Putin’s India Visit LIVE Updates: The core agenda at Hyderabad House is economic recalibration, as both leaders seek to deepen their “Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership”.

President Vladimir Putin said in an interview published on Thursday that Russia would take full control of Ukraine’s Donbas region by force unless Ukrainian forces withdraw, something Kyiv has flatly rejected.

Three elephants, including a calf, were found dead under mysterious circumstances in a privately owned forest in Vellore district on Thursday, triggering a joint Tamil NaduAndhra Pradesh investigation.