A Major-rank Army officer was killed and a-soldier suffered injuries while defusing an improvised explosive device at Nowshera sector in J&K's Rajouri. The officer is from Corps of Engineers. The explosive had been planted by intruders from Pakistan about 1.5-kilometres inside LoC. Today's incident comes just 48-hours after more than 40-CRPF personnel were killed in worst terror-attack on security forces in Jammu and Kashmir.

Traffic cop Sandeep Shahi used to gift helmets to those riding motorbikes on some of the world's most dangerous streets with their head unprotected but on reflection, he found a better approach. By flashing a mirror at violators, Shahi has been able to shame riders into reflecting on the thin line between life and death on New Delhi's notorious roads.

Nobel laureate and economist Amartya Sen has said primary education and healthcare have not received the desired attention in India, but sounded optimistic that the upcoming Lok Sabha elections will bring some "good results". "Just giving money will not help primary healthcare and the schemes are guided by narrow thinking... only to take credits," Mr Sen claimed at a programme in West Bengal's Santiniketan.