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She was just waiting for the bus: Who was Harsimrat Randhawa? Indian student killed by stray bullet in Canada’s Hamilton

Harsimrat Randhawa, a 21-year-old student from India was shot in Hamilton, Ontario, after being struck by a stray bullet while waiting at a bus stop on her way to work. Randhawa, a student at Mohawk College, was an innocent bystander when the shooting occurred on Wednesday evening (local time). She died from a gunshot wound […]

Hamilton shooting: Indian student Harsimrat Randhawa shot dead by stray bullet in Canada

A 21-year-old Indian student, Harsimrat Randhawa was killed after being struck by a stray bullet while waiting at a bus stop in Hamilton, Ontario, on Wednesday evening (Local time). Randhawa, a student at Mohawk College, was an innocent bystander when shots were fired during a shooting incident involving two vehicles.Hamilton police are currently investigating the […]

Trump administration has revoked over 1,000 student visas without warning since March

Over a 1,000 international students have seen their legal status in the United States revoked in a sweeping move that has triggered confusion, fear, and legal action. Since late March, students enrolled at over 130 universities — including Harvard, Stanford, and the University of Maryland — have found themselves abruptly stripped of their visa rights, […]

Indian student among four suing Trump administration over abrupt visa termination, risk of deportation

An Indian student is among four international students from Michigan public universities who have filed a federal lawsuit against the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), seeking reinstatement of their immigration status after it was allegedly terminated without proper notice or explanation.Chinmay Deore from India, Xiangyun Bu and Qiuyi Yang from China, and Yogesh Joshi […]

Mohsen Mahdawi News: Was Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi tricked to attend his citizenship interview so that he could be arrested?

Mohsen Mahdawi showing peace symbol after being arrested by ICE. After Mahmoud Khalil, Mohsen Mahdawi became the second Palestinian student at Columbia with a green card who was arrested by ICE for their deportation. Mahdawi and Khalil co-founded the Palestinian Student Union at Columbia in 2023 fall. Mahdawi’s arrest is one of the most dramatic […]

Detained Tufts university student Rumeysa Ozturk says ICE facility ‘unsafe’ and ‘inhumane’

Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish doctoral student at Tufts University, who was detained by US immigration authorities in March over “antisemitism on campus”, has described the conditions in the detention facility as “inhumane” and “unsafe.” Rumeysa Ozturk, 30, was arrested by US immigration and customs enforcement (ICE) agents near her home in Somerville, Massachusetts, on March […]

What will happen to Tuft student Rumeysa Ozturk as judge rules for deporting Columbia’s Mahmoud Khalil?

Tuft University student Rumeysa Ozturk’s plea is to be heard in Vermont Monday. The verdict of the Mahmoud Khalil case was crucial as several international students were detained by ICE after Khalil and are now waiting to be deported. An immigration judge, Jamee E Comans, on Friday ruled that Khalil can be deported as his […]

US Revokes Student Visa: Several Harvard students lose visa, no reasons given; university refuses to share names

Several Harvard students have got their visas revoked by the Trump administration. Amid the Donald Trump administration’s ongoing crackdown on international students, several students of Harvard got their visas revoked recently, the university confirmed without revealing any further details for privacy reasons. The Harvard International Office announced that three students and two recent graduates from […]

Rumeysa Ozturk: Judge transfers case of detained Turkish PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk to Vermont

Judge transfers case of detained Turkish PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk to Vermont (Picture credit: AP) A federal judge on Friday ordered the case of Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish doctoral student at Tufts University, to be moved from Massachusetts to Vermont, where she was briefly held after her arrest by immigration officers last week.Ozturk’s lawyers had […]

Tufts backs Turkish student Rumeysa Ozturk after arrest over alleged Hamas ties

Tufts University has called for the immediate release of Rumeysa Ozturk, an international graduate student who was taken into custody by the US department of homeland security (DHS) last week. Ozturk was apprehended by masked federal agents on 25 March outside her off-campus apartment in Somerville, Massachusetts, while on her way to a Ramadan iftar […]