The body of Indian student Souvik Pal, who died under mysterious circumstances in Manchester would be arriving in Bangalore on Thursday, his family sources said. ...
07:33 AM, Jan 31, 2013
The father of Indian student Souvik Pal, who was found dead in Manchester in mysterious circumstances after going missing on the New Year eve, will be leaving for Bangalore with his body on Wednesday. The 19-year-old was found dead in a canal in Manchester on January 22 after he went missing from a night club on new year's eve. ...
07:40 AM, Jan 30, 2013
The father of Indian student Souvik Pal, who was found dead in United Kingdom's Manchester city, under mysterious circumstances after going missing on the New Year evening, will be leaving for Bangalore with his son's body on Wednesday. 19-year-old Souvik, a student of Manchester Metropolitan University, had gone missing after a party in Trafford, Greater Manchester, and his body was discovered by police in a canal last week. ...
06:22 PM, Jan 29, 2013
A 19-year-old student Souvik Pal from Kolkata has been missing from Britain after being separated from friends while celebrating New Year's eve at a nightclub in Manchester. His mother Mahuya Pal on Wednesday appealed to the government for help. ...
02:15 PM, Jan 09, 2013
London: Britain on Thursday announced a new fund of two million pounds to help Indian and other non-EU students caught by the revocation of London Metropolitan University's licence to admit and teach international students. LMU's licence was revoked on August 29, throwing the academic future of over 350 Indian and over 2,250 other non-EU current students in disarray. After the licence revocation, they are required to apply for similar courses...
05:35 PM, Sep 13, 2012
London: Amidst much hand-wringing, the revocation of London Metropolitan University's licence to admit and teach Indian and other non-EU students has caused a "high level of concern" in various countries from where students come to study in the UK. LMU's board of governors were scheduled to meet later on Monday to discuss the situation, while student and other unions expressed support to the international students affected by the licence revocation...
07:54 PM, Sep 03, 2012
London: The London Metropolitan University has been banned from teaching overseas students, leaving more than 2,000 under-graduates potentially facing deportation. This includes 300 Indian students too and their fate now hangs in balance. The London Metropolitan University's overseas recruitment licence was suspended last month during a UK Border Agency investigation. It found that a significant number of students were staying in the country illegally and there was no sufficient evidence...
07:50 AM, Aug 31, 2012
London: More than 2,000 foreign students face possible deportation from Britain after their university was stripped of its right to authorise visas. London Metropolitan University lost its "highly trusted status" because a survey found more than a quarter of its foreign students did not have permission to be in the country, Immigration Minister Damian Green said on Thursday. A "significant proportion" of students did not have a good standard of...
06:47 PM, Aug 30, 2012
London: Thousands of Indian and other non-EU students are facing an uncertain situation due to the possibility of a major university here losing its licence to admit overseas students as part of a crackdown on student visa abuse. The London Metropolitan University, which has offices in New Delhi and Chennai, is one of the major destinations for Indian students coming to the UK. The university's licence to admit non-EU was...
10:28 AM, Aug 29, 2012
