Life & Style
Kalki Koechlin sizzles the ramp at Blenders Pride Magical Nights 2016 at CP Club, Nagpur

Kalki Koechlin strikes a pose on the ramp at Blenders Pride Magical Nights 2016 at CP Club, Nagpur


Kalki Koechlin posing for the shutterbugs at Blenders Pride Magical Nights 2016 at CP Club, Nagpur


Kalki Koechlin walks the ramp in an Indo-western grey coloured jumpsuit with a colourful skirt at Blenders Pride Magical Nights 2016 at CP Club, Nagpur


Swati shows off her outfit as she walks the ramp at Blenders Pride Magical Nights 2016 at CP Club, Nagpur


ALL COLOURED: Swati, a model, walks the ramp in a colourful avatar and a unique hair-do at Blenders Pride Magical Nights 2016 at CP Club, Nagpur


Avneet Gill at Blenders Pride Magical Nights 2016 at CP Club, Nagpur


Naseeruddin Shah’s son actor-musician Imaad Shah at Blenders Pride Magical Nights 2016 at CP Club, Nagpur


Imaad Shah sets the stage on fire as he plays guitar at Blenders Pride Magical Nights 2016 at CP Club, Nagpur


Actress-singer Saba Azad gave a power pact performance at Blenders Pride Magical Nights 2016 at CP Club, Nagpur


Saba Azad during her singing performance at Blenders Pride Magical Nights 2016 at CP Club, Nagpur


HIGH ON STYLE: Swati, Aarti and Reena strike a pose at Blenders Pride Magical Nights 2016 at CP Club, Nagpur


Models pose for the shutterbugs in Indo western outfits at Blenders Pride Magical Nights 2016 at CP Club, Nagpur


A model walks the ramp in a colourful long jacket and a short skirt at Blenders Pride Magical Nights 2016 at CP Club, Nagpur


A model walks the ramp in a colourful long jacket and a short skirt at Blenders Pride Magical Nights 2016 at CP Club, Nagpur


A model walks the ramp in a colourful long jacket and a short skirt at Blenders Pride Magical Nights 2016 at CP Club, Nagpur


A model walks the ramp in a colourful long jacket and a short skirt at Blenders Pride Magical Nights 2016 at CP Club, Nagpur


A model walks the ramp in a colourful long jacket and a short skirt at Blenders Pride Magical Nights 2016 at CP Club, Nagpur


A model walks the ramp in a colourful long jacket and a short skirt at Blenders Pride Magical Nights 2016 at CP Club, Nagpur


A model walks the ramp in a colourful long jacket and a short skirt at Blenders Pride Magical Nights 2016 at CP Club, Nagpur


A model walks the ramp in a colourful long jacket and a short skirt at Blenders Pride Magical Nights 2016 at CP Club, Nagpur


A model walks the ramp in a colourful long jacket and a short skirt at Blenders Pride Magical Nights 2016 at CP Club, Nagpur


A model walks the ramp in a colourful long jacket and a short skirt at Blenders Pride Magical Nights 2016 at CP Club, Nagpur

Kalki Koechlin sizzled the ramp at the Blenders Pride Magical Nights at CP Club, Nagpur. Imaad Shah and Saba Azad were also a part of this event.
Photos by: Darshan Bagwe
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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