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At a time when the Maharashtra government imposed lockdown-like restrictions across the state to control the spread of coronavirus, Reliance Capital director Anmol Ambani on Tuesday slammed the state government in a series of tweets for putting restrictions on businesses. He also hit out at Maharashtra authorities for terming works of actors, professional cricketers and politicians as 'essential' but not allowing the businessmen to continue on regular terms.

Taking to Twitter, the elder son of Anil Ambani accused the state administration of categorising work based on priority.

"Professional 'actors' can continue shooting their films. Professional 'cricketers' can play their sport late into the night. Professional 'politicians' can continue their rallies with masses of people. But YOUR business or work is not ESSENTIAL. Still don't get it?" Anmol Ambani said.

Suspended assistant police inspector (API) Sachin Vaze was posted in the crime intelligence unit (CIU) in June last year on the insistence of former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh despite opposition from a top crime branch officer and reported directly to the former police chief, according to a report sent by Mumbai police commissioner Hemant Nagrale to the Maharashtra government.

According to the Mumbai police chief’s report seen by HT, Vaze bypassed protocol and hierarchy to directly report to his predecessor who practically took all critical decisions relating to arrests, raids, remand applications and the police stand on anticipatory bail in cases handled by Sachin Vaze’s team.

“Vaze used to accompany Param Bir Singh during the briefing to the minister, home, on critical cases including TRP scam, Antilia explosive scare, Dilip Chhabria’s arrest. Vaze never obeyed the hierarchy of ranks to report over the cases under investigation,” the document said.

Under the pilot project, govt starts the process in dist jails of Lucknow, GB Nagar, Azamgarh, Chitrakoot besides Bareilly central prison

In a first-ever move, Uttar Pradesh has started a process for transforming five of its jails into maximum security prisons.

Under the pilot initiative, the district jails of Lucknow, Gautam Buddh Nagar, Azamgarh and Chitrakoot besides the central prison at Bareilly are being equipped with high-end gadgets for better security and surveillance, say state home department officials.

“The work has started in earnest and we expect the five prisons to get fully ready in around two years’ time,” says additional chief secretary, home, Awanish Kumar Awasthi.

The Election Commission has sent a notice to DMK leader Udhaynidhi Stalin over his recent remarks on late BJP leaders Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley. EC has asked Udhayanidhi to reply by 5 pm on Wednesday.

The EC notice to Udhayanidhi Stalin came over his controversial remark that "Arun Jaitley and Sushma Swaraj died after being unable to tolerate the pressure and torture of PM Narendra Modi". The day Tamil Nadu went to polls, EC asked the DMK leader to explain his statement.

The EC has said if Udhayanidhi fails to explain his remarks, "the Commission shall take a decision without any further reference to you".