Morning Filter: Rahul Gandhi to visit Hathras on Friday

Rahul Gandhi to visit Hathras on Friday Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi will visit Hathras on Friday following the stampede in which 121 people were killed, party officials said on Thursday. Uttar Pradesh Congress president Ajay Rai told PTI that Gandhi will also meet the family members of the victims. U.K. election results on Friday The U.K. voted in a landmark general election on Thursday, with voters made their ballot count at 40,000 polling stations across the country. Final outcome after all the votes have been counted expected by around 10 a.m. (local time) on Friday. Jailed Engineer Rashid, Amritpal to take oath as Lok Sabha members on Friday Jailed radical Sikh preacher Amritpal Singh and Kashmiri leader Sheikh Abdul Rashid are set to take oath as Lok Sabha members on Friday, subject to some conditions in their parole orders. While Rashid, popularly known as Engineer Rashid, is in Delhi’s Tihar jail in a terror funding case registered under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, Singh is lodged in a prison in Assam’s Dibrugarh district for offences under the National Security Act. Singh, 31, and Rashid, 56, won the recent Lok Sabha elections from Khadoor Sahib in Punjab and Baramulla in Jammu and Kashmir, respectively, as Independents while being incarcerated. Delhi High Court to hear on Friday Arvind Kejriwal’s bail plea in corruption case The Delhi High Court would hear on Friday Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s plea seeking bail in the corruption case registered by the CBI in connection with the alleged excise policy scam. Iran Presidential runoff on Friday Hard-line Iranian presidential candidate Saeed Jalili, 58, stands on the precipice of being elected as Iran’s next president as he faces a runoff election Friday against the little-known reformist Masoud Pezeshkian, a heart surgeon. India look to finetune strategies in T20I series against SA ahead of Asia Cup, WC Indian women’s team will be eager to use the three-match T20I series against South Africa, beginning here from Friday, as a testbed to finetune its strategies before hitting the road to the Asia Cup and the T20 World Cup. [morning filter logo] The Morning Filter 05 July 2024 [morning filter logo] The Morning Filter 05 July 2024 Welcome to the Morning Filter newsletter, your guide from The Hindu on the major news stories and events to follow today. [View in browser]( [More newsletters]( Here are the latest news and big news stories to follow today Rahul Gandhi to visit Hathras on Friday Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi will visit Hathras on Friday following the stampede in which 121 people were killed, party officials said on Thursday. Uttar Pradesh Congress president Ajay Rai told PTI that Gandhi will also meet the family members of the victims. U.K. election results on Friday [People queue at a polling station in London] The U.K. voted in a landmark general election on Thursday, with voters made their ballot count at 40,000 polling stations across the country. Final outcome after all the votes have been counted expected by around 10 a.m. (local time) on Friday. Jailed Engineer Rashid, Amritpal to take oath as Lok Sabha members on Friday Jailed radical Sikh preacher Amritpal Singh and Kashmiri leader Sheikh Abdul Rashid are set to take oath as Lok Sabha members on Friday, subject to some conditions in their parole orders. While Rashid, popularly known as Engineer Rashid, is in Delhi’s Tihar jail in a terror funding case registered under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, Singh is lodged in a prison in Assam’s Dibrugarh district for offences under the National Security Act. Singh, 31, and Rashid, 56, won the recent Lok Sabha elections from Khadoor Sahib in Punjab and Baramulla in Jammu and Kashmir, respectively, as Independents while being incarcerated. Delhi High Court to hear on Friday Arvind Kejriwal’s bail plea in corruption case [New Delhi: Delhi CM and AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal] The Delhi High Court would hear on Friday Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s plea seeking bail in the corruption case registered by the CBI in connection with the alleged excise policy scam. Iran Presidential runoff on Friday Hard-line Iranian presidential candidate Saeed Jalili, 58, stands on the precipice of being elected as Iran’s next president as he faces a runoff election Friday against the little-known reformist Masoud Pezeshkian, a heart surgeon. India look to finetune strategies in T20I series against SA ahead of Asia Cup, WC Indian women’s team will be eager to use the three-match T20I series against South Africa, beginning here from Friday, as a testbed to finetune its strategies before hitting the road to the Asia Cup and the T20 World Cup. Today’s Best Reads [[Hemant Soren takes oath as Jharkhand CM for third term] Hemant Soren takes oath as Jharkhand CM for third term]( [[Rajnath Singh, Australian Minister discuss closer collaboration in Indo-Pacific] Rajnath Singh, Australian Minister discuss closer collaboration in Indo-Pacific]( [[Zero chance Biden will withdraw from U.S. Presidential race: White House] Zero chance Biden will withdraw from U.S. Presidential race: White House]( [[New criminal laws to expedite delivery of justice, says Arjun Ram Meghwal] New criminal laws to expedite delivery of justice, says Arjun Ram Meghwal]( Copyright© 2024, THG PUBLISHING PVT LTD. 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