Maneka Gandhi proposes panel to look into #MeToo cases, TN Raj Bhavan defends 'Nakkheeran' Gopal's arrest, and other top stories of the day

Maneka Gandhi proposes committee of legal experts to look into #MeToo cases

The Women and Child Development Ministry plans to set up a panel of legal experts to look into allegations of sexual harassment that have surfaced in the #MeToo campaign, Minister Maneka Gandhi said on Friday. She asserted that she believed in the “pain and trauma” of every complainant.

T.N. Raj Bhavan defends plaint against Nakkheeran Gopal

The Tamil Nadu Raj Bhavan on Friday strongly defended its complaint against Tamil magazine Nakkheeran Editor RR Gopal and his employees while denying that Governor Banwarilal Purohit or his office had any links with jailed assistant professor Nirmala Devi.

Plane hits ILS antenna, compound wall of Tiruchi airport during take-off

The passengers and the crew of an Air India Express flight to Dubai from Tiruchi had a fortuitous escape after the aircraft hit a Instrument Landing System (ILS) antenna and the compound wall of the airport while taking off early on Friday morning.

#MeToo campaign: Tata Motors’ communications head asked to go on leave

Tata Motors has asked its corporate communications head, Suresh Rangarajan, to go on leave as sexual harassment charges against him started surfacing since Thursday as part of the #MeToo campaign.

Cyclone Titli leaves behind a trail of misery in Odisha

Cyclone Titli has left behind a trail of misery along coastal and southern Odisha which has been battered by heavy rain during the last 24 hours. The government is yet to confirm reports of at least seven deaths and close to 15,000 people — including over 13,000 in Gajapati district — were shifted to relief camps.

Ind vs WI: Chase unbeaten on 98 as West Indies recover to 295 for 7

Indian spinners went off the boil in the final session as all-rounder Roston Chase hit a gutsy unbeaten 98 to take the West Indies to a respectable 295 for seven on the opening day of the second Test, here on Friday.

#MeToo row: Filmmaker Onir speaks out about Zain Khan

"My first impression of him was that of a poet, an educated man. It was two months after the release of  Kuch Bheege Alfaaz  that the other side of him came to my notice and it shook me,” he said.