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Tuesday, July 29, 2025
TopicPresident Vladimir Putin

Topic: President Vladimir Putin

Trump shortens 50-day deadline for Russia to end Ukraine war

The US President set the deadline earlier this month and has repeatedly voiced exasperation with Putin for continuing attacks on Ukraine despite Washington's efforts to end the war.

Trump says he wants to maintain 2010 New START treaty limits on US-Russia nuclear weapons

Washington: US President Donald Trump said on Friday that he would like to maintain the limits on U.S. and Russian strategic nuclear weapons deployments...

Russia criminalises online searches for ‘extremist’ content, tightens censorship

According to the new law, Russians could be fined up to 5,000 roubles for searching content deemed 'extreme' by the government including through virtual private networks (VPNs).

Trump to supply arms via NATO to Ukraine, warns of ‘major statement’ to Russia

Trump will send weapons to Kyiv under a presidential power, which allows him to send weapons to help allies. He has expressed his frustration with Putin over the lack of a ceasefire in Ukraine.

Russian transport minister found dead in his car with gunshot wound, hours after Putin fired him

Russia's Investigative Committee, which probes major crimes, said in a statement it was working to establish the precise circumstances of Roman Starovoit's death.

3 years after Putin’s invasion, Russia takes complete control of Ukraine’s Luhansk region

Though Putin, in Sept 2022, declared Luhansk being incorporated into Russia, there is no immediate confirmation from the Russian defence ministry, or comment from Ukraine.

US’ ‘unjustified’ strikes on Iran pushing world to ‘a very dangerous line’, says Putin

In a meeting with the Iranian foreign minister, the Russian president condemned the strikes, saying that it was plunging the region into a war & promised to try to help the people of Iran.

Putin ups production of Oreshnik missile after it had ‘proven itself’ in combat conditions

Russia first used the Oreshnik intermediate-range hypersonic missile, against Ukraine in November 2024, when Putin said it had fired the missile at a defence enterprise in the Dnipro.

Putin tells Iranian foreign minister there was ‘no basis & no justification’ for US strikes

The Russian president hosted the Iranian minister after US President Trump bombed Iran’s nuclear sites Sunday. Putin had warned that such a move could destabilise the entire region.

Putin says he is ‘not seeking Ukraine’s unconditional surrender’ but demands recognition of ‘ground realities’

Russian president speaking at the St Petersburg International Economic Forum reiterates that Russians and Ukrainians are ‘one people’ and ‘all of Ukraine belongs to Russia’.

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Dhankhar’s resignation: How Modi-Shah’s ‘capable’ BJP has served another strong message to RSS

One has to be incredibly credulous to buy BJP spin masters’ argument that the government got rid of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar for harmonious relationship with the judiciary.

Unclaimed deposits worth Rs 67,000 crore lying in banks, 87% in public sector banks alone, Parliament told

SBI holds Rs 19,239 crore in unclaimed deposits, or 26% of the abandoned money in public banking system. PNB, Canara Bank follow.

India wanted a stable, prosperous Pakistan but our peace efforts were mistaken for weakness: Rajnath

Modi government had also made numerous efforts to establish peace with Pakistan but has now adopted a different path, militarily, to establish peace, adds defence minister.

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.