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Indian student hospitalised after accident: MEA takes up matter with US for early grant of visa to Neelam Shinde's family

Indian student hospitalised after accident: MEA takes up matter with US for early grant of visa to Neelam Shinde's family

TOI News Desk / TIMESOFINDIA.COM / Updated: Feb 27, 2025, 15:05 IST

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The Ministry of External Affairs is addressing the case of Indian student Neelam Shinde, hospitalized after an accident in the US. The US authorities are expediting visa formalities for her father, Tanaji Shinde, to visit her urgently. Nationalist Congress Party's Supriya Sule has requested the external affairs minister to assist in this matter.

Indian student hospitalised after accident: MEA takes up matter with US for early grant of visa to Neelam Shinde's family

Neelam Shinde (Image Credit: X)

NEW DELHI: The ministry of external affairs (MEA) has taken up the matter of an Indian student who met with an accident in the United States, ANI reported citing sources and added that the US is looking into the formalities for early grant of visa for the applicant's family.

Earlier on Wednesday, Nationalist Congress Party Supriya Sule said that a student named Neelam Shinde had met with an accident and is hospitalised in a local hospital.
"Her father, Tanaji Shinde, from Satara, Maharashtra, India, urgently needs to visit his daughter due to a medical emergency. Tanaji Shinde has applied for an urgent visa to the USA and requires assistance," she said in a post on X.

She urged external affairs minister S Jaishankar to kindly look into the matter.

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