The Supreme Court has directed a CBI probe into the Karur stampede that killed 41 people and set up a three-member panel headed by former Justice Ajay Rastogi.

The Delhi court framed charges of corruption, conspiracy and cheating against Lalu Prasad Yadav, Rabri Devi and Tejashwi Yadav, moving the high-profile IRCTC case to trial.

Israelis welcomed seven hostages from devastated Gaza in the key exchange of the breakthrough ceasefire after two years of war.