Washington: US immigration authorities have removed radio tags from the ankles of two Indian students from California-based Tri Valley University (TVU), which has been shut down on charges of massive visa fraud. "Immigration attorney, Kalpana Peddibhotla had taken two of the students to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and she has been able to obtain the removal of the radio tags from them," Susmita Gongulee Thomas, the Consul General, Indian...
07:34 AM, Feb 10, 2011
Washington: The US Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) has indicated that it is ready to consider reinstating the immigration status of those Indian students, who have lost their student visas due to the closure of a California-based 'sham' university. "We received a message from ICE today, in which they indicated that they would consider the possibility of reinstatement of their (students) visa status through I-539," Susmita Gongulee Thomas, Consul General,...
10:52 AM, Feb 06, 2011
Srinagar: People in the Kashmir valley have come out to protest the indifference shown by the government and separatist leaders over the murder of two sisters by militants four days ago even as the separatists have called for a shutdown in Sopore on Friday. Four days after two the sisters were gunned down by militants for allegedly being police informants in Sopore, locals held a sit-in at a Srinagar park...
09:08 AM, Feb 04, 2011
Many students have been detained by US immigration officials as they are suspected of being complicit. ...
09:38 PM, Feb 03, 2011
Fake varsity: Consul General Susmita G Thomas denied all allegations of visa fraud. ...
12:13 PM, Feb 03, 2011
New Delhi: Two of the Indian students who had been duped by Tri Valley University and tagged with radio collars for movement monitoring have been sent to a detention centre by the US authorities. The two students were detained after they complained about the movement device tied to their legs. The two students of the now-shut California-based university would be released only after they furnish a bond of 8,000 to...
08:40 AM, Feb 02, 2011
New Delhi: Two Indian students duped by a "sham" American university and forced to wear radio tags were on Tuesday sent to a detention centre in the US after they complained about the movement monitoring device tied to their legs. The two students of the now-shut California-based Tri Valley University, whose identity is not known immediately, would be released only after they furnish a bond of USD 8,000 to 20,000,...
12:24 AM, Feb 02, 2011
Washington: The California University accused of a massive "visa fraud" by US immigration officials says the charges against the college are "baseless" and that it has not cheated any student. The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) claims that the college acted as a front for a massive immigration racket. Ninety five per cent of the students are reported to be from India. Some of them are now in danger...
06:03 PM, Feb 01, 2011
Hyderabad: The United States has defended the radio tagging of Indian students at the Tri Talley University by the authorities. A consulate official on Tuesday in a bizzare description said the radio tagging was 'trendy' and certainly preferable to wearing jump suits and sitting in prison. "This is very modern and trendy, just like stars in Hollywood," said US Consulate Public Affairs Officer Juliet Wurr. The students on the other...
04:30 PM, Feb 01, 2011
New Delhi: The parents of students who have been radio-tagged by US authorities have expressed anger against the management of the Tri-Valley University. The parents say that the students went to the sham university with valid visas and shouldn't be made scapegoats. The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Department Head on Tuesday called up Indian Ambassador to the US Meera Shankar to discuss the issue. The ambassador also spoke to...
12:18 PM, Feb 01, 2011
On Talking Point, Rajdeep Sardesai asks, 'Are the indian students culpable or victims?' ...
11:17 PM, Jan 31, 2011
Hyderabad: The United Staes on Monday justified the use of ankle monitors to electronically tag the movement of some Tri-Vally University (TVU) students. A statement issued by the US embassy says: “Use of ankle monitors is widespread across the United States and standard procedure for a variety of investigations, and does not necessarily imply guilt or suspicion of criminal activity.” Meanwhile, to provide information, the Andhra Pradesh government has set...
09:07 PM, Jan 31, 2011
We have sent my sister in a very proper manner, says Ajay Kishor, brother of a student. ...
08:16 AM, Jan 31, 2011
New Delhi: Sources have told CNN-IBN that Indian students are suspect in the Tri-Valley University (TVU) fraud case. Eighteen students were tagged by the American authorities. These students are suspect of being complicit with university authorities. Shockingly , the university sold work permits to students otherwise not eligible to work in the US. It is believed by the US authorities that the Indian students knew that TVU was a university...
01:29 PM, Jan 30, 2011
New Delhi: Indian students at the Trivalley university, California now face virtual imprisonment. Indian students have been tagged to restrict their movements - his crime - he signed up for a course at the university which has now been de-recognised by the US. The Tri Valley University was shut down two weeks back after investigators found the university was involved in an immigration fraud. According to investigators no course was...
06:53 AM, Jan 30, 2011
Washington/New Delhi: After being duped by a 'sham' university in California, some of the affected Indian students have been forced to wear radio-trackers around their ankles to the chagrin of the Indian community. India said the use of monitors was "unwarranted" and raised the issue with the US deputy ambassador on Saturday. Some 1,555 students of Tri-Valley University, 90 percent of them from India, mostly Andhra Pradesh, face the prospect...
11:47 PM, Jan 29, 2011
Washington: The US authorities have opened a helpline for the Indian students of a 'sham' university in California, while asking some of them to wear radio trackers around their ankles as the case proceeds. Some 1,555 students of Tri-Valley University, 95 per cent of them from India, mostly Andhra Pradesh face the prospect of deportation following the closure of Tri Valley University in Pleasanton on charges of selling student visas....
08:48 PM, Jan 29, 2011
Washington: After being duped by a California-based "sham" university, scores of Indian students in the US are now enduring the ignominy of being forced to wear radio collars around their ankles so that authorities can keep track of their movements. The students, mostly from Andhra Pradesh, may also be deported as authorities shut down Tri-Valley University in Pleasanton, a major suburb in San Francisco Bay Area, on charges of a...
06:43 PM, Jan 29, 2011
Washington: Duped by an American university, a harassed group of Indian students has met the Consul General in San Francisco seeking help to complete their studies and claimed that they have not violated any law. A group of 35 students from Tri-Valley University (TVU) yesterday met Consul General Sushmita Gongulee Thomas. Thomas said she had also sought factual position from the US Government on the status of these students. "We...
11:30 AM, Jan 28, 2011
Washington: The future of over 1000 Indian students is in jeopardy as US authorities raid a university involved in money laundering in California. Government sources said that the MEA has asked for a report on the immigration row involving hundreds of Indian students at a San Francisco university. Sources have also said that the government plans to monitor investigations by the US authorities. The US government will take a decision...
11:31 AM, Jan 26, 2011
