India, Sept. 9 -- Good morning. Here's your 5-minute brief of today's top stories from politics, India, the world, entertainment and sports.

Russia remains hopeful that BRICS member states will be able to bridge differences between Iran and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) over the West Asia conflict and achieve consensus in framing joint documents for the grouping's summit to be hosted by India over the weekend, a key aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday.

Congress general secretary Sachin Pilot, who was recently appointed in-charge of Punjab, maintains that all senior party leaders in the state have assured him that they will work unitedly ahead of the crucial assembly polls. In an interview with HT, the senior Congre...