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Two suspects arrested for Louvre Museum heist 'partially admit' involvement

Password was ‘Louvre’: weak surveillance code exposed after $102 million Louvre heist

November 06, 2025 8:31 pm

The revelation comes as French lawmakers press the museum’s leadership for answers over how one of the world’s most secure cultural landmarks was breached so easily.

Former German ambassador Walter J. Lindner, in his book What the West Should Learn from India (Juggernaut, 2024), urges the West to view India as a teacher.

India has advantage as a mediator, could play a big role: Former German ambassador weighs in

November 09, 2025 2:50 pm

Former German ambassador Walter J Lindner on diplomacy, contradictions, and what the West can learn from India

5 more arrests as Louvre jewel heist probe deepens and key details emerge

October 30, 2025 11:42 pm

Authorities said three of the four alleged members of the “commando” team, as French media have dubbed the robbers, are now in custody.

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Louvre heist, a dapper detective and some bad casting

October 28, 2025 7:28 am

The obsession with the ‘detective’, though, points to something deeper in the stories people tell – and make up

At least 3 suspects in Louvre heist case arrested by French police: reports

October 26, 2025 4:46 pm

The missing pieces include sapphire, emerald and diamond suites once owned by France’s 19th-century monarchs, including Marie-Amélie, Hortense, Marie-Louise and Empress Eugénie.

After $102 million heist, Louvre moves crown jewels to Bank of France vault

October 25, 2025 5:54 pm

The move comes after eight priceless items, valued at around $102 million, were stolen from the museum on October 19.

Police officers work by a basket lift used by thieves Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025 at the Louvre museum in Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

How a German freight lift became an unexpected social media star in the Louvre heist

October 24, 2025 10:06 pm

Photos of a German-made freight lift that the thieves used in a lightning-fast daylight heist at the Louvre have gone viral. And its manufacturer is now riding high from the unexpected endorsement.

‘We failed to protect the jewels’: Louvre Director says, offers to resign

‘We failed to protect the jewels’: Louvre Director offers to resign after heist

October 22, 2025 10:06 pm

The thieves slipped in and out, making off with eight pieces from France’s Crown Jewels from the Louvre.

Why France's Rs 850 crore crown jewels stolen in Louvre heist will likely never be recovered

October 22, 2025 4:38 pm

More than 100 investigators are now on the hunt for the culprits and the missing jewels, but experts say every passing hour makes recovery less likely.

Perhaps, people are too wired and fancied up now to want to drive through the mountains in the back of a truck with strangers, wind rustling through their hair, one of the many lush, adventurous scenarios Kerouac paints.

A vacation on one’s own terms

May 10, 2024 10:59 am

We travel for sights and scenes, a break from routine but also to know ourselves better. Time slows down when you’re ambling without a plan, anonymous in a new city, embracing the role of an outsider.