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DCP Vinita S cracks down on Nagpur restaurants operating despite shutdown

Setting a precedent, Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh and Nagpur Police Commissioner Dr BK Upadhyay on Thursday raided two restaurants – Bajaj Nagar’s Sujal Saoji and Sadar’s Haldiram’s – that were operating despite a shutdown in Nagpur. Following suit, Sitabuldi Police Station in a major crackdown on certain Nagpur restaurants operating illegally in connivance with online food delivery app Zomato conducted an operation post midnight to catch the perpetrators red-handed. According to a Nation Nexts source in Nagpur Police, DCP Zone II Vinita S, after getting a tip off about certain restaurants operating illegally in the city, despite the Maharashtra Government’s orders to shut down the restaurants till March 31st to control the Coronavirus pandemic from being further spread in the state, held an overnight operation to track such restaurants.
Despite the imposition of Section 144 in the city, which states five or more people can’t assemble in a public place, it was observed that around 13-14 workers were present at restaurant Little Italy located at Civil Lines.
On the condition of anonymity, this source of ours told Nation Next that the DCP ordered food from Nagpur’s uppity restaurant Little Italy? via Zomato at around 12:30 am last night, and asked them to deliver food at her residence. When the Zomato delivery boy delivered food at her residence, a team from Sitabuldi Police Station was sent to Little Italy? only to find out that the restaurants kitchen was fully operational with a staff of around 14-15 working there at around 12:45 midnight.
As per sources, Sitabuldi Police Station summoned the owner of Little Italy and regional head of Zomato and are now investigating the matter further. While the cops continue their crackdown on such illegal operations of restaurants in the zone, Zomatos regional head and Little Italys owner have been booked under Section 188 of IPC at Sitabuldi Police Station for non-compliance of government orders. In his statement to the police, Zomato delivery boy said that many such restaurants are operating till even 4 am in Nagpur.
COVID-19
Thane Municipal Corporation adds 25 beds as COVID cases rise
Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) added 25 additional beds in Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital Kalwa apart from arranging a special ward dedicated to COVID-19 patients. The total number of active patients in the city stood at 252 while five succumbed to the virus. Meanwhile, TMC Commissioner Abhijit Bangar said a ‘death audit’ of patients who died of COVID would be conducted. The TMC has ensured it has additional stock of oxygen concentrators, testing kits, medicines, to name a few. Bangar told HT, “Due to the increasing number of Covid patients, it is necessary for everyone to be alert.”
He added, The number of Covid tests should be increased to stay one step ahead of the disease. As a result, the number of patients is likely to increase due to increased testing. However, as per the ‘test, isolate, treat’ protocol for Covid, it becomes necessary to isolate and treat more and more patients. The testing centres will not remain closed even for a single day. At the same time, more arrangements for testing will be made immediately in public places, markets, railway stations, malls.”
India recorded 3,095 new COVID cases and five deaths in last 24 hours.
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Politics
After Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification, his namesake who contested from Wayanad disqualified

Rahul Gandhi
An independent candidate for Lok Sabha elections named Rahul Gandhi was disqualified from contesting polls for failing to lodge account of election expenses. Gandhi, who’s name figures as ‘Rahul Gandhi K E S/o Valsamma’ in an Election Commission list of persons, had contested the 2019 Lok Sabha elections as an Independent and had received 2196 votes from the Wayanad seat in Kerala – a constituency from where ex-Congress MP Rahul Rajiv Gandhi had won with over seven lakh votes.
However, since it is mandatory for all contestants to submit their account of election expenses among other mandatory requirements under EC rules and the Representation of the People Act.
Rahul Gandhi K E S/o Valsamma stood disqualified to contest polls from September 13, 2021 till September 13, 2024. According to Section 10A, the Election Commission can disqualify a contestant for a period of three years from the date of the order if he/she has failed to lodge an account of election expenses within the time and in the manner required by law and has no good reason or justification for the failure.
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Nagpur News
Nagpur records 22 COVID cases in 24 hours
A total of 22 patients tested positive for COVID-19 in Nagpur in past 24 hours on Thursday. Almost 242 people were tested in the city, out of which 15 belonged to urban area while and 6 were from the rural areas, and one from outside Nagpur district.
At present, there are 72 active patients in the city. Three new cases of the new XBB.1.16 variant of COVID-19 were detected that took the total tally to five in the district.
India recorded 3,095 new COVID cases and five deaths in last 24 hours.
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