New government in Male to undo anti-India stepsIn an exclusive interaction with TOI, Maldives foreign minister Abdulla Shahid described former president Abdulla Yameen’s foreign policy a...
22 Nov, 2018, 10.38 AM IST
PM Modi to attend swearing-in of Maldives president-elect on Nov 17The prime minister will also visit Singapore to take part in the 13th East Asia Summit.
09 Nov, 2018, 10.16 PM IST
Maldives-India tension is on, Delhi unlikely to remove contentious coptersWhile Indian officials did not offer any comment, highly placed Maldivian diplomatic sources in Male said the deadline to remove the choppe...
29 Aug, 2018, 10.48 AM IST
Maldives declines India's offer to participate in Defence ExpoSources told PTI that Maldives has conveyed to New Delhi that its defence minister would be travelling abroad and it would not be possible ...
04 Apr, 2018, 09.08 PM IST
In bid to get Maldives government return to democracy, Europe may halt flightsThe German envoy to Sri Lanka tweeted that the reason for this move is that despite the apparent lifting of emergency by the Yameen govt, t...
31 Mar, 2018, 10.27 AM IST
India welcomes end of emergency in MaldivesThe Abdullah Yameen-led island country was, however, also reminded of global concerns that remain unaddressed till date.
23 Mar, 2018, 10.10 AM IST
Yameen govt cites Kashmir, tells India to back offMinisters of the Maldivian government asked India to keep out of the country's internal affairs, just as they "haven't gone into the Kashmi...
14 Mar, 2018, 10.48 AM IST
Maldives warns India against interfering in its internal affairsThe Maldivis' Foreign Ministry said President Yameen's govt takes note of the public statements issued by India that "ignore the facts and ...
23 Feb, 2018, 05.20 PM IST
Maldives Parliament extends emergency for 30 daysOnly 38 MPs were present for the vote, which took place hours before the state of emergency was due to expire, despite 43 lawmakers being n...
20 Feb, 2018, 08.12 PM IST
Indian journalist among two scribes held in MaldivesThe action against the two scribes came as a privately-owned TV station went off the air, citing threats during the country's current state...
09 Feb, 2018, 08.38 PM IST
India was first stop planned for special envoy's visit: MaldivesHis comments come in the backdrop of Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen sending special envoys to China, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia to brief...
08 Feb, 2018, 01.50 PM IST
"All-out assault on democracy", UN rights chief says of MaldivesThe Maldives has been in crisis since last week, when the Supreme Court quashed convictions ranging from corruption to terrorism of nine op...
07 Feb, 2018, 09.31 PM IST
Maldives crisis: Nasheed snubs China; asks India to play role of 'liberators'The archipelago was plunged into chaos late last week when the Supreme Court called for the release of nine imprisoned opposition politicia...
07 Feb, 2018, 05.25 PM IST
Maldives' top court revokes own order to free prisoners; Nasheed seeks Indian military interventionIn a late night development, the remaining three judges of the Supreme Court amended an order to release nine high- profile political priso...
07 Feb, 2018, 12.00 AM IST
India 'disturbed' by declaration of emergency in MaldivesChief Justice Abdulla Saeed and another judge, Ali Hameed, were arrested hours after Yameen declared a state of emergency yesterday. No det...
06 Feb, 2018, 07.33 PM IST
Will not tolerate foreign interference: MaldivesThe US and others have strongly criticized his trial with a UN panel ruling last month that Nasheed's jailing was illegal and that he shoul...
12 Oct, 2015, 11.06 AM IST
India looks forward to working closely with new Maldives PresidentAbdulla Yameen clinched an unexpected victory in the presidential run-off elections by defeating Mohamed Nasheed, who had led in two recent...
17 Nov, 2013, 01.10 PM IST