71.   Kashmiri separatists oppose the elections for a state assembly, saying they will only vote for the independence of the only Muslim majority state in predominately Hindu India.

72.   Jayalalitha was even losing her own seat in the state assembly.

73.   Long lines of voters turned out to elect governors and state assemblies across the country.

74.   Mahathir said Monday that he was not calling a snap general election just because he won a crucial state assembly vote in northeastern Borneo.

75.   Mahathir said the code will initially cover Cabinet ministers, members of Parliament, state chief ministers and Cabinet ministers, and state legislative assembly members.

76.   Men dressed in military uniforms take unknown number of hostages in state assembly building in Cali, police say.

77.   Meanwhile, the Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the state assembly in neighboring Uttar Pradesh to meet Thursday for a vote on which political faction should govern.

78.   Molina said such a proposal would have to be put to governors, state assemblies and state political leaders for consideration.

79.   Mukeshbhai Jhaveri, the state assembly member from Bhuj, exhorted people to put the past behind them and look ahead.

80.   Neog of Congress Party was returning to Gauhati after visiting his Golaghat state assembly constituency.