West Bengal: Civic body elections likely by mid-April, before Ramzan
(WorldNews India)

Elections to 110 civic bodies across the state are likely to be held by mid-April, ahead of the holy month of Ramzan, that begins April 25, said sources in the West Bengal State Election Commission. The state urban and municipal department had requested the election commission to keep the Ramzan month out of the poll schedule. Initiating the civic poll process in the state, the election commission published a draft reservation list after delimitation of 93 civic bodies, including Kolkata and Bidhannagar Municipal Corporations, on Friday. The terms of all these 93 civic bodies will come to end by June. According to the State Election Commission, the final list will be published after February...