61.  Twelve people drowned Saturday in flooding across the coastal state of Gujarat, Press trust of India said.

62.  He added the BJP suspected that Deve Gowda was quietly backing the dissidents and could influence the president to remove the government in the western coastal state.

63.  Her detention led to protests across the coastal state.

64.  A DMK spokesman said the Sri Lankan navy regularly intercepted Indian fishing boats from the coastal state of Tamil Nadu and occasionally gunned down the occupants.

65.  A rumour that its water supply system had been poisoned fuelled the flight from the city, located in the western coastal state of Gujarat.

66.  Almost all relatives of premier Rao in the coastal state live under tight security.

67.  At least six people drowned Thursday when a pier collapsed in the eastern coastal state of West Bengal, the Press Trust of India said.

68.  Bishop Genero Alamilla, bishop of the coastal state of Veracruz, joined other leaders of the Roman Catholic church here in opposing the plan.

69.  But most returned to the coastal state in small groups either on their own or after being picked up by other vessels.

70.  Election officials said the vote was largely peaceful in the western coastal state although two people were injured in stabbing incidents between members of rival political parties in Ahmedabad.