North Korean leader Kim Jong Un personally received Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Pyongyang airport as the latter commenced his first visit to the reclusive nation in 24 years. Putin walked down the stairs of his aircraft and onto the red carpert, where the two leaders embraced and shook hands.
Kim later joined Putin in his car to personally guide him to Pyongyang’s Kumsusan State Guest House, according to North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).
The KCNA described their meeting as a historic event that demonstrates the “invincibility and durability of the two nations’ friendship and unity".
In an exclusive interview with India Today, legal expert Harish Salve discussed the constitutional crisis in West Bengal following Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's refusal to resign despite losing her seat and the decisive mandate against her party.
An India Today ground report from Tehran details the ongoing conflict, its impact on the city's infrastructure and how Iranians have gathered at Enghelab Square to demonstrate solidarity and unity amid war.
The Congress state unit in Tamil Nadu held an online meeting and decided to extend support to TVK. Congress is seeking a power-sharing agreement and is likely to demand two cabinet portfolios, along with a few board and corporation chairman posts, and other government roles such as trust members and directors.
Watch as India Today's Geeta Mohan brings this exclusive ground report from Iran's fourteenth-century Golestan Palace, which was damaged during the US-Israel airstrikes on Tehran.
