New Delhi, Dec. 4 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin travelled in the same car as they departed from the Palam Technical Airport in Delhi on Thursday evening.

President Putin is on a two-day State visit to India. He will hold the 23rd India-Russia Annual Summit with PM Narendra Modi in Delhi on 5 December.

Reflecting the importance India attaches to the visit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi received Putin at New Delhi's Palam airport with a warm hug and a warm welcome to India after a four-year gap.

The two leaders left the airport in the same car, nearly three months after they travelled together in a vehicle in China. PM Modi and President Putin had travelled in the same vehicle, assigned for Putin in ...