Four Army soldiers were killed in firing at a military station in Punjab's Bhatinda on Wednesday morning. Two masked men carrying an INSAS rifle and an axe were seen, the police complaint said, but no arrests have been made yet; Rebellion hit the BJP in Karnataka after they released their first candidates list for next month's elections, with several leaders quitting the party. Former Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar may be accommodated after he threatened to contest as an Independent and met BJP chief JP Nadda; The Congress has kept the opposition unity ball rolling with party chief Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi meeting JDU's Nitish Kumar and RJD's Tejaswi Yadav. Mr Gandhi said they will fight together for the country's sake, and other top stories.