The Narendra Modi government should "stop echoing the aggressive anti-Pakistan posture of the BJP" if it is serious about a dialogue with Islamabad, the CPI-M said on Thursday. ...
The Amarnath Yatra annual Hindu pilgrimage in Jammu and Kashmir resumed from one of the two base camps at Baltal camp on Thursday, four days after it was suspended because of landslides....
The Greek parliament early Thursday passed a bill on a second batch of reforms in line with an international bailout for Greece's sluggish economy....

The Lok Sabha was on Thursday virtually turned into an arena for placard battles between the Congress and the BJP, forcing Speaker Sumitra Mahajan to first adjourn the house till noon and later for the day....
The BJP on Thursday slammed Congress MPs for "not doing their homework before attending the parliament session". ...
The remaining portion of the second part in the "Baahubali" franchise will resume on September 15, says its lead actor Prabhas....

Yakub Memon, convicted in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, on Thursday moved the Supreme Court challenging the death warrant for his execution on July 30....
Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange fell to a five-year-low on Wednesday as the US dollar strengthened....

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi's silence on the Vyapam scam....
Kerala Education Minister P.K. Abdu Rabb told the assembly on Thursday that the education department would conduct a feasibility study to see if state-run schools can open in Middle East countries....