Close X
    Saturday, December 28, 2024
    ADVT 
    International

    Hyderabad Student Shot In Chicago: Victim's Family Receives Visa To Travel To US

    IANS, 14 Dec, 2017 01:41 PM
      The parents of the Indian student from Hyderabad, who was shot in Chicago, United States, have been granted visa to meet their ailing son.
       
       
      Mohammad Akbar's parents and younger brother will be travelling to Chicago in next two or three days.
       
       
      Mohammad Shafi, Akbar's elder brother thanked the Centre, the state government and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj for their co-operation.
       
       
      The family on Wednesday also met Telangana Home Minister Naini Narshimha Reddy to express their gratitude.
       
       
      Earlier on December 10, Akbar's parents had sought Swaraj's help for an emergency visa to visit their son.
       
       
      Akbar was injured on December 6 while he was walking towards his car in the parking lot. He has an injury on his cheek.
       
       
      The Indian student, studying in Chicago, is currently undergoing treatment at a hospital in the US.
       
       
      The victim had gone to the US for higher studies a few months back.
      Prev Next

      MORE International ARTICLES

      Pakistan Terror Groups Pose Threat To Our Interests In India, Afghanistan: US Spy Chiefs

      Pakistan Terror Groups Pose Threat To Our Interests In India, Afghanistan: US Spy Chiefs
      The intelligence community in the US is believed to have informed the US Congress that Pakistan has by and large failed to curb militants and terrorists operating from its soil.

      Pakistan Terror Groups Pose Threat To Our Interests In India, Afghanistan: US Spy Chiefs

      A Man's Religious Devotion Can Predict His Social Behaviour

      A Man's Religious Devotion Can Predict His Social Behaviour
      The level of devotion one feels toward religious beliefs can predict how that person likely will interact with members of his own group or with members outside of the group, according to a recent study.

      A Man's Religious Devotion Can Predict His Social Behaviour

      Man in Florida Told the Police He Killed Neo-Nazi Roommates for Disrespecting His Muslim Faith

      Man in Florida Told the Police He Killed Neo-Nazi Roommates for Disrespecting His Muslim Faith
      Dramatic developments shook Tampa as a Florida man, Devon Arthurs, shot two of his neo-nazi roommates on Friday.

      Man in Florida Told the Police He Killed Neo-Nazi Roommates for Disrespecting His Muslim Faith

      Hillary Clinton Compares Trump To Nixon, Says 'Presidency Would Eventually End In Disgrace'

      Hillary Clinton Compares Trump To Nixon, Says 'Presidency Would Eventually End In Disgrace'
      In a fiery commencement speech at her alma mater of Wellesley College on Friday, former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton drew a comparison between U.S. President Donald Trump and former President Richard Nixon.

      Hillary Clinton Compares Trump To Nixon, Says 'Presidency Would Eventually End In Disgrace'

      Bill Seeking H-1B Limits Exemption For Foreigners With US PhD Introduced

      Bill Seeking H-1B Limits Exemption For Foreigners With US PhD Introduced
      Introduced by Congressmen Erik Paulsen and Mike Quigley, the Stopping Trained in America PhDs from the Leaving the Economy (STAPLE) Act, is likely to benefit Indians, given that they constitute the largest number of students doing PhD in the US.

      Bill Seeking H-1B Limits Exemption For Foreigners With US PhD Introduced

      'Anti-National' Poet Mirza Ghalib Defends Self

      'Anti-National' Poet Mirza Ghalib Defends Self
      A new play has done just that — plucking the 19th century poet out of history and placing him in contemporary times.

      'Anti-National' Poet Mirza Ghalib Defends Self

      PrevNext