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West Bengal Poll violence concerns dominate voters' psyche at Dinhata, Sitalkuchi assembly seatsAn eerie unease grips Cooch Behar's Dinhata and Sitalkuchi constituencies as elections approach. A history of political violence between TM...- No clear frontrunner as equations changing fast in this hilly beltThis will be the first time that an election is going to be fought on Gorkha issues, and not Gorkhaland.
- Failed promises:Some enclave dwellers want to return to BangladeshBangladesh and India exchanged 162 adversely-held enclaves on August 1, 2015, ending one of the world's most complex border disputes that h...
- West Bengal's 103-year-old Asgar Ali casts his vote for first time in lifeFor the last several decades 103-year-old Asgar Ali had been waiting patiently for this moment in his life when his voice is heard in the f...
- WB polls: New citizens get big say in Cooch Behar battleThe political parties, including TMC and BJP, are in a race to woo them as these voters will now act as a deciding factor in these four ass...
- Political parties go all out to woo enclave votersThe 51 enclaves are spread across Dinhata, Mekliganj, Sitai, Sitalkuchi and Toofanganj Assembly constituencies, with over 14864 residents h...
- Enclave-dwellers to vote for first time since IndependenceThe district administration of Coochbehar said the technical process regarding the identification and granting of land rights was in proces...
- New voters from old Bangladeshi enclaves to vote in Bengal pollsAbout 10,000 people from the enclaves that were part of Bangladesh till last year will cast their vote for the first time as residents of W...
- Poor living conditions greet new citizens from Bangladesh enclavesWB blames the central government for the poor facilities, accusing it of not responding to two letters that CM Mamata Banerjee had written ...
- Enclaves dwellers celebrate freedomSeconds past mid-night, hundreds of people in the Indian-held enclaves including Madhya Masaldanga came out of their homes, hoisted the tri...
- 68 years after Independence, another freedom at midnightThe Indo-Bangla Land Boundary Treaty says people in these areas shall have the right to stay where they are as nationals of the country.
- Freedom at midnight: India, Bangladesh complete historic enclave swapAt the stroke of midnight, 14,214 citizens of Bangladesh, who had been residing in 51 enclaves within India, became Indians.
- Land Boundary agreement to be officially executed on July 31Issuing a notification the district magistrate of Coochbehar district of North Bengal stated that the Land Boundary agreement would officia...
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