West Bengal panchayat polls will be held today after a long legal battle. The polls will be held in 621 Zilla Parishads and 31,827 gram sabhas. This polls is will be the last major election in the state before the Lok Sabha general elections. Prominent parties in the fray for today’s polls are BJP, TMC and the Left.

The Centre is likely to submit its draft scheme of Cauvery water sharing today in Supreme Court. The apex court pulled up the Centre for failing to come up with a plan to implement its February 16 verdict on the distribution of the Cauvery water among the four state – Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala and Puducherry.

Ford will be launching its latest EcoSport Titanium S today. The latest compact SUV will come with 1.0 litre Ecoboost turbo-petrol engine. The new Ford EcoSport signature edition is also expected to be launched today by the company. Titanium S will compete with Vitara Brezza and upcoming Hyundai Creta facelift in the market.

The ICSE and ISC results will be declared today. The results for the exams conducted from February 26-March 28 will be announced at 3 pm on the Board’s website. The candidates can also get the results via SMSes. The passing marks were slashed to 35 per cent for ICSE this year.

Final results of the Iraq parliamentary elections will be out today. The country went to polls on Saturday for the first time since the defeat of Islamic State. The initial lists from sources showed Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to be leading. Some unofficial reports, on Sunday, showed Moqtada al-Sadr making a strong show.

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