Bengal and amp;rsquo;s West Midnapore District are falling victims to Naxal violence. and amp;nbsp;Some of these tribal villagers narrated incidents of Naxal cruelty and still live in fear and trauma. The incidents of Naxal violence have gone up in West Midnapur district since 2009. Many villagers were even forced to migrate to safer places. West Bengal now has just one Left-Wing Extremism district, Jhargram, which has been carved out of Maoist-infested areas that till now covered the four districts of West Midnapore, Bankura, Purulia and Birbhum. and amp;nbsp; and amp;nbsp; May 12, 2018
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Modi to launch work on Nepal's biggest power plant

India has been slow to implement projects despite ambitious plans, and it has also often been a target of Nepali politicians critical of what they see as meddling by their overweening, much bigger neighbor. May 11, 2018
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger

Leicester City vs Arsenal, Premier League 2017/18 live stream, TV listings

Arsenal's away record is worst of the lot in the top four tiers of English football and Wenger's worst performance in his tenure away from home. The Gunners do not have anything to play for as their home win against Burnley meant that they will finish in sixth spot irrespective of other results. May 9, 2018
Patrick Morrisey Wins West Virginia Senate Primary

Patrick Morrisey Wins West Virginia Senate Primary

Patrick Morrisey has been projected as the winner of the hotly contested Republican primary for U.S. Senate in West Virginia. Morrisey got the better of fellow congressman Evan Jenkins and the outsider coal baron Don Blankenship. Footage Credit: Reuters, Getty Images, Patrick Morrisey/FacebookMusic Credit: Audioblocks Brilliant Horizons May 9, 2018
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