71.  The tiny far-eastern former kingdom of Sikkim and the western coastal state of Goa went to the polls last week.

72.  The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea allows coastal states to hold exclusive rights over natural resources within the EEZ.

73.  The test from the Chandipur test range off the eastern coastal state of Orissa drew a strong response from Pakistan which described it as a threat to regional security.

74.  Top army experts and defence scientists have reached the test site at Chandipur-on-Sea in the eastern coastal state of Orissa, PTI said.

75.  They were mainly from a Moslem-majority district in the coastal state of West Bengal.

76.  Thirty-five people were killed in the western coastal state of Maharashtra, where heavy rains and strong winds disrupted normal life.

77.  Last week, nine people lost there lives in a similar storm in the coastal state, which adjoins Bangladesh.

78.  Negotiations on Norwegian spring-spawning herring are important for the coastal states bordering the Norwegian Sea.

79.  Most of them returned to the coastal state in small groups on their own or after being picked up by other vessels.

80.  Most of them returned to the coastal state in small groups, either on their own or after being picked up by other vessels.