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    <news_heading>Over 75 percent turnout expected in Manipur: Poll panel</news_heading>
    <news>New Delhi: Over 75 percent voter turnout is expected in Manipur&amp;nbsp; where seven people&amp;nbsp; including an unidentified insurgent&amp;nbsp; have been killed in poll-related violence Saturday&amp;nbsp; the Election Commission of India said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;The polling percentage was estimated at 61 percent by 3 p.m.&amp;quot;&amp;nbsp; Deputy Election Commissioner Alok Shukla said&amp;nbsp; adding the polling percentage was expected to go up&amp;nbsp; as there were queues at many polling stations.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;The polling percentage expected to go at least up to 75 percent &amp;quot; said Shukla&amp;nbsp; who is in charge of Manipur assembly polls.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Shukla said seven people were killed when an insurgent in the guise of a voter entered a polling booth in Chandel assembly constituency and started firing indiscriminately. However&amp;nbsp; the state police have put the toll at six.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) trooper&amp;nbsp; three polling officials and one voter died in the incident&amp;nbsp; while the insurgent was also shot dead&amp;nbsp; Shukla said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One voter who was severely injured in the incident was evacuated but he later succumbed to the injuries in a hospital&amp;nbsp; he added.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Asked about the identity of the insurgent&amp;nbsp; the Election Commission officer said&amp;nbsp; &amp;quot;It was a matter to be investigated.&amp;quot;(IANS)</news>
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    <dateofissue>2012-01-28T14:09:53-05:00</dateofissue>
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