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  Israel supporters attack pro-Palestinian groups, 300 Gaza protesters arrested in New York I VIDEO

  World | May 01, 2024 22:26 IST

  Supporters of Israel attacked a pro-Palestinian protest camp at the University of California in Los Angeles on Wednesday, while New York's mayor said a pro-Palestinian protest at Columbia University broken up by police had been led by outsiders.

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  It feels like more of escalation than a de-escalation: Student as police arrest over 300 protestors

  World | May 01, 2024 19:43 IST

  Police have swept through campuses across the US over the last two weeks in response to protests calling on universities to stop doing business with Israel or companies that support the war in Gaza.

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  Columbia University threatens to suspend pro-Palestinian protesters who occupy building I VIDEO

  World | April 30, 2024 23:36 IST

  Pro-Palestinian protesters were seen smashing windows at Columbia University early on Tuesday morning as the school began to suspend students for refusing to dismantle tents set up on the New York campus.

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  US: Columbia University begins suspending pro-Palestinian protesters as encampment talks stall

  World | April 30, 2024 8:17 IST

  Columbia warned that students who refused to vacate tent encampments would be suspended and be ineligible to complete the semester in good standing. The students have demanded divestment from Israel and amnesty for students and faculty involved in the protests.

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  US: Columbia anti-Israel protest leader banned for saying 'Zionists don't deserve to live'

  World | April 27, 2024 10:19 IST

  Khymani James, 20, went as far as to say, "Be glad, be grateful that I'm not just going out and murdering Zionists". This comes as anti-Israel protests are flaring up in US universities as the death toll mounts in the nearly seven-month-long Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.

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  Pro-Palestinian protests sweep US universities, target financial links with Israel

  World | April 24, 2024 17:30 IST

  The Israel-Hamas war has gone on for nearly seven months with no end in sight, devastating Gaza and killing more than 34,000 Palestinians. Now, students at prestigious US universities have demanded their schools to condemn Israel's assault and stop accepting investments that benefit Israel.

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  US students seek full refund of tuition fees as protests against Israel intensify at varsities

  World | April 24, 2024 10:34 IST

  With tensions at Columbia continuing to run high and some students afraid to set foot on the campus, officials said the Ivy League school will switch to hybrid learning for the rest of the semester.

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  US: Indian student from Andhra found dead in abandoned car in forest, ninth death so far

  World | March 17, 2024 14:40 IST

  As of now, the motive for Abhijit's murder is not clear but local media reports claimed the Indian student was killed due to some monetary issue with his fellow students at the university. His laptop was also reportedly stolen.

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  Janitor destroyed 20 years of research in New York university by turning off freezer

  World | June 29, 2023 15:03 IST

  According to the lawsuit, the freezer stored more than 20 years of research, comprising of cell cultures and samples that needed to be maintained at minus 80 degrees. It noted that a catastrophic damage could be caused to the research samples by even a measly three degree fluctuation in temperature.

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  2 Indian students killed in hit and run crash in US

  World | December 02, 2019 7:32 IST

  Stanley and Gopisetty succumbed to injuries and their families have been notified, police said, adding that Torres ran away from the scene.

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  90 more students, mostly from India, held from fake US university

  World | November 28, 2019 7:43 IST

  Federal prosecutors claim that the students knew that this was a fake university as there were no classes. Senator Elizabeth Warren, a leading Democratic presidential candidate, described the move as "cruel".

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  US university to collaborate with AIIMS, Kasturba Medical College on genetics

  World | November 07, 2019 9:00 IST

  India is home to 1.3 billion people and represents 20 per cent of the world's population. But less than one per cent of the genomic data used for research comes from this region.

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  Amid hate crimes and visa curbs, survey finds sharp drop in Indian student applications at US varsities

  World | March 27, 2017 14:27 IST

  A series of alleged hate crimes and the fear and anxiety about potential changes to visa policies by the Trump Administration has led to a sharp decline in the number of Indian applicants to universities in the United States.

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  Islamic State claims responsibility of Ohio State University attack

  World | November 30, 2016 7:13 IST

  Banned militant outfit the Islamic State (IS) said the attacker who injured 11 people on Ohio State University (OSU) campus was a "soldier of the Islamic State", media reports said.

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  US universities experience 32% increase in Indian students

  World | September 04, 2015 13:30 IST

  Washington: The US universities and colleges have experienced a 32 per cent increase in number of students from India since last year as compared to nine per cent internationally, latest official figures have stated.According to

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  US University honours to Indian engineer

  India | May 04, 2014 12:06 IST

  Bangalore: Anil Rajvanshi, a renewable energy pioneer of India, Saturday was honoured by the University of Florida, one of the leading universities in the US, for his "groundbreaking" work in rural development.Rajvanshi is the first

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  US university evacuated over bomb threat

  World | March 27, 2013 13:44 IST

  Houston, March 27:  A university in the US state of Texas has evacuated its campus following an anonymous bomb threat.The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) closed its campus Tuesday after officials received word

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  US university unveils new solar energy technology

  November 20, 2012 13:23 IST

  Washington, Nov 20: Scientists at an American university have unveiled a revolutionary new technology that uses nanoparticles to convert solar energy directly into steam that could be used for sanitation and water purification in developing

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  US University education fair on Nov 3 in Delhi

  India | October 26, 2012 17:18 IST

  New Delhi, Oct 26 : The United States-India Educational Foundation (USIEF) will organise a ‘US University Fair' here on November 3 for students desirous to pursue higher studies in America.Representatives from over 50 US universities

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  Another US university with Indian students in visa fraud row

  World | August 04, 2012 22:46 IST

  New York, Aug 4: A year after the Tri Valley university scam left several students from India high and dry, another American varsity with a significant Indian population, has run into trouble after its CEO