New York Times calls Pulwama bombing an explosion

SRINAGAR, (PTK): The New York Times on Monday while publishing and tweeting a story about this year’s Lok Sabha elections. Indian Twitter users found the first mistake so outrageous that few of them seemed to notice their prime minister’s name was spelt “Narandra”.

“In India’s Election Season, an Explosion Interrupts Modi’s Slump,” read the headline of the article. By “explosion”, the newspaper meant the suicide bombing that killed 40 Indian paramilitary soldiers in southern Kashmir last month.

Here’s a screenshot.

Screenshot of tweet, now deleted, from @nytimesworld.