Top 5 news at 9 pm on Oct 21: BSF claims 7 Pakistani Rangers killed after an infiltration bid foiled in Kathua at International Border

Border  Security Force (BSF) said on Friday that at least seven Pakistani rangers and a militant were killed and three others sustained injuries in retaliatory firing by Indian troops in Kathua along the International Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir.

1.BSF claims 7 Pakistani Rangers killed after an infiltration bid foiled in Kathua at International Border

The Border  Security Force (BSF) said on Friday that at least seven Pakistani rangers and a militant were killed and three others sustained injuries in retaliatory firing by Indian troops in Kathua along the International Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir.

2. Major cyber attack causes havoc on Internet: Twitter, Spotify among big websites to suffer outages due to DDOS attack

Major sites like Twitter, SoundCloud, Spotify, Shopify and a huge swath of other websites were down on Friday for many users due to a sweeping outage of DNS provider Dyn, as a result of a Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) attack, according to a post on Hacker News.

3. Rocky Yadav accused in ‘Bihar road rage’ case manhandles journalists soon after coming out of jail

Rocky Yadav who is accused of shooting Aditya Sachdeva on May 7 after verbal battle between the two is in the headlines once again for misbehaviour. Displaying hooliganism, Rocky manhandled journalists soon after coming out of jail.

4. Jayalalithaa's health: Tamil Nadu CM interacting and progressing gradually, says Apollo Hospitals

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa is interacting and progressing gradually, Director of Medical Services, Apollo Hospital in Chennai said on Friday. The hospital said that the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister continues to be under treatment and observation for all vital parameters, respiratory support and physiotherapy.

5. Akshay Kumar's patriotic film tells the story of India's first Olympic medal

After evoking patriotism through his recent releases "Baby", "Airlift" and "Rustom",Akshay Kumar is now set to feature in a story about India's first Olympic medal post independence, in a film titled "Gold".