Ban on Indian students: Amid a surge in fraudulent visa applications, two more Australian universities have banned the recruitment of Indian students from some states, The Sydney Morning Herald reported. Federation University in Victoria and Western Sydney University in New South Wales have separately announced bans on the intake of students from Punjab, Haryana, Gujarat, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Ban on Indian students: Amid a surge in fraudulent visa applications, two more Australian universities have banned the recruitment of Indian students from some states, The Sydney Morning Herald reported. Federation University in Victoria and Western Sydney University in New South Wales have separately announced bans on the intake of students from Punjab, Haryana, Gujarat, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.