Here's a quick glance at today's top stories:
> Mayawati booked for ‘abusing’ expelled BJP man’s family
Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati and three of her key lieutenants were on Friday booked by police after expelled BJP leader Dayashankar Singh’s family complained that BSP workers had used highly derogatory language against them.
> Kabali: An unsatifying clash between the impulses of star and director
It is great to see a dignified Superstar, acting his age. He does more for the movie than it does for him.
> ‘I was beaten up by 30 prison officials’
Social activist Piyush Manush, who was lodged at the Salem Central Prison on July 8 following a protest against the construction of a flyover, on Thursday alleged that he was beaten up by around 30 prison officials.
> Aam Aadmi Party MP Bhagwant Mann offers unconditional apology for Parliament video
Amid an uproar, Aam Aadmi Party MP Bhagwant Mann on Friday tendered an unconditional apology for livestrem of Parliament after he was summoned by Lok Speaker Sumitra Mahajan.
> Madaarireview: Irrfan soars even as film sinks
Madaari refuses to fly despite the ever reliable Irrfan Khan as its pivot and spine. A pity when you see him put his heart and soul in the role of kidnapper Nirmal Kumar.
> IAF plane goes missing over Bay of Bengal
An AN-32 transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force has gone missing over the Bay of Bengal at 9:00 a.m. on Friday. Efforts are on to locate it.
