Articles tagged under: Russia

Drugs in foreign parcels case: Gujarat police arrest a Russian man

October 14, 2023
Drugs in foreign parcels case: Gujarat police arrest a Russian man

Ahmedabad: The city cybercrime division apprehended a Russian national on Friday who had been residing in India with a counterfeit visa while allegedly engaging in drug trafficking in major cities, including Ahmedabad. Kolesnikov Vasilii, a Russian who had been staying in Goa, initially arrived in India on a tourist visa in 2014, which had expired in 2020. Kolesnikov was found in Manali while possessing three fake Aadhar cards and four forged passports with e-visas during the investigation in...Read More

Russian President conveys condolences over Morbi tragedy

October 31, 2022
Russian President conveys condolences over Morbi tragedy

Morbi: Russian President Vladimir Putin in a letter addressed to President and Prime Minister of India has conveys condolences over Morbi tragedy. The letter states " Please accept our most sincere condolences on the tragic consequences of the bridge collapse in the state of Gujarat. Please convey the words of sympathy and support to the families of the victims as well as the wishes of speedy recovery to all those affected by this disaster. " Morbi hanging bridge collapsed at around 6.30 p...Read More

Russian President Putin to visit India on December 6 for India – Russia Annual Summit

November 28, 2021
Russian President Putin to visit India on December 6 for  India – Russia Annual Summit

New Delhi: President of the Russian Federation, H.E. Mr. Vladimir Putin, will pay an official visit to New Delhi on 6 December 2021 for the 21st India-Russia Annual Summit with Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. The last India-Russia Annual Summit was held in September 2019 during the visit of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi to Vladivostok (Russia). The Annual Summit could not take place in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic situation. This will be the first face-to-face meeting between t...Read More

Dr. Ashok Patel (30) becomes the younger Vice Chancellor of Indian origin abroad

July 18, 2021
Dr. Ashok Patel (30) becomes the younger Vice Chancellor of Indian origin abroad

Gandhinagar: 30-year old Dr. Ashok Patel from Mehsana in North Gujarat has set a record for being the youngest Vice Chancellor of Indian origin, as certified by India Book of Records. Dr. Ashok Patel was appointed as the Vice Chancellor of the Armenian-Russian International University ‘Mkhitar Gosh’ in Armenia on January 21st this year. Dr. Patel has completed his MBBS from Tver State Medical University, Russia and his post-graduation from Orenburg State Medical University, Russia. In...Read More

Defense Ministers of India and China meet in Moscow

September 04, 2020
Defense Ministers of India and China meet in Moscow

New Delhi: Here are the pictures of a meeting between Indian and Chinese Defense Ministers at the Hotel Metropol in Moscow, Russia. While details of this meeting are awaited, the discussion based on these pictures is at present limited to Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh's body language.  It's worth noting that China had sought a meeting at Defence Minister level with India during the ongoing Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Moscow, Russia yesterday. Defense Minister Rajnath Sin...Read More

Telephone conversation between Prime Minister Modi and the President of Russian Federation Putin

July 02, 2020
Telephone conversation between Prime Minister Modi and the President of Russian Federation Putin

New Delhi: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi spoke on phone with President of the Russian Federation H.E. Mr. Vladimir Putin on 2 July 2020. Prime Minister warmly congratulated President Putin on the success of celebrations marking the 75th anniversary of the victory in the Second World War, and also for successful completion of the vote on constitutional amendments in Russia. Prime Minister recalled the participation of an Indian contingent in the military parade held in Moscow on 24 June...Read More

Russian Consul General calls on Gujarat CM; possibilities of RZD – G-Ride partnership for Ahmedabad – Rajkot Semi High-Speed rail project discussed

February 12, 2020
Russian Consul General calls on Gujarat CM; possibilities of RZD – G-Ride partnership for Ahmedabad – Rajkot Semi High-Speed rail project discussed

Gandhinagar: A meeting between Gujarat Government and Russian Consul was held today here to discuss partnership between Gujarat govt arm G-Ride and Russian rail company RZD for proposed Rajkot - Ahmedabad semi high-speed railway project. The meeting was attended by Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, Consul general of Russian federation in Mumbai Mr. Aleksei V Surovtsev and Russian government's public arm Russian Railways RZD International's Mr. Vladimir Finov among others. RZD has made Detail ...Read More

PM Narendra Modi on 36-hour visit to Vladivostok in Russia

September 02, 2019

No sofa, ordinary chair only for me like others: PM Narendra Modi in Vladivostok - video goes viral Vladivostok: During the visit to India pavilion in Eastern Economic Forum 2019 in Vladivostok in Russia, a sofa was placed for Prime Minister Narendra Modi between chairs for a group photo. As soon as InvestIndia's Deepak Bagla welcomed the PM to India pavilion, the PM spotted a special sofa arrangement for him for group photo while others would sit on chairs. The Prime Minister immedia...Read More

Rupani on Russia visit

August 10, 2019
Rupani on Russia visit

Gandhinagar: Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani was scheduled to leave for Russia late in the evening on August 10. He will be part of a delegation led by union commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal. Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Haryana and Goa will also be part of this delegation. The delegation will meet Russian Dy PM and Russian far eastern deferal district presidential envoy Yuri Trutnev. Two memorandum of understandng (MoUs) in diamond industry sector will b...Read More

Second Russia-India-China ‘RIC’ Trilateral Summit takes place after a gap of 12 years

December 01, 2018
Second Russia-India-China ‘RIC’ Trilateral Summit takes place after a gap of 12 years

New Delhi: Prime Minister Modi, President Vladimir V Putin of Russian Federation and President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China, held a Trilateral Meeting in Buenos Aires today. The three leaders exchanged views on expanding mutual cooperation in international forums, and to encourage greater interaction among the three countries. They agreed on the importance of reform and strengthening of multilateral institutions which have benefitted the world, including the United Nations, ...Read More