News Highlights: Kashmiri Pandit ATM guard shot dead by terrorists in Pulwama

Terrorists on Sunday shot dead a 40-year-old Kashmiri Pandit man in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district while he was on his way to a local market, in yet another targeted killing of a minority community member in the valley.

Sanjay Sharma, who worked as an ATM guard, was shot in the chest at point-blank range barely 100 metres from his residence in the Achan area of the south Kashmir district at around 11 am, police said, adding he was rushed to a hospital by passersby but succumbed to injuries.

. Tottenham Hotspur beat Chelsea 2-0 in the Premier League on Sunday with second-half goals from Oliver Skipp and Harry Kane keeping Spurs in the hunt for a top-four finish and extending the Blues' miserable run under coach Graham Potter.

Seconds after the break, Skipp picked up a clearance by Chelsea's British record signing Enzo Fernandez and fired in from more than 20 yards, his shot going in off the bar after Kepa Arrizabalaga could not get enough of a hand on it.

Kane secured the three points for Spurs when he pounced at the far post after a corner by Son Heung-min was flicked on by Eric Dier in the 82nd minute.

. A three-year-old girl fell into an open borewell in Madhya Pradesh's Chhatarpur district on Sunday and a rescue operation is currently underway, officials said. The incident took place around 5 pm at Lalguan Pali village under Bijawar police station limits, some 40 kms from the district headquarters, they said.

. Bologna made sure that Napoli would finish the weekend 18 points clear at the top of Serie A thanks to their 1-0 win over Inter Milan on Sunday.

Riccardo Orsolini lashed home the only goal of the game in the 76th minute to move Bologna up to seventh and edge runaway leaders Napoli even closer to their first league title since 1990.

Second-placed Inter had the chance to move back to within 15 points of Napoli, who beat Empoli 2-0 on Saturday, with a win.

. An Iranian deputy minister on Sunday said "some people" were poisoning schoolgirls in the holy city of Qom with the aim of shutting down education for girls, state media reported.

Since late November, hundreds of cases of respiratory poisoning have been reported among schoolgirls mainly in Qom, south of Tehran, with some needing hospital treatment.

On Sunday the deputy health minister, Younes Panahi, implicitly confirmed the poisonings had been deliberate.

. Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview broadcast Sunday that Russia has no choice but to take into account NATO's nuclear capabilities, in remarks justifying Russia's recent suspension of its participation in the New START treaty.

As he has done repeatedly during the Ukraine war, Putin claimed that Russia faces an existential threat because, in his view, NATO members are seeking the country's “strategic defeat.” He said on Russian state TV that the suspension of New START stemmed from the need to “ensure security, strategic stability” for Russia.

. High-level Palestinian and Israeli delegations will meet in Jordan on Sunday, both sides said, in an attempt to reduce surging tensions ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

Israel said the prime minister's national security adviser as well as the chief of the Shin Bet domestic security agency were to attend. The head of the Palestinian intelligence services as well as advisers to President Mahmoud Abbas were expected to join.

.Several countries are attracted to UPI. India and Singapore launched UPI-Pasy now link. Now people in both countries can easily transfer money. These techniques are increasing ease of living: PM Narendra Modi during the 98th edition of Mann Ki Baat. When we reached the spot, Rajesh (accused) alongwith three bodies were found in a room. Rajesh is under treatment. He had informed his friends about a huge financial loss. We've registered murder case at PS Mohan Garden. Further investigation underway:M Harsha Vardhan, DCP Dwarka

. A 38 year-old man Rajesh killed his wife & two sons in Delhi's Vipin Garden. He then inflicted a deep injury on his own wrist & is under treatment. He had informed his friends about his financial woes. Murder case being registered at PS Mohan Garden: Delhi Police

. Ahead of the CBI's questioning of Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in the excise policy case, the AAP on Saturday said he will fully cooperate with the investigation and asserted that it is a "hardcore honest" party.

. After Nigeria won independence from Britain in 1960, thousands of Nigerians watched as their new green and white flag was raised over the capital at the time, Lagos, at midnight. As fireworks lit up the streets, hope and promise filled the air.

. As many as4,257 farmers ended their livesin the last five years in Karnataka, while thenumber of suicides dropped 71 per cent in the post-Covid period, according to government data.

. Russia on Saturday accused the West of destabilising the G20 finance ministers' meeting in India by trying to force through a joint statement on Ukraine that stalled because of disagreements.

News Highlights: Kashmiri Pandit ATM guard shot dead by terrorists in Pulwama

Kashmiri Pandit ATM guard shot dead by terrorists in Pulwama

Spurs beat Chelsea 2-0 to pile more misery on Potter

MP: Three-year-old girl falls into borewell in Chhatarpur, rescue operation underway

Bologna beat Inter to leave Napoli 18 points clear in Serie A

Iran official says schoolgirls poisoned in holy city

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