Maldives govt ready for talks with Opposition to restore normalcyThe Abdulla Yameen-led government has been witnessing a political crisis in the wake of an emergency that has been extended for another 30 ...
21 Feb, 2018, 08.20 PM IST
India urges Maldives to restore democracyThe opposition, which boycotted the sitting in Parliament, however, said the approval was illegal as it was against the constitution.
20 Feb, 2018, 11.32 PM IST
Maldives crises: Amid call for help, Mohamed Nasheed meets Defence Minister Nirmala SitharamanIndia had earlier put its special forces on standby for any eventuality in Maldives including the evacuation of its own citizens if violenc...
19 Feb, 2018, 11.02 PM IST
View: Strong political case for intervention in Maldives, but not a legal one yetIn 2015, he got the Maldives constitution amended to allow foreign nationals and entities the right to own freehold land, including entire ...
14 Feb, 2018, 08.02 AM IST
Indian journalist and another scribe ordered to leave MaldivesThe two journalists, Indian national Money Sharma and British national of Indian-origin Atish Ravi Patel, were handed over to immigration a...
10 Feb, 2018, 05.05 PM IST
Modi, Trump discuss Maldives situation in phone callThe leaders also discussed various other regional and global flashpoints, and agreed to strengthen bilateral security and economic cooperat...
10 Feb, 2018, 07.54 AM IST
India seeks UN fact-finding panel for MaldivesIndia also wants other nations to ask their judiciaries to support the Maldives Supreme Court chief justice, who has been arrested and jail...
10 Feb, 2018, 07.47 AM 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
China opposes Indian military intervention in Maldives"The current situation in Maldives is its internal affairs," said China's Foreign Ministry spokesman, adding that China believes in the pri...
07 Feb, 2018, 03.08 PM IST
Maldives-China FTA could plunge Maldives into political crisisChina is eyeing naval base in Maldives much to India’s discomfort. FTA will increase Maldives' trade deficit and push it towards a debt tra...
01 Dec, 2017, 04.39 PM IST
Confident of getting majority support: Former Maldives president Mohamed NasheedThis is a very dark period in Maldivian history, the former Maldives president and leader of Maldivian Democratic Party told ET in an inter...
27 Mar, 2017, 10.41 AM IST
Maldives quits Commonwealth over 'unjust' decisionThe Maldives said, since then the CMAG and the Commonwealth Secretariat have treated the Maldives "unjustly and unfairly".
13 Oct, 2016, 08.41 PM IST
Top MEA official heads to Male as crisis deepens; China backs Abdullah Yameen regimeThis trip comes amid China’s stand on Maldives, where it appears to have backed Abdullah Yameen as it said that it believes the regime can ...
26 Feb, 2015, 05.58 AM IST
- Constitutional void in Maldives not a good idea: India
"India was interested in the ongoing democratic process should be successfully completed. There should not be any hurdles," government sour...
21 Oct, 2013, 02.49 AM IST
Constitutional void in Maldives not a good idea: IndiaExpressing concern over the political crisis in the Maldives following the last-minute cancellation of the Presidential re-vote, India toda...
20 Oct, 2013, 09.55 PM IST
- US working with India to help Maldives towards elections
The US is in touch with India over efforts to resolve the political crisis in Maldives and it wants to see the country progress towards hol...
07 Apr, 2012, 10.37 PM IST
- China wants to work closely with Maldives govt: Foreign Office
In its first comments on the Maldives' political crisis, China today said it would like to work closely with the government in Male and pus...
13 Feb, 2012, 05.22 PM IST