Eight college students drown in sea

Eight college students from Karnataka's Belgaum district today drowned in the sea off the Vayri coast in Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra, police said.

They were part of a group of 60 students from the Maratha Engineering College in Belgaum who were in the area on a picnic, police said.

Three students have been rescued and are under medical observation.

Further details are awaited.