NEW DELHI: In an unprecedented move, the Railways today sought a CBI inquiry into the Gaisal train disaster earlier this month after a statutory probe suggested that ``any criminal intent'' behind the established negligence and lack of alertness on the part of railway staff needed to be further investigated.

Rajiv case

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court today stayed the execution of four persons in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case till further orders and directed the registry to fix a date for final hearing of the review petitions filed by them.

ISI links

CALCUTTA: Police today identified three Pakistani intelligence agents in connection with the storage of powerful explosives recovered from Hasnabad in North 24-Parganas in West Bengal yesterday.

Agarkar sidelined

MUMBAI: Mumbai paceman Ajit Agarkar has been ruled out of the twin tours of Sri Lanka and Singapore commencing later this month following a hamstring injury he sustained atChennai yesterday.