PM on two-day visit to Gujarat
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate houses built under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana and lay foundation stones for a host of projects of `5,477 crore during his two-day visit to Gujarat, starting August 25.
The Prime Minister will take part in a 3-km roadshow from Naroda to the Nikol area after arriving at the Ahmedabad airport on the evening of August 25, said State Health Minister and Government spokesperson Rushikesh Patel.
No Putin-Zelenskyy summit planned
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced on Friday that no meeting is currently planned between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, stating that the necessary groundwork for such a summit has not yet been laid. Lavrov made the remarks during a press briefing in Moscow, stressing that while President Putin is open to a direct dialogue with Zelenskyy , “the agenda for a potential summit is not ready at all.”
Pak Deputy PM arrives in Dhaka
Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Muhammad Ishaq Dar, arrived in Dhaka on Saturday for a two-day official visit aimed at strengthening bilateral ties between Pakistan and Bangladesh. Dar was received at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport by Bangladesh’s Foreign Secretary Ambassador Asad Alam Siam, along with Pakistan’s High Commissioner to Bangladesh, Imran Haider, and Bangladesh’s High Commissioner to Pakistan, Muhammad Iqbal Khan. Senior officials from both countries were also present to welcome the visiting dignitary. The visit, taking place from August 23 to 24, follows an invitation extended by the Bangladesh and comes after a previously scheduled trip in April was postponed due to rising tensions between Pakistan and India over a deadly incident in Indian-administered Kashmir.
CBI extradites gangster from Azerbaijan
Sunil Kumar, a member of the Jharkhand-based Aman Sahu gang wanted in a series of extortion cases, has been extradited from Azerbaijan on Saturday in an operation coordinated by the CBI with Jharkhand Police and Interpol, officials said.
Kumar, identified more commonly with his alias Mayank Singh, is believed to be a key operative of an organised criminal network of Aman Sahu in Jharkhand and several other States.
Wanted by the Jharkhand Police and facing an Interpol Red Notice, he was brought to Mumbai from Baku by a team of the state police on Saturday, they said. “The International Police Cooperation Unit (IPCU) of CBI, in collaboration with NCB-Baku, successfully brought back the wanted Red Notice subject Sunil Kumar to India on August 23, 2025. A three-member team of Jharkhand Police went to Baku, Azerbaijan on August 19, 2025 to bring back the subject, Sunil Kumar,”a CBI spokesperson said.