Pravin M Varughese, 19, a student of Southern Illinois University, who had been missing for a week, was found dead on February 18.
The Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in Springfield and the Prathima Institute of Medical Sciences, in Karimnagar, Andhra Pradesh, which was established at the initiative of a group of non-resident Indians, have signed a memorandum of understanding for fostering academic collaboration and improving rural healthcare. The agreement allows for student and faculty exchange between the two institutions.
Amid speculations that Andhra Pradesh students in America were targeted for robbery and murders, came the news of Soumya Tummala Reddy, a 22-year-old electrical engineering student at Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville, who was shot to death near a lake close to Chicago in September 2008.
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Authorities do not suspect any foul play was involved in Varughese's death but the cause of his death is yet to be ascertained, Chicago Sun-Times reported.
A 22-year-old Indian-origin student has been reported missing from New York for nearly 10 days and the police is seeking the public's help to locate her.
The family of a 19-year-old Indian-origin student, who was found dead in February under mysterious circumstances in the US, have alleged foul play and disputed the cause of his death given by the police.
Lovely Varughese, the mother of Pravin Varughese, 19, a student at the Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois, filed a civil suit against Gaege Bethune, 22, the last person to see Pravin alive, the City of Carbondale and Police Chief Jodi O'Guinn demanding compensation in excess of $1 million (Rs 10,00,000)from each.
The body of Jasmine Joseph, 22, who went missing from her Syosset, Long Island, New York home since February 24, was found in her car at a busy parking lot not far from her home.
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