THE panchayat elections in West Bengal are scheduled to be held on July 8. On June 8, at 5 pm, the newly appointed state election commissioner, Rajiva Sinha, announced the election schedule. Subsequently, on June 9, at 10 am, the official notification was issued, stating that the process of submitting nomination papers would commence from 11 am on the same day. Candidates were given a total of six days to submit their nomination papers, with the deadline set for June 15. The submission of nomination papers for the 73,887 seats took place daily for four hours, spanning a total of 24 hours.

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Enable GingerCannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connectionor reload the browserDisable in this text fieldRephraseRephrase current sentenceEdit in Ginger×THE Congress party's "five guarantees" – promises made to the people of Karnataka in the run-up to the assembly elections – are believed to have been a main factor behind its emphatic victory. These five guarantees were named as "Annabhagya", "Gruhalakshmi", "Gruhajyothi", "Shakthi" and "Yuvanidhi".

AT the call of the National Committee for Solidarity with Cuba, a Mumbai district level “Che Guevara Memorial Chess Tournament 2023” was organised at the Adarsha Vidyalaya, Chembur under the aegis of the Mumbai Suburban District Chess Association on June 11, 2023 to commemorate the 95th birth anniversary of Ernesto Che Guevara . About 375 young chess players between the ages of 6-14 registered and participated in six categories – under 7, under 8, under 10, under 11, under 13 and under 15 years of age.

“A painting is never finished - it simply stops in interesting places.”  -- Paul GardnerA HARD-WORKING woman walks with a headload of materials towards a one-rupee-coin that appears disproportionately large, making it not so easily accessible to her.This is not a scene from an emotional street play but a powerful painting by an artist, Chinnaraja.