City Briefs

Man kills wife in front of children
A 35-year-old woman was strangulated to death,allegedly by her husband,in front of her children after an altercation at Jafrabad in East Delhi on Tuesday night,the police said. “There was some argument between the couple and Rajbir strangled his wife Suwa. After that,he fled from his home,” a senior police official said,adding that they were informed about the crime by the children.

Plea challenging IIPM gets UGC backing
Days after the UGC made it clear that IIPM is not recognised by the government or any of India’s higher education bodies,a PIL has challenged the legality of it “franchising” the education by way of conferring degrees through a foreign university. The petition that came up for hearing in the Delhi High Court on Wednesday was also supported by the UGC and the AICTE,which reiterated that the institute figured in their list of “fake” universities.