According to the Election Commission data, Sabarkantha district recorded the highest voter turnout at 65.84 per cent, while Ahmedabad recorded the lowest voter turnout at 53.84 per cent.

Gandhinagar witnessed a 59.14 per cent voter turnout, Anand recorded a voter turnout of 59.04 per cent, Arvalli 60.18 per cent, Banaskantha 65.65 per cent, Chhotaudepur 62.04 per cent, Dahod 55.80 per cent and Kheda 62.65 per cent.

Ahmedabad Feb 24 PTI Several students from Gujarat who are studying in Ukraine have made a desperate appeal that they be evacuated as Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a military operation in the east European country on Thursday While the Gujarat government has not specified the exact number of students from the state still stuck in Ukraine Gujarat Education Minister Jitu Vaghani gave an assurance on Thursday that the Centre as well as the Indian Embassy in Ukraine were doing everything possible to ensure the safe return of the students All Indian citizens including these students were already given emergency contact numbers The students must remain in touch with the Embassy in Ukraine Vaghani who is also the state governments spokesperson told reporters Recently several stranded Indians including Gujarati students were brought back in a flight he said But some Gujaratis could not board the flight at that time Now the situation is worsening there the minister noted I want to assure the students that their safety is the priority of the Indian government Our government had evacuated stranded Indians in the past and we will do it this time too he said The parents of four such students contacted Vadodara MP Ranjan Bhatt and sought her help Four students from Vadodara were supposed to board a flight from Ukraine to Turkey But the flight got cancelled at the last moment and the airport was also sealed These students were also asked to leave the airport I have contacted the External Affairs Ministry and given details about these stranded students Bhatt said Two other students - Bhavesh Vanzara hailing from Arvalli district and Harsh Soni from Rajkot - are also stuck in Ukraine and they sent video messages seeking immediate help Soni in the video message said I am in the final year of a medical course The situation is worsening with every passing hour There are some others also like me who are stranded I appeal to the government to do something and help us to get back home as soon as possible PTI PJT PD GK GK

Ahmedabad Nov 19 PTI The CBI has arrested two senior officials of Ratnakar Bank RBL Bank for allegedly taking a bribe Rs 30 lakh for issuing a property valuation certificate an official release said here on FridayThe arrested officials were identified as Nimesh Manger Regional Head Agro Division who is based in Ahmedabad and Saurabh Bhasin Recovery Head of the bank who is based in PuneA businessman from Gandhinagar and 12 members of his family who own agricultural land in Arvalli district applied for a loan under the Development of Commercial Horticulture through Production and Post Harvest Management of Horticulture Scheme of the National Horticulture Board in 2016 the CBI release saidUnder the scheme the Union government gives 50 per cent subsidy on project costRatnakar Banks Ahmedabad branch disbursed the businessman a loan of Rs 1087 crore which was 75 per cent of the project cost in the same yearBut in 2017 his application for subsidy was rejected by the National Horticulture Board NHBThe NHB sought a valuation certificate of mortgaged properties from the lending bank for sanctioning subsidyDespite several applications the bank did not issue the certificate he needed the businessman allegedEventually all the 13 loan accounts of the complainant and his family members turned non-performing assets as they could not pay repayment installmentsAs per the businessman when he visited the bank earlier this month Bhasin allegedly demanded Rs 1 crore to issue the valuation certificates and later agreed to accept Rs 30 lakhBhasin allegedly asked him to pay the money to Nimesh MangerAfter the businessman filed a complaint the CBI laid a trap and caught Manger red-handed while accepting Rs 30 lakh on Friday morning Bhasin was arrested in Pune subsequently said the releaseSearches were also conducted at five locations including the offices and residential premises of both the accused at Ahmedabad Pune and Delhi the CBI said adding that probe was on PTI PJT KRK KRK