Anjan Roy was studying with friends at Missouri State University when he got an email that turned his world upside down. His legal status as an international student had been terminated, and he was suddenly at risk for deportation.

Terrorists attacked tourists at Baisaran meadow in Pahalgam on Tuesday, killing 25 Indian nationals and one Nepali citizen while leaving several others injured.

Nine-year-old Tanuj Kumar Satpathy tragically lit his father Prashant’s funeral pyre in Balasore, Odisha, after Prashant was killed in the Pahalgam terror attack. Grieving relatives struggled as Prashant’s wife, Priya Darshini, clung to his body. The funeral was attended by hundreds, including Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi.