Today’s Top News Headlines and Latest News at 8:30 pm on 17 January 2024

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Scaling up its preparations for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, the ruling BJP is set to induct a number of leaders from across the political spectrum, especially from the Congress. While the party’s strengthening is going to be the main objective behind these new inductions, the BJP would also want a weakening of the Opposition while choosing the leaders for their entry into its fold, sources said. BJP sources said its leaders have been in touch with several potential inductees in the Congress camp, a few of them considered close to Gandhis, in Haryana, Maharashtra, Punjab and Rajasthan. “Some will...