17 US states, tech giants sue against new visa rule

As many as 17 United States states and the District of Columbia have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration's new visa policy for international students, calling it a "cruel, abrupt, and......

Foreign students in US may be deported if classes go online

In a decision that will adversely impact hundreds of thousands of Indian students in the United States, the federal immigration authority has announced that foreign students pursuing degrees in......

129 Indians among 130 students arrested in US immigration fraud

As many as 129 Indians were among the 130 foreign students arrested for enroling at a fake university allegedly to remain in the United States, officials said on Friday, even as immigration......

Trial of 'sham' Tri-Valley University president kicks off

The trial of Susan Xiao Ping Su, the president and owner of the fraud-ridden Tri-Valley University, started on Tuesday, March 4. The trial is being held at the California Northern District Court in......

Rebuilding New Orleans: 10 coolest innovators

Three years after Katrina, the nation's most expensive hurricane, which cost insurers an estimated $44 billion, came Gustav. As if New Orleans needed its rebuilding project to get any harder. And......

The kid who turned down $1 billion!

"I'm just lucky to be alive." Mark Zuckerberg, the 22-year-old founder and CEO of social-networking site Facebook, is talking about the time he came face-to-face with the barrel of a gun. It was......

'IIT alumni's success is phenomenal, but. . .'

Sudhakar V Shenoy, founder, chairman and CEO, Information Management Consultants, Inc, and co-chair of the Global IIT Alumni Conference, says that while the success of the IIT alumni has been "just......

Scholars to pay $100 for US visas

International students, exchange visitors and scholars attending US schools or conducting research in the United States, in most cases will be required to pay a $100 fee when applying for visas.......