After the high-voltage campaigning, voting for 93 of Gujarat's 182 assembly seats will be held today, in the second and final phase of polling, deciding the fate of the 833 candidates.

After the high-voltage campaigning, the countdown has begun for the high-stakes political battle to conclude in Gujarat, with the final phase of polling for the ongoing Assembly elections to be held on Monday.

Polling in the second and final phase will be conducted for 93 Assembly constituencies across 14 districts of north and central Gujarat. As many as 833 candidates from 61 parties are in the fray in the second phase of the Gujarat elections whose fate will be decided by over 2.51 crore electorates.

Polling in the second and final phase will be conducted for 93 Assembly constituencies across 14 districts of north and central Gujarat.

The Congress has already announced its list of star campaigners for the Gujarat elections.

Anand (Gujarat) [India], April 15 (ANI): In the aftermath of violence in the Khambhat area of Anand district during the Ram Navami procession, the district administration on Friday demolished encroached properties belonging to the accused in the case.

Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], April 15 (ANI): All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday said that the Gujarat government had failed to maintain law and order during a religious procession in the Khambhat area of Anand district and said strict action should be taken in the matter after proper inquiry.

Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], April 12 (ANI): A day after incidents of stone-pelting in Gujarat's Himmatnagar and Anand districts were reported, Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel convened a high-level meeting of the Home Department in the presence of the Minister of State for Home Affairs Harsh Sanghvi for in-depth review of the events that took place on the day of Ram Navami.

Ahmedabad Nov 20 PTI Five persons were killed and three others injured when the van they were travelling in was hit by a tanker near Valana village in Ahmedabad district of Gujarat early on Saturday police said The accident took place around 5 am on a road connecting Vataman to Bhavnagar they said Eight persons were travelling in the van to Khambhat in Anand district The van was being driven on the wrong side of the road when it was hit by a tanker near Valana village Four persons died on the spot while another one succumbed to injuries on way to a hospital in Khambhat The mishap also left three others injured an official of Koth police station said The impact of the collision was so severe that it took hours to retrieve the bodies from the mangled van he said The deceased included two women the official said adding that the three injured persons are undergoing treatment at a hospital in Khambhat he said PTI KA NP NP

Ahmedabad Sep 30 PTI The remnant of cyclone Gulab has turned into a depression moved into the Gulf of Kutch and is likely to further intensify into a cyclonic storm in the Arabian Sea the India Meteorological Department IMD said on Thursday Due to this weather system heavy rains were witnessed in Gujarats Saurashtra region in the last 24 hours The IMD has predicted heavy rains in the states coastal districts over the next two days Yesterdays well-marked low pressure area over south Gujarat region and adjoining Gulf of Khambhat moved west-northwestwards and emerged into the Gulf of Kutch concentrated into a depression and lay centred there at 530 am today an IMD release said It is about 50 km east-northeast of Devbhoomi Dwarka Gujarat 90 km east-southeast of Naliya in Kutch and 340 km east-southeast of Karachi Pakistan the release said It is very likely to move west-northwestwards and intensify into a deep depression over northeast Arabian Sea off north Gujarat coast during the next 12 hours the weather department said It is then very likely to move further west-northwestwards and intensify into a cyclonic storm during the subsequent 24 hours Thereafter it is likely to continue to move west-northwestwards towards Pakistan-Makran coasts moving away from the Indian coast the IMD said Heavy rainfall is expected for the next two days in the coastal districts of Jamnagar Porbandar Dwarka and Kutch it said and asked fishermen not to venture into the sea Due to the present weather system Junagadh Amreli Dwarka Jamnagar and Rajkot districts received heavy rains in the last 24 hours the State Emergency Operation Centre SEOC said In the 24-hour period ending at 6 am on Thursday morningVisavadar taluka in Junagadh district recorded 292 mm Lilya in Amreli district received 141 mm downpour while Khambhaliya and Kalyanpur in Devbhumi Dwarka distric got 140 mm and 135 mm rainfall respectively it added PTI PD GK GK