Indian soldiers and counterinsurgency police exchange gunfire with militants in the southern district of
Pulwama, resulting in the deaths of one soldier and three militants. The soldiers then opened fire on a crowd of anti-government protesters who gathered after the battle, killing seven civilians and injuring 40 others.
(The Independent)
Disasters and accidents
20 people died and 14 others are injured when a truck carrying mourners returning from a funeral ritual plunged around 400 metres (1,300 feet) onto a river bank in central
Nepal.
(Times Now)