Farmer dies after taking pesticide

hyderabad (PTI): A farmer, who had attempted suicide on December 8 after he was unable to meet Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy, died on Sunday in a city hospital.

M. Balaswamy, a 52-year-old resident of Chandrakal village of Mahboobnagar district in the Telangana region, had consumed pesticide in front of the secretariat’s C block, which houses the chief minister’s office.

He tried to kill himself when his efforts to see the chief minister over a land dispute in his village failed.

Security officials overpowered him after he consumed a bottle of pesticide and he was immediately rushed to hospital.

Court rules on employee FIR

NEW DELHI (Reuters): Observing that non-disclosure of a criminal case registered by police after a person applies for a government job cannot be considered “wilful suppression” or “concealment” of facts, Delhi High Court has directed Delhi police to take a dismissed constable back into service.

A division bench of Justices Manmohan Sarin and Vipin Sanghi set aside an order passed by Delhi police and the Central Administrative Tribunal, which dismissed the plea of constable Nirbhai Singh for his reinstatement into service after he was charged with abetting his sister-in-law’s suicide.

The judges said a provision seeking a declaration of quitting the job following a criminal case registered in the future was missing in the application form for the post.

Girl shot dead

JAmmu (PTI): A girl was shot dead in Rajouri district on Saturday night.

Hizb-ul Mujahideen militants barged into Parveen Bi’s house in Mada Dhiraj village. One of them wanted to take away Parveen, a Class X student. When she protested, he killed her and beat up her brother and father.

Killed by mistake

Srinagar (PTI): In a case of mistaken identity, Rashtriya Rifles soldiers shot dead a village head in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, sparking clashes between agitated residents and police.

Protesters took to the streets with the body, shouting anti-army slogans and demanding punishment for the erring personnel, sources said.

Oman Indian dies

DUBAI (PTI): An Indian, Remedio Bento Fernandes, 61, died in a flash flood on Thursday in Muscat, Oman, police have said.

“Thaimai” (motherhood), “mudiyum” (possible) and “panpaadu” (culture) have been selected as the three most valuable words in Tamil by students of Coimbatore Medical College.