Tag: Indian student

Indian student shot dead while working at fuel station in US

Saiesh Veera, who was working at a petrol station in Ohio, was shot dead by unknown assailants while on the job, police said.

April 21, 2023

Indian students ask Sunak to clear their names in English test scandal

A group of international students, including many Indians, who had their visas revoked almost 10 years ago after accusations of cheating in English language tests in the UK, have called on British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to help them clear their names after years of living in limbo.

March 21, 2023

Agra student stabbed multiple times in Australia, attacker held; Indian consulate assisting for visa to kin

The 28-year-old student, pursuing his doctorate in Mechanical engineering from the University of NSW, was reportedly stabbed multiple times in Sydney's Artamon by 27-year-old Daniel Norwood.

October 14, 2022

Indian student critical after being stabbed in Australia, 1 arrested

A 27-year-old man Daniel Norwood was arrested at the scene and was taken to Chatswood Police Station where he was charged with one count of attempted murder.

October 14, 2022

Indian student shot dead in Toronto

Police are looking for a black male who was seen walking with a handgun from the crime scene.

April 9, 2022

Indian student killed in shelling in Ukraine

The student has been identified as Naveen Shekharappa Gyanagoudar, 20, who hailed from Karnataka. He was a fourth-year medical student at the Kharkiv National Medical University in Kharkiv.

March 1, 2022

Body of Indian student Ansi Alibava, killed in New Zealand shooting, arrives in Kochi

Alibava was praying at the Al Noor Mosque in Christchurch with her husband, Abdul Nazer, when the Australian gunman opened fire on worshippers, killing 43.

March 25, 2019

25-year-old Indian student Maulin Rathod killed in Australia

Emergency services were called to the scene and Rathod was found with life-threatening injuries. He was taken to hospital where he died on Tuesday night, according to the Age newspaper.

July 27, 2018

Suspect in killing of Indian student Sharath Koppu in US shot dead: Police

A suspect in the killing of 25-year-old Indian student Sharath Koppu in Kansas City has been killed in an exchange of fire with the police, leaving three undercover officers injured, US authorities said on Monday.   

July 16, 2018

Telangana govt to bring back body of Indian student killed in Kansas

Sharath Koppu, a 26-year-old student at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UKMC), was shot dead by a suspected robber in the US on Friday night.

July 8, 2018

Indian student racially abused for defending hijab-clad woman in UK

A 28-year-old Indian-origin student in the UK has been racially attacked by a white man, shouting “Brexit, go back home” after the Briton made sexist remarks towards a hijab-clad woman, media reports said. Rickesh Advani, a political science student at Cambridge University, confronted the man for his comments towards the woman, only to be hit...

June 13, 2018

Following up on Indian’s death in California: Sushma Sushma

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Thursday said the government is following up on the killing of an Indian student in the US, in which a person of Indian origin has been arrested. Sushma Swaraj tweeted that she had received a detailed report on the “unfortunate death” of student Dharampreet Singh Jassar in California. “It...

November 17, 2017

Indian student attacked in Poland, Sushma seeks report

An Indian student, who was allegedly brutally assaulted in Poland and was claimed to have died, has survived the attack, according to External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj. Swaraj on Friday night spoke to the Indian ambassador to Poland Ajay Bisaria regarding the assault on an Indian student in Poznan city whose name was not disclosed....

April 1, 2017