Russian President Vladimir Putin will be on a state visit to India on December 4-5, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) confirmed on Friday.

PM Modi participated in the Laksha Kantha Gita Parayana at Sri Krishna Matha in Udupi, reciting the Bhagavad Gita with over 100,000 devotees. He also addressed a gethering.

The death toll in a fire that ripped through a Hong Kong residential estate this week has risen to 128, the city’s security chief said Friday.