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A Day After Daring Louvre Museum Heist

On Sunday, October 19, 2025, at around 9:30 am local time, thieves pulled off a daring heist at the Louvre museum in Paris, using a crane to smash an upstairs window and steal priceless French......

B'luru Rs 7.11cr heist: 3, including police constable, arrested

Three people, including a police constable, have been arrested in connection with the Rs 7.11 crore robbery in Bengaluru following a manhunt involving over 200 personnel, City Police Commissioner......

Man behind bank heists posed as humble fruit-seller by day

A 51-year-old fruit seller who doubled as the mastermind of the notorious "Mamu Gang" -- a group of robbers who targeted banks -- has been arrested by the Crime Branch of Delhi police, an officer......

Several priceless jewels stolen in Louvre Museum heist in Paris

The Louvre Museum in Paris was forced to close on Sunday after a break-in by thieves in the morning, according to a France 24 report. IMAGE: Police and forensic officials outside Louvre Museum......

Man with DU MPhil held for jewellery shop heists in Delhi

A 32-year-old man with an MPhil in Chemistry from Delhi University, who used his knowledge to make smoke bombs for robberies, has been arrested for his alleged involvement in two armed jewellery......

Crypto thefts top $2.17 billion in 2025

Crypto thefts in 2025 had already crossed $2.17 billion before last week's $44 million CoinDCX hack, underlining relentless cyber threat escalation in the digital currency world, according to the......

Singapore court grants WazirX four-month moratorium

A Singapore court on Thursday granted a four-month moratorium to Indian cryptocurrency exchange WazirX, a period which the embattled firm will use to restructure its business without worrying about......

WazirX Seeks FBI Help To Recover $230M

WazirX lost about 45 per cent of its crypto assets to the security breach. People privy to the discussions say North Korea has been mentioned. Photograph: Carlo Allegri/Reuters The top......

Indian card processor in $45-mn heist

The Indian card processor - used in the heist on December 21, 2012 - was ElectraCard Services, which is based in Pune, India. One of the credit card processing companies whose security was breached......

Biggest heist: $100-mn diamonds still missing

Antwerp's diamond trade can never forget last February. A group of burglars pulled off the $100 million diamond heist at the Belgian city's Diamond Centre breaching multiple levels of top security,......

Dharmendra's Top 10 Action Movies

Dharmendra got his He Man image with Phool Aur Patthar, which was so strong that he never managed to fully shrug it off. Being tall, well-built and fit also made him more convincing in action......

Now, Watch Kaantha On OTT

Vampires, murders, superheroes and romantic reunions galore, it's quite a package of emotions on OTT this week. Sukanya Verma lists the options. KaanthaWhere to watch? NetflixLanguage: Tamil......

Sunny Sanskari Arrives On OTT

From double dates to Demogorgon, it's all there on OTT this week. Sukanya Verma lists them. Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi KumariWhere to watch? NetflixLanguage: Hindi Varun Dhawan and Janhvi Kapoor team......

A Star Who Never Faded Away

Dharmendra's oeuvre was so phenomenal that there was never a phase in his professional life when he was in danger of falling into a rut, in terms of either the kind of films he starred in or the......

Jewel Thief: The Heist Begins Review: This Vault's Empty!

Forget smarts or cheek, there’s little novelty to be found in Jewel Thief’s juvenile script, barring its now free usage of the F-word to make it sound all hip and adult,......

After MI heist, RCB face star-studded UP Warriorz

IMAGE: The Smriti Mandhana-led RCB, the 2024 champions, pulled off an astonishing three-wicket win against MI just on Friday. Photograph: BCCI Having come through a trial by fire in their opening......

Conrad Eyes History After Kolkata Heist

'You don't come to a country to win a Test match, you obviously want to win the series.' IMAGE: South Africa coach Shukri Conrad and captain Temba Bavuma celebrate their first Test win in Kolkata......

Gavaskar explains where India lost the ODI series

'India never began well, and that's one of the main reasons they weren't able to chase these big scores,' IMAGE: Shubman Gill is bowled out by Kyle Jamieson in the 3rd ODI in Indore on Sunday.......

Stokes on where England lost the Ashes

IMAGE: Ben Stokes says England will fight to win the next two Ashes Tests. Photograph: Asanka Brendon Ratnayake/Reuters England's dreams of ending their Ashes drought in Australia were shattered......

Arctic Open: Tharun pulls off a heist; Lakshya exits

IMAGE: Lakshya Sen made an early exit from the Arctic Open 2025, going down to World No. 11 Kodai Naraoka of Japan. Photograph: Hamad I Mohammed/Reuters Unheralded Indian Tharun Mannepalli kept......