Briefly Nation: Indore: 8 injured after youths go on stabbing spree

Woman ends life with 3 children

PATNA: A woman along with three children committed suicide on Wednesday by jumping before a goods train at Bhabhua railway station in Kaimur district. Their mutilated bodies,found lying on the track,were sent for post-mortem. Efforts are on to identify them.

Western Ghats: ‘Need monitoring’

NEW DELHI: The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has recommended international monitoring to ensure that the 39 bio-diversity hotspots in the Western Ghats are properly preserved. The ghats recently entered the UNESCO world heritage sites list.

Man kills wife for not bearing male child

BAREILLY: A man,upset over the fact that his wife has not borne a male child,killed her here on Tuesday. The police said,Arif first beat up his wife Salma and then strangulated her. The couple have five daughters. The police have registered a case against Arif.

Panel on uniform Indo-UK degrees

NEW DELHI: The central government has set up a national task force to work out ways to accord equivalence and recognition to educational qualifications between India and the UK. While the UK offers a one-year Masters programme following a 4+1 format for higher studies,India follows the 3+2 format with a two-year Masters programme. The task force will meet on July 16 on the issue.

5 minors rescued from brothel

BUNDI: Five minor girls,allegedly forced into sex work by their parents,were rescued after a brothel was raided in Ramnagar. Produced before a court on Wednesday,they were sent to a juvenile home. There were reports that the minors were kept in custody at Sadar police station on Tuesday night,which Additional Superintendent of Police N L Pavan admitted was illegal.