China has denied any of its armed personnel were posted in Pakistani Kashmir, stating that these were "just stories"....
Iran has received 13 tonnes of gold which had been held in South Africa for two years due to sanctions, Iran's central bank announced on Wednesday....
The CBI on Wednesday grilled former communications minister Dayanidhi Maran for over seven hours in a case against him for installing over 700 phone lines, including 300 high data capacity BSNL lines, at his Chennai residence, asking him more than 200 questions, agency officials said. He will be questioned again on Thursday....

President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday offered prayers at the Tirumala temple of Lord Venkateswara, seeking blessings for welfare of all human beings. ...

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj remained at the centre of a political storm on Wednesday as new documents released allegedly showed that former IPL chief Lalit Modi offered a job to her husband Swaraj Kaushal....

The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) described the launch as "digital transformation" for the economy....

Britain's Food Standards Authority (FSA) on Wednesday announced that Nestle India's Maggi noodles, manufactured in India and exported to Britain, were safe to consume and contained lead well within permissible levels....
The Greek government on Wednesday revealed its latest proposal for a debt deal with creditors to stave off a default and Grexit -- exit from the eurozone -- in the coming weeks even as thousands of pensioners lined up outside 1,000 bank branches opened to disperse pension payments....
The Supreme Court on Wednesday held that a rape accused would not be let off the hook even if he agrees to enter into wedlock with the rape victim, saying that for a woman, her body is her own temple and could not be defiled. ...

Over 1,000 pilgrims of the first batch of this year's annual Amarnath Yatra left Jammu on Wednesday for the high-altitude cave shrine in Kashmir Valley....