At least 147 people have been killed in a stampede at a Hindu temple in the northern Indian state of Rajasthan, the state government says. More than 150 people were injured in the incident at the Chamunda Devi temple in Jodhpur. A wall near the temple is said to have collapsed, causing panic among thousands of devotees marking the start of the Hindu Navaratra festival.

The United Nations in Sri Lanka says it will send food later this week to thousands of civilians displaced by fighting in the rebel-held north. A UN spokesman said that 60 trucks would take 800 tonnes of food to the Wanni region by the end of the week. The move comes as the army says that it is moving closer towards capturing the rebels' administrative capital of Kilinochchi after "intensive fighting". About 70,000 people have been killed in one of South Asia's longest wars.