New Delhi: Operation Cactus was the codename given to an Indian army operation in Maldives to stop a coup d'état in 1988 that was intended to overthrow the then government of President Abdul Maumoon Gayoom
Male, Maldives : Voters in the Maldives lined up Saturday in a presidential runoff that comes amid international concerns that the tiny archipelago nation may slip back to strongman rule after long delays in the
Male, Maldives: The first democratically elected president of the Maldives and the brother of the country's former autocratic ruler have qualified for a runoff, according to results in the island nation's presidential election. But the
Male : Polling for long-delayed presidential elections in Maldives began today as the archipelago nation made third attempt to elect a new President in order to avert a constitutional crisis.People stood in long queues outside
Male: A senior UN official began a two-day mission to the Maldives Wednesday along with Indian diplomats to push for free and fair presidential elections.The visit by Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs Oscar Fernandez-Taranco
Male: All three presidential candidates in the Maldives have agreed to hold presidential election a week early on Nov 2 to avoid a constitutional crisis, media reports said here Monday.The three presidential candidates have agreed
Kathmandu: Sans skipper and striker Sunil Chettri, India are geared up for a tough fight against former champions Maldives in the semi-final of the SAFF Championship football here Monday.After a pathetic show in the group
Colombo, July 20: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) embassy in Sri Lanka has gifted dates to the Maldivian government on the occasion of Ramadan.UAE Ambassador to Sri Lanka Abdul Hamid Abdul Fatah Kadem handed over
New Delhi/Colombo, July 9: India, Sri Lanka and Maldives have agreed on a roadmap to boost cooperation in maritime security.India's National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon visited Colombo July 8-9 to participate in trilateral discussions with
Male, May 22: An Indian school teacher has been found dead in Maldives' Eydhafushi island, in what is suspected to be a suicide case.Vice President of Baa Eydhafushi Council Mohamed Riza said that the teacher,
New Delhi, Mar 6: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday expressed concern over the “political instability” in the Maldives and said India would continue to monitor the situation there as it was for a democratic and
Male, Mar 5: Former Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed was today arrested by police after a warrant was issued by a court here in connection with his trial over the arrest and subsequent detention of a
New Delhi, Jan 27: The growing presence of Chinese telecom companies in Maldives and Nepal has put security agencies on alert over fears that equipment used for infrastructure development there might be bugged and misused
Hyderabad, Dec 16: Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak, who is scheduled to visit New Delhi for India-Asean meet between December 20-21, is likely to discuss with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh the issue of GMR's
Mumbai, Dec 8: The Maldives government has given a comfort letter to Indian Overseas Bank, which has USD 25- million exposure to GMR Group's Male airport project, assuring safety of lenders' funds, a top bank
New Delhi, Dec 7: Amid a diplomatic row over cancellation of the GMR contract, the government on Friday asked Maldives to control any quarters which may be trying to harm bilateral relations saying the issue
New Delhi, Nov 30: Industry body ASSOCHAM today termed as "unilateral" the Maldives government's decision to scrap the $500 million contract given to GMR Group for developing the Male Airport and sought talks between the
Male, Nov 28: The Maldives government has issued notices to GMR terminating its contract to develop Male airport, where the company has already invested $250 million. GMR, a subsidiary of Bangalore-based GMR Infrastructure Ltd, has
Male, Nov 28: GMR Group on Wednesday said the Maldivian government's decision to scrap the airport development contract awarded to it as “irrational and unlawful”.The Maldives cabinet has decided to terminate the contract given to
New Delhi, Nov 27: India is keenly watching developments relating to the Maldives government cancelling the contract with GMR to develop an airport near Male and is “waiting for the legal position to become clear”.“Whatever
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