India, Sept. 5 -- India on Friday declined to respond to US President Donald Trump's remarks that New Delhi appeared to have moved closer to Moscow and Beijing, even as it rejected White House trade advisor Peter Navarro's tirade against the country over Russian oil purchases as "inaccurate and misleading".

Against the backdrop of growing strains in India-US relations over the US president's decision to double tariffs on Indian goods with a 25% punitive levy over the procurement of Russian energy, Trump again targeted India in the wake of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's participation in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit, where he was seen with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

"Looks like we...