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New Delhi, Jan 13 (PTI) Following are the top stories at 1700 hours: NATION DEL49 CONG-PRIYANKA-LD UP POLLS Those who struggled for justice should be part of electoral politics: Priyanka New Delhi: The Congress has turned over a new leaf by bringing into electoral politics those who have struggled for justice, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said on Thursday after releasing the party"s first list of 125 candidates, including 50 women, for the assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh.
DEL52 UP-MINISTER-LD RESIGN Third Uttar Pradesh minister quits cabinet, likely to join SP Lucknow: OBC leader Dharam Singh Saini on Thursday became the third minister to quit the Uttar Pradesh cabinet ahead of the upcoming state assembly elections, according to his resignation letter circulating on social media.
DEL12 VIRUS-LD CASES Active COVID-19 cases in country highest in 216 days New Delhi: India logged 2,47,417 new coronavirus infections, the highest in 236 days, taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,63,17,927 which includes 5,488 cases of the Omicron variant, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday.
DEL40 BIZ-ZOMATO-DELIVERY EXEC-ACCIDENT Delivery executive"s death: Wife to be provided job, insurance, other support, says Zomato CEO New Delhi: Online food delivery platform Zomato on Thursday said it will provide a job to Sucheta Tripathi, wife of its delivery partner Salil Tripathi who died in a road accident last week, and an insurance grant of Rs 10 lakh, besides its employees contributing Rs 12 lakh towards the family"s future.
DEL36 BJP-POLLS-LD MEETING BJP finalises candidates for 172 seats in UP; CM Adityanath and his deputies likely to contest New Delhi, Jan 13 (PTI) The BJP on Thursday finalised its candidates for 172 assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh and is likely to field both Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya who are currently members of the Legislative Council, party leaders said.
DEL33 CHIDAMBARAM-GOA POLLS INTERVIEW Cong, BJP main contestants in Goa; AAP, TMC will split non-BJP vote: Chidambaram New Delhi: Asserting that the Congress and the BJP are the two main contestants in Goa, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Thursday said that if the AAP and TMC fielded candidates and secured some votes in the upcoming assembly polls, in effect they will be splitting the non-BJP vote.