Narendra Modi has rolled out the red carpet for Vladimir Putin, with the leaders set to discuss trade and energy ties. The talks come as India carries out negotiations for trade deals with the US and the EU.

Since he took office last year as leader of India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has used social-media services to engage in diplomacy and build his image in a way few other global leaders have.

The Indian Prime Minister is a tightrope walker in international relations who has long been walking a tightrope between Moscow and Washington. The image of Vladimir Putin paying tribute this Friday to Mahatma Gandhi in New Delhi,

Putin's India visit, which will begin with a private dinner hosted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is being monitored closely by global media, covering different aspects

Western media frame Putin’s India visit as a crucial test for Modi, balancing Russia ties, US tariff pressure and strategic autonomy amid Ukraine war tensions.

Modi and Putin said all acts of terrorism are “criminal and unjustifiable, regardless of their motivation by any religious or ideological pretexts”

Her remarks came hours after BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra alleged that X accounts “created from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Singapore and the US” were being used to push anti-India and anti-Election Commission narratives “at the behest of Rahul Gandhi and the Left ecosystem”.

The BJP has accused overseas social media accounts of fueling anti-India narratives, allegedly at the behest of Rahul Gandhi and the Left eco-system. The accusations focus on Congress and other leftist groups using foreign-linked accounts to mount smear campaigns against the Modi government and the BJP-RSS alliance.

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