Morning Filter: Punjab Congress crisis continues

1. Punjab Congress crisis | Harish Rawat to meet CM Amarinder Singh Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh is learnt to have written to Congress president Sonia Gandhi expressing reservation over Navjot Singh Sidhu’s possible appointment as the state party chief. AICC general secretary and in-charge of Punjab affairs Harish Rawat is likely to arrive in Chandigarh to meet Amarinder Singh on Saturday even as suspense over the much-awaited announcement from the Congress high command on the resolution of the infighting in the party’s state unit continues. 2. Yediyurappa meets Modi, sidesteps queries on leadership change The Karnataka Chief Minister said he would share the details of the meeting on Saturday before returning to Bengaluru. 3. Hindu dominance must remain intact in India: VHP on population control measures VHP general secretary Milind Parande was addressing the media ahead of a two-day meeting of the VHP's governing council and board of trustees, scheduled to begin in Faridabad on Saturday. 4. U.P. court remands three Al-Qaeda-linked terrorists to 7-day police custody A local court granted seven days’ police custody of three alleged terrorists of the Al-Qaeda-linked Ansar Ghazwatul Hind arrested by the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad. The police custody remand of the three would start at 6 p.m. on Saturday. 5. Meghalaya CM to meet Himanta on border dispute with Assam Meghalaya CM Conrad K Sangma said that he would meet Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday evening to fix a date for the official border talks between the two neighbouring states. 6. Priyanka Gandhi’s 2-day Lucknow visit On the second day of her visit to Uttar Pradesh, the Congress general secretary will be meeting the party workers from Amethi and Raebareli. She will also meet former MPs, MLAs, and Congress office-bearers of the districts and frontal organisations, and return to Delhi in the evening. 7. Tripura imposes weekend curfew, extends day curfew in Agartala and 11 other towns to battle rising COVID-19 cases The Tripura government has imposed a weekend curfew on Saturday and Sunday and extended the existing day curfew in Agartala Municipal Corporation and 11 other towns or Urban Local Bodies from July 19 to July 23 after reviewing the COVID-19 situation. 8. Coronavirus in India | Numbers and developments The Bombay High Court told the Maharashtra government to frame a policy or guidelines for door-to-door vaccination of those bedridden, and senior citizens. The number of positive coronavirus cases in India recorded in the last 24 hours stands at 38,301, taking the tally in the country to 3,10,64,021 at the time of publishing this newsletter. The death toll from the disease stands at 4,13,124. Morning Filter will return tomorrow. Follow up on the day’s biggest stories and get concise analysis by The Hindu with the Evening Wrap newsletter. [logo] The Morning Filter 17 JULY 2021 [The Hindu logo] Welcome to the Morning Filter newsletter, your guide from The Hindu on the major news stories and events to follow today. [[Arrow]Open in browser]( [[Mail icon]More newsletters]( Here are the latest updates and the big news stories to follow today 1. Punjab Congress crisis | Harish Rawat to meet CM Amarinder Singh Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh is learnt to have written to Congress president Sonia Gandhi expressing reservation over Navjot Singh Sidhu’s possible appointment as the state party chief. AICC general secretary and in-charge of Punjab affairs Harish Rawat is likely to arrive in Chandigarh to meet Amarinder Singh on Saturday even as suspense over the[much-awaited announcement]( from the Congress high command on the resolution of the infighting in the party’s state unit continues. 2. Yediyurappa meets Modi, sidesteps queries on leadership change The Karnataka Chief Minister said he would share the [details of the meeting]( Saturday before returning to Bengaluru. [Tete-a-tete: Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Friday.] 3. Hindu dominance must remain intact in India: VHP on population control measures VHP general secretary Milind Parande was addressing the media ahead of a two-day meeting of the VHP's governing council and board of trustees, scheduled to begin in Faridabad on Saturday. 4. U.P. court remands three Al-Qaeda-linked terrorists to 7-day police custody A local court granted seven days’ police custody of [three alleged terrorists]( the Al-Qaeda-linked Ansar Ghazwatul Hind arrested by the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad. The police custody remand of the three would start at 6 p.m. on Saturday. 5. Meghalaya CM to meet Himanta on border dispute with Assam Meghalaya CM Conrad K Sangma said that he would meet Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday evening to fix a date for the official border talks between the two neighbouring states. 6. Priyanka Gandhi’s 2-day Lucknow visit On the second day of her [visit to Uttar Pradesh]( the Congress general secretary will be meeting the party workers from Amethi and Raebareli. She will also meet former MPs, MLAs, and Congress office-bearers of the districts and frontal organisations, and return to Delhi in the evening. [Uttar Pradesh, July 16 (ANI): All India Congress Committee (AICC) General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra being welcomed by Party supporters at Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport, in Lucknow on Friday. (ANI Photo)] 7. Tripura imposes weekend curfew, extends day curfew in Agartala and 11 other towns to battle rising COVID-19 cases The Tripura government has imposed a weekend curfew on Saturday and Sunday and extended the existing day curfew in Agartala Municipal Corporation and 11 other towns or Urban Local Bodies  from July 19 to July 23 after reviewing the COVID-19 situation. 8. Coronavirus in India | Numbers and developments  The Bombay High Court told the Maharashtra government to frame a policy or guidelines for [door-to-door vaccination]( of those bedridden, and senior citizens. The number of positive [coronavirus cases in India]( recorded in the last 24 hours stands at 38,301, taking the tally in the country to 3,10,64,021 at the time of publishing this newsletter. 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