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This month's Goanet operations sponsored by an Anonymous Donor ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Goa News from Yahoo! News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Goa assembly polls on June 2 (Khaleej Times) NEW DELHI ” Goa Assembly elections will be held on June 2, the Election Commission announced yesterday. Notification for the elections will be issued on May 8 and the last date for nominations is May 15. Scrutiny will take place the next day and the last date for withdrawal of candidature is May 18. http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2007/April/subcontinent_April722.xml§ion=subcontinent&col= *** Goa polls: Cong in talks with NCP (Chennai Online) New Delhi, April 19: Raring for a fight ahead of the Assembly polls in Goa, Congress today saw "no problems" in arriving at a seat-sharing arrangement with the NCP and shake off the challenge from the BJP in the tiny state. http://www.chennaionline.com/colnews/newsitem.asp?NEWSID={26436205-E7C8-462D-AF4E-39A2CDF89309}&CATEGORYNAME=NATL *** Goa: Cong-NCP in seat sharing talks (NDTV) Raring for a fight ahead of the Assembly polls in Goa, Congress saw no problems in arriving at a seat sharing arrangement with NCP and shake off the challenge from the BJP in the tiny state. http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20070009235 *** Goa elections on June 2 (The Hindu) NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Wednesday announced that elections to the Goa Assembly would be held on June 2. The Model Code of Conduct comes into effect immediately. The Code will apply to the whole of the State of Goa and will be ... http://www.thehindu.com/2007/04/19/stories/2007041903081400.htm *** Goa polls: NCP for tie-up with Congress (The Hindu) MUMBAI: The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) would like to have an alliance with the Congress in the Goa Assembly elections in June, NCP general secretary Tariq Anwar told reporters on Thursday. He said the party's Goa unit desired to have a ... http://www.thehindu.com/2007/04/20/stories/2007042001251300.htm *** IBM announces operations in Goa (New Kerala) Bangalore, Apr 19: IBM India today announced its operations in Goa, as part of its expansion plans to enter 14 new cities in the country to enable IBM to cater specially to the unique requirements of the various SMB clients spread in Goa and neighbouring markets. http://www.newkerala.com/news.php?action=fullnews&id=20154 *** NCP in Goa sticks to its demand for 10 seats from Congress (New Kerala) Panaji, Apr 18: The Goa unit of the NCP, an ally of the Congress-led coalition government here, stuck to its guns by reiterating its demand for leaving 10 out of 40 seats in the upcoming elections to the state legislative Assembly. http://www.newkerala.com/news.php?action=fullnews&id=19717 *** Goa BJYM to launch campaign against unemployment (New Kerala) Panaji, Apr 20: Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) Goa unit plans to take out a 12-day Ratha Yatra Unemployed Awarness Campaign, covering 31 constituencies, from April 22 to highlight growing unemployment in the state. http://www.newkerala.com/news.php?action=fullnews&id=20354 *** Cong in talks with NCP on seat sharing in Goa (Sify News) Raring for a fight ahead of the Assembly polls in Goa, Congress on Thursday saw "no problems" in arriving at a seat sharing arrangement with NCP and shake off the challenge from the BJP in the tiny state. http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=14433918 *** Goa Assembly polls on June 2 (Indian Express via Yahoo! India News) The Election Commission today announced the dates for the Goa Assembly elections. The state would go to the polls on June 2, before the term of the present Assembly gets over on June 11. The results will be declared on June 5. The nomination for the elections will have to be filed by May 8 and scrutiny will be take place on May 15. The last date of withdrawal of candidature is May 18. With today ... http://in.news.yahoo.com/070418/48/6eqi3.html Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php