New Delhi: Govt on Friday approved extension of ex-servicemen contributory health scheme (ECHS) to around 500 officer cadets who over the years have been boarded out of military academies on medical grounds after being injured during rigorous physical training.The one-time Rs 1.2 lakh subscription fee applicable to ex-servicemen officers for joining ECHS will not be…
Image: Instagram@/thelasthournews A video from Birmingham has gone viral after capturing a woman, identified online as an Indian student, demanding £20 (about Rs 2,300) from a car owner after wiping his window.The clip shows the student approaching a parked vehicle, cleaning the glass, and insisting on payment. Surprised by the demand, the car owner recorded…
The irony is daunting: A 39-year-old CARDIAC surgeon dies of a heart attack. Who would have thought that someone who swore to spend their lives saving hearts could fall victim to this very condition themselves?Dr. Gradlin Roy, a young cardiologist, collapsed on the ground during his hospital rounds. Despite rigorous efforts by his team, including…
Police shoot dead Sikh man performing gatka on LA road (Source: Youtube/LAPD) A dramatic police video has captured the moments before a 35-year-old Sikh man, wielding a machete near Crypto.com Arena in downtown Los Angeles was fatally shot by officers in July this year. The incident took place on the morning of July 13, when…
New Delhi: Japanese PM Shigeru Ishiba joined PM Modi in unequivocally condemning terrorism, including the Pahalgam terrorist attack, and took note of the UNSC Monitoring Team Report of July 29 mentioning for the first time The Resistance Front (TRF), the group which carried out the attack.According to a joint statement, Modi explained to his counterpart…
NEW DELHI: In a first, the ED has secured an Interpol Purple Notice on trade-based money laundering modus operandi. The notice was published on August 21 and alerts all investigative agencies across Interpol’s 196 member countries to keep watch on shell entities engaged in such activities.The enforcement agency has shared an organised network of domestic…
NEW DELHI: New Delhi: Kohima, Visakhapatnam and Bhubaneswar are top scorers among seven cities that qualified as safest for women in the ‘Index on Women Safety (NARI) 2025’ – based on a survey conducted in 31 major cities covering all states. Ranchi and Srinagar have the lowest scores on the index.Among metropolitan cities, Mumbai figures…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear on Monday RJD‘s request for a week’s extension of the Sept 1 deadline for people in Bihar to submit their claims and objections to the draft voter list prepared by the Election Commission after special intensive revision (SIR).Appearing for RJD, advocate Prashant Bhushan told a…
Former US national security advisor Jake Sullivan has launched a sharp attack on Donald Trump’s latest trade move against India, warning that the “massive trade offensive” risks undoing years of work to bring New Delhi closer to Washington – and instead pushing it into Beijing’s orbit.Speaking on The Bulwark Podcast with Tim Miller, Sullivan accused…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Japan PM Shigeru Ishiba, in Tokyo on Friday. NEW DELHI: India and Japan on Friday signed an implementing arrangement for a joint lunar exploration mission to the south pole of the Moon called Chandrayaan-5, during PM Narendra Modi’s visit to Tokyo.The arrangement between Isro and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Jaxa)…
