Why US judge blocked deportation of Indian researcher detained over alleged Hamas ties – The Times of India

Indian research scholar Badar Khan Suri (File photo) A federal judge on Thursday ordered US immigration officials not to deport Indian research scholar Badar Khan Suri, who was detained earlier this week by the Trump administration. Suri’s legal team is fighting for his immediate release, arguing that he is being targeted for his academic work…

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From pride to anxiety: Illegals from ancestral village of Sunita Williams go incommunicado | India News – The Times of India

AHMEDABAD: Jhulasan in Gujarat’s Gandhinagar had an unlikely lift-off to fame two decades ago when it emerged as the village to which Nasa astronaut Sunita Williams traces her roots. The comfort of obscurity is what its 5,000-odd residents might now prefer as spotlight shifts to around two dozen men from the village, all illegal immigrants…

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