Muizzu formally requested India to withdraw its military personnel from the country during a meeting with Union Minister Kiren Rijiju. India and the Maldives agreed to discuss 'workable solutions' to continue the use of Indian military platforms, said government sources.
There were 24 Indian military personnel to manage the first helicopter, 25 Indians to manage the Dornier aircraft, 26 personnel to manage the second helicopter, and two more for maintenance and engineering, Firuzul was quoted as saying by the Maldivian media.
Muizzu, a close associate of former Maldives President Abdulla Yameen who forged close ties with China during his Presidency from 2013 to 2018, defeated India-friendly incumbent Solih in the presidential runoff held in September.
Muizzu clinched victory in the presidential elections on Saturday by securing over 53% of the vote. He was congratulated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi after the results were announced.
The memorial is also dedicated to soldier Yeshwant Ghadge, who was killed during the war in Upper Tiber Valley during the Second World War.
Chinese Foreign Ministry's spokesperson, Zhao Lijian spoke on Galwan Valley Clash on June 18.
Infantry Day is observed on October 27 to mark the landing of first Indian troops in Jammu and Kashmir in 1947 to push back Pakistan supported intruders.
The BSF on Friday said the Bangladeshi action of killing its trooper and injuring another along the border in West Bengal was unprovoked and that its troops did not fire "a single bullet" when a flag meeting took place between the two sides.
Ceasefire violation in J&K Akhnoor: Indian troops inflict 'serious damage' across border in retaliation.
"Pakistan violated ceasefire along IB in J&K after agreeing to implement the 2003 pact in 'letter and spirit'," a senior BSF official told PTI, while confirming the casualties.
In a brazen violation of the ceasefire pact, Pakistani Rangers on Sunday fired at Indian troops along the International Border in Jammu and Kashmir's Akhnoor sector, killing two BSF jawans.
Replying to a question on the issue in Rajya Sabha, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said that troops of both sides have redeployed themselves away from their respective positions at the face-off site.
"There was a ceasefire violation by the Pakistan Army. They resorted to firing along the LoC in Chakan Da Bagh area in Poonch this evening," a security force official said.
A video shot on a mobile phone showed how the soldiers from India and China kicked, punched and shoved each other near the Pangong lake in Ladakh on Independence Day.
Dismissing as "untenable" India's assertion that Beijing's construction of road in the disputed Doka La area poses "serious security implications", China's official news agency today asked New Delhi not to deviate consensus on developing bilateral re
“China urges India to immediately withdraw its border guards that have crossed the boundary and have a thorough investigation of this matter,” Geng said.
The Senate pulled up Pak Army for refusing to make public its losses just because “it did not want to show the enemy how many of our soldiers have been martyred.”
Jammu: Troops of Pakistan opened fire at Army posts and civilian areas in Poonch district on the Line of Control (LoC) with automatic weapons and rockets for the fourth day in row on Wednesday prompting
Beijing: China on Tuesday said the stand-off with India at the Ladakh region has been resolved as both sides completed simultaneous withdrawal of troops, and underlined that the two nations have the ‘determination and capability'
Top News
Latest News
