Indian coast guard ships conclude Exercise Dosti, head to Galle, Sri LankaIndian Coast Guard (ICG) ships Samarth and Abhinav have arrived in Galle, Sri Lanka, following the completion of Exercise Dosti in Male. Th...
28 Feb, 2024, 02.30 PM IST
India, Maldives & Sri Lanka's 'Dosti-16' kicks off in MaldivesThe trilateral exercise 'Dosti' brings together the coast guards of Maldives, India, and Sri Lanka to address shared maritime security conc...
24 Feb, 2024, 07.05 PM IST
Chinese research vessel moors near Male; Indian & Sri Lankan coastguard ships reach for trilateral exerciseA Chinese research vessel moored close to the Male port in the Maldives while Indian and Sri Lankan military ships participated in a trilat...
22 Feb, 2024, 04.44 PM IST
Amid Beijing tilt, Male seeks to train more bureaucrats in IndiaThe Maldives government has written to India seeking the renewal of a 2019 memorandum of understanding (MoU) to train 1,000 bureaucrats in ...
04 Feb, 2024, 11.28 PM IST
Maldives government asks India why its coast guard boarded 3 fishing boatsThe Maldives government has asked for clarification regarding the Indian coast guard personnel boarding three Maldivian fishing vessels ope...
03 Feb, 2024, 03.40 PM IST
India, Maldives explore deploying civilian operators for platformsIndia has always maintained that it did not deploy any troops on the ground in the Maldives as claimed by the current ruling dispensation. ...
21 Jan, 2024, 08.42 AM IST
Maldives govt dilutes ties with India further by not renewing Hydrographic PactThe new Maldives government has decided it will not renew an agreement signed with India that sought cooperation for conducting hydrographi...
15 Dec, 2023, 02.51 AM IST
India, Maldives core group created at Modi-Muizzu meet to discuss Indian platformsModi met Maldives President Dr. Mohamed Muizzu, last Friday on the sidelines of COP-28 Summit in the UAE. The two leaders also discussed wa...
03 Dec, 2023, 10.33 PM IST
Maldivian forces use Indian air assets even as president seeks withdrawal of "troops"The evacuations were carried out while President Mohamed Muizzu was making a formal request with India’s minister of earth sciences Kiren R...
23 Nov, 2023, 09.00 PM IST
Rajnath Singh hands over Fast Patrol Vessel, Landing Craft Assault ship to MaldivesThe Fast Patrol Vessel, capable of coastal and offshore surveillance at high speeds, was commissioned as the MNDF Coast Guard ship Huravee....
02 May, 2023, 05.12 PM IST
India signs USD 50 million defence LoC agreement to boost maritime capabilities of Maldives"Cordial meeting with Defence Minister @MariyaDidi . Useful exchange on our defence cooperation. India will always be a reliable security p...
21 Feb, 2021, 05.00 PM IST
Expanding strategic cooperation: India provides aircraft to Maldives defence forcesThe requirement for a Dornier Maritime Surveillance aircraft was raised during the Visit of Former President Yameen to India in 2016. Maldi...
29 Sep, 2020, 05.22 PM IST
Two Indian military choppers set to stay back in MaldivesThe two Indian military helicopters, gifted to Maldives, are likely to stay back along with a 48-member crew and support staff for at least...
26 Aug, 2018, 08.36 PM IST
Delhi pushes Indian Ocean Policy amid China's forays in the regionIndia's outreach to Sri Lanka and Maldives also coincided with the visit of the Prime Minister of Mauritius to Delhi as part of Indian Ocea...
29 May, 2017, 08.15 AM IST
Indian Coast Guard rescues crew of Maldivian cargo shipThe vessel, carrying food products to Maldives, had set off from the Vizhinjam port last evening. After it sailed for about three hours, it...
05 Feb, 2015, 01.11 PM IST
- India, Sri Lanka and Maldives take part in joint naval exercises
Coast Guards of India, Sri Lanka and Maldives are taking part in a joint exercise off the coast of Male.
23 Apr, 2012, 02.14 PM IST
- Six warships deployed to prevent infiltration
As part of preventing infiltration and smuggling, the Navy and Coastguard have deployed six warships in the Gulf of Mannar, Palk Strait and...
24 May, 2007, 02.40 PM IST