Top News Of The Day: Massive Escalation Along LoC As Pak Fires Artillery, India Responds

Two soldiers were killed in firing by Pakistan in the Nowgam sector of Kupwara district in North Kashmir early this morning. A third soldier was killed in overnight firing in Poonch. The injured soldiers were evacuated, a defence spokesperson said; Pakistani troops have been firing artillery guns across the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday and the Indian Army said it is responding, in dramatic escalation of hostilities on a day three Indian soldiers lost their lives in shelling; Rahul Gandhi alleged that he was pushed to the ground and lathi-charged when he and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra were marching on the highway after their convoy was stopped by the police. They were going to UP's Hathras to meet the family of a rape victim; Amid outrage over the alleged gang rape and murder of a woman in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras, a senior police officer said forensic reports indicate she was not raped; The Akali Dal on Thursday morning began three separate "kisan marches" against the new farm laws, which they say will harm the interest of farmers and give room for large companies to manipulate them; A wide-body Boeing 777 aircraft customised with self-defence and jamming features that will be used to fly the President, Vice President and Prime Minister flew all the way from the US to India; Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, who arrived at the Versova Police Station earlier this morning after being issued summons on Wednesday, was questioned today in a rape case filed by an actor last week. The Producer-Director has called the allegations that he raped the actor at his house in 2013 as "baseless" and said he intends to take legal action in the matter.