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*** Poor turnout for Goa panchayat polls (Chennai Online) Panaji, May 5: An average of less than 10 per cent polling was reported during the first two hours in the panchayat elections in Goa today. The voting was peaceful and hardly any queues were seen at the polling stations in rural Goa. The elections are being held for 185 panchayats. http://www.chennaionline.com/colnews/newsitem.asp?NEWSID={215FD95A-0242-4F60-B449-CA96648EE200}&CATEGORYNAME=NATL *** Goa gears up for polls (Business Standard India) Goa's countryside is abuzz with campaigning as 185 panchayats in the state prepare to go to polls two days later. The panchayat polls come less than a month before the elections to the 40-member Goa Assembly slated for June 2. http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?autono=283371&leftnm=3&subLeft=0&chkFlg= *** Counting on for Goa Panchayat elections (New Kerala) Panaji, May 6 : The counting for the Goa Panchayat elections is underway and the results of the 185 bodies are expected to be announced on Monday. The counting is being held for two days, starting this morning at all the 11 Taluk headquarters. http://www.newkerala.com/news.php?action=fullnews&id=26334 *** CPI, CPI(M) to contest four assembly seats in Goa (New Kerala) Panaji, Apr 3: The CPI and CPI(M) have decided to contest four seats in the June 2 elections to the Goa Legislative Assembly. CPI state council secretary Christopher Fonseca and CPI(M) state committee secretary Dr Vivek Monteiro discloed this at a joint press conference here today. http://www.newkerala.com/news.php?action=fullnews&id=25552 *** Campaigning ends peacefully in N Goa (Navhind Times) Panaji, May 3 The campaigning for the May 5 panchayat elections came to an end today and the candidates contesting the elections to various wards of panchayats from the North Goa district have resorted to closed door meetings to win over voters. http://www.navhindtimes.com/articles.php?Story_ID=050437 *** Over 72% turnout for panchayat polls (Navhind Times) Panaji, May 5 The voting for the 185-village panchayats in Goa was peaceful today, save for the arrest of one person for bogus voting in Cortalim, the collapse and death of another person in Siolim and the adjournment of voting of ward number 5 in St Cruz. http://www.navhindtimes.com/articles.php?Story_ID=050627 *** Law and order in S Goa under control (Navhind Times) Margao, May 3 The law and order situation in the district is under control, said the South Goa superintendent of police, Mr Shekhar Prabhudessai while speaking to ˜The Navhind Times. He said that no cases of election related violence were registered by any police station in the district, he added. http://www.navhindtimes.com/articles.php?Story_ID=050436 *** Panchayat elections underway in Goa (ANI via Yahoo! India News) Panaji, May 5 (ANI): Polling in 185 Panchayats to elect representatives for 1,436 wards is underway in Goa since this morning. Fifty-four candidates have already been elected unopposed. Out of 1,436, wards, 477 are reserved for women, 180 for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and 296 for Other Backward Classes (OBCs). As many as nine lakh voters are expected to decide the fate of 5650 ... http://in.news.yahoo.com/070505/139/6fdfl.html *** Counting on for Goa Panchayat elections (ANI via Yahoo! India News) Panaji, May 6 (ANI): The counting for the Goa Panchayat elections is underway and the results of the 185 bodies are expected to be announced on Monday. The counting is being held for two days, starting this morning at all the 11 Taluk headquarters. Fifty-four candidates have already been elected unopposed. The block development officers and joint mamlatdars have been appointed as executive ... http://in.news.yahoo.com/070506/139/6febe.html *** Goa Cong to contest 34 seats, NCP gets six (Indian Express via Yahoo! India News) The central election committee of the Congress party has finalised the names of 28 nominees of the party for Goa Assembly elections. The Congress will contest 34 of the 40 seats, leaving six seats for ally NCP. The fate of four sitting MLAs, Agnelo Fernandes from Calangute, Joaquim Alemao from Cuncolim, Victoria Fernandes from Santacruz and Giovanni Karl Vaz from Mormugao, is still to be decided. ... http://in.news.yahoo.com/070506/48/6feuf.html Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php _______________________________________________ Goanet-news mailing list [email protected] http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-news-goanet.org
