The five accused persons in the Rs 5.78 crore train heist case were sent to Central Prison here on Monday after their police custody came to an end, police said.


Train heist: Demonetisation made the loot useless


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With disasters becoming more frequent and severe, 15th Finance Commission Chairman N.K. Singh on Monday said there has to be a coherent response in financing of disaster risk management by public, private and multilateral institutions.


Coherent response needed for disaster risk management: N.K. Singh


A court in Stockholm opened an appeals trial on Monday for a Frenchman who was jailed in October for rape in a scandal that rocked the prestigious Swedish Academy that awards the Nobel Prize in Literature.


Swedish Academy sex scandal: Appeals trial opens for jailed Frenchman


Himachal Pradesh Governor Acharya Devvrat on Sunday expressed concern over the rise in drug addiction, particularly among the youth in the state, and called for concerted efforts to tackle the menace.


Rising drug addiction in Himachal matter of concern: Governor


While filming an action sequence for Zee TV's show "Guddan...Tumse Na Ho Paega", actor Rehaan Roy got injured and suffered minor burns.


TV actor Rehaan Roy suffers injury on set


Hollywood celebrities Lady Gaga, Kim Kardashian West, Rainn Wilson and Melissa Etheridge, among others, have had to flee their homes as wildfires rage on in California.


Hollywood celebs flee homes to escape California wildfire


"Game of Thrones" fame actress Jessica Henwick has joined the cast of Adam Wingard directorial "Godzilla vs King".


'GoT' star Jessica joins 'Godzilla vs King'


As Kerala struggles to normalcy post devastating flood that took scores of lives and led to loss of habitat worth around Rs 40,000 crore, a documentary titled 'Kerala Floods - The Human Story' has attempted to incorporate the lives of people during the tumultuous time.


Documentary captures indomitable spirit of 'God's Own Country'


The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday charged a city-based marketing firm with running a potential ponzi scheme offering huge interest to investors in the name of 'Islamic banking'.


ED finds Bengaluru firm running potential Ponzi scheme


At least three dozen domestic and international flight arrivals and departures were disrupted affecting thousands of passengers after over 1,000 contractual ground staffers resorted to a flash strike at the Mumbai airport early on Thursday, hitting Diwali travel schedules badly, officials said.


Air India flights hit as contract workers go on strike in Mumbai


A Gujarat court on Thursday declared fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi as a "proclaimed absconder" in a Rs 52 crore customs duty evasion case filed in March and ordered him to appear in court on November 15.


Nirav Modi declared 'proclaimed absconder' by Gujarat court


A Gujarat court on Thursday declared fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi as a "proclaimed absconder" in a customs duty evasion case filed in March and ordered him to appear in person on November 15.


Nirav Modi declared 'proclaimed absconder' in customs case


The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday said that it has arrested from Kolkata a director of a shell company of fugitive diamentaire Mehul Choksi in the Rs 13,500 crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud case.


PNB fraud: ED arrests Choksi's Hong Kong firm director


A goods train carrying iron ore in Australia's Pilbara region had to be derailed after it travelled for almost one hour without a driver.


Driverless Australian train derails after 92 km


Rome, Nov 6 (IANS/AKI) The UN Food and Agriculture Organization has launched a recovery programme to help more than 70,000 Indonesian farmers and fishers grow food and fish again following a series of disasters that just over a month ago devastated their lives, the FAO said.


FAO aids Indonesian farmers, fishermen recover after earthquake, tsunami


The UN World Food Programme (WFP) and Alibaba Group on Monday announced their partnership to support efforts to achieve the "Sustainable Development Goal" (SDG) 2 -- a world with zero hunger.


WFP, Alibaba join to support UN 'Sustainable Development Goal 2'


The All Indian Gem and Jewellery Domestic Council (GJC) has condemned the "harassment" of jewellers by government officials prior to the auspicious Diwali season, here on Monday.


Jewellers accuse officials of 'harassment' ahead of Diwali


The Border Security Force (BSF) has seized fake Indian currency notes of face value Rs 9.82 lakh from a Bangladeshi national in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district, an official said on Sunday.


Fake Indian currency of face value Rs 9.82 lakh seized in Bengal


The Enforcement Directorate on Saturday conducted searches in at least four places in the city and surrounding areas in the money laundering probe involving the Rose Valley chit fund.


ED searches places in Kolkata in Rose Valley chit fund case


In a major relief to former Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram's family, the Madras High Court on Friday quashed the prosecution proceedings initiated by the Income Tax Department under the Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) And Imposition of Tax Act or Black Money Act.


Prosecution proceedings against Karti, others quashed


The US Justice Department has announced multiple charges against two former Goldman Sachs bankers linked to Malaysia's state investment fund scandal.

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