A spokesperson for India's foreign ministry did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
Modi and Putin met in September on the sidelines of a regional security bloc summit in Uzbekistan and have spoken on the phone a number of times this year, including on the subject of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Putin visited New Delhi in December last year for the 21st India-Russia annual summit.
(Reporting by Shivam Patel in New Delhi; Editing by Krishna N. Das)
