Los Angeles, June 9 (IANS) Rapper Jay-Z has announced retrospective ‘Jay-Z 30’ shows in Paris. This comes after his performance at the Roots Picnic earlier this month and his three upcoming Yankee Stadium shows. The rapper is set to perform in Paris on September 10, 2026, and Los Angeles on October 23, reports ‘Variety’.Tickets will be available on June 11. While the exact format of the shows was not announced, as the title (which features the latest version of his stage name, this time …

Washington, June 9 (IANS) US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that the US will respond to Iran’s actions of shooting down a US helicopter over the Strait of Hormuz. The aircraft crashed, and the two crew members were rescued.Trump made the episode known with a post on Truth: “I have just been informed by our Armed Forces that last night the Iranians shot down one of our highly sophisticated Apache helicopters while it was patrolling the Strait of Hormuz. There were two pilots on board,…

Washington, June 9, (IANS) The United States on Tuesday urged countries around the world to step up efforts to contain the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda, saying Washington has already mobilised extensive resources and that broader international action is needed to prevent further spread of the virus.Secretary of State Marco Rubio discussed US-European coordination on the outbreak during a call with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, acco…

Hyderabad, June 9 (IANS) Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Tuesday handed over 553 buses to women self-help groups under the Mahila Shakti scheme aimed at empowering women. State-owned Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TGSRTC) will hire these buses, and each self-help group will make a monthly income of Rs 70,000.The buses were handed over at an event held at the Parade Grounds in Secunderabad amid heavy rains. The event was organised as part of women empowerment celebration…

Bhubaneswar, June 9 (IANS) The Crime Branch of Odisha Police has apprehended two accused from Delhi and Uttarakhand for their alleged involvement in a Rs 1.38-crore “digital arrest” cyber fraud case targeting a Bhubaneswar-based victim, said a senior Crime Branch official on Tuesday. The case was registered following a complaint filed by a Bhubaneswar resident who was duped by fraudsters posing as Mumbai Cyber Crime officials. The accused allegedly informed the victim that his Aadhaar number…

Jaipur, June 9 (IANS) A massive fire broke out at a firecracker manufacturing unit in Jaipur’s Kho Nagorian area on Tuesday, claiming eight lives and leaving several others critically injured, police said. The injured were rushed to the Sawai Man Singh Hospital, where some remain in critical condition.According to eyewitnesses, the fire spread so rapidly that workers inside the factory had little or no time to react or escape.As soon as information about the incident was received, police teams, …

Ahmedabad, June 9 (IANS) The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has suspended the sale of nearly 4,850 kilograms of suspected cow ghee worth more than Rs 31.81 lakh after conducting coordinated inspections at three locations in the city, with laboratory tests now set to determine whether the products comply with food safety standards, officials said on Tuesday. The action was carried out on Monday by a team comprising the designated officer and two food safety officers from AMC’s South Zone…

Jaipur, June 9 (IANS) Former Rajasthan minister Mahesh Joshi suffered a setback after a special court dismissed his plea seeking release on the grounds that his arrest in a corruption case related to the Jal Jeevan Mission scam was unlawful. The Special Judge for Prevention of Corruption Act cases ruled that the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) had substantially complied with constitutional safeguards and the provisions of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) during the arrest. The court ob…

Jaipur, June 9 (IANS) Acting on the directions of its headquarters, the Rajasthan Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Tuesday arrested a patwari red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 4,500 in Raiwana village of Neemrana tehsil in Kotputli-Behror district. The accused, identified as Dharam Singh, Patwari of Dausaud Patwar Circle and holding additional charge of Raiwana Patwar Circle, was apprehended by the ACB’s Jaipur City-III unit during a trap operation.According to the ACB, a complaint was r…

Kolkata, June 9 (IANS) The leaders of the faction in Trinamool Congress that continues allegiance towards the former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her nephew and the party’s General Secretary, Abhishek Banerjee on Tuesday raised their voice against the raids and search operations earlier in the day conducted by the sleuths of Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of state police at the party office adjacent to the former Chief Minister’s residence at Kalighat and another offic…