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If you look at warships and other equipment, the gap between the Indian and Chinese navy is not large, news portal Sina said on Sunday last. (Photo: AFP)

Chinese warships enter east Indian Ocean amid Maldives crisis: report

A fleet of destroyers and at least one frigate, a 30,000-tone amphibious transport dock and three support tankers...

20 Feb 2018 10:03 AM

Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: PTI)

Maldives leader seeks approval to extend state of emergency

Parliament cancelled Monday's vote without giving a reason after the opposition boycott, which left only 39 ruling party...

20 Feb 2018 9:09 AM

India is being forcing to choose between the high road and the messy, contentious road. (Photo: AFP)

Navigating the Maldivian crisis

India fears debt trapsâ€ set by China that could lead to land grabs and a potential military foothold on the...

17 Feb 2018 11:43 PM

MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar also referred to the US declaring the groups Pakistan-based chief Syed Salahuddin as a global terrorist nearly two months ago. (Photo: ANI/Twitter)

'Waiting to see' what steps Maldives would take post emergency: India

Raveesh Kumar said India had called on the government of Maldives to lift the state of Emergency and restore the...

17 Feb 2018 3:52 AM

The Maldivian government called on all parties to refrain from such calls and reiterated that it had maintained good relations with India since the country declared its independence. (Photo: FIle/AP)

Calls for Indian intervention threat to sovereignty: Maldives

The Maldivian defence ministry statement said the Maldives 'firmly believes that India would not act on any such calls.'

14 Feb 2018 4:05 AM

Mohamed Nasheed, whose Maldivian Democratic Party functions from Colombo, asked for Indias help. (Photo: AP)

China slams Maldives ex-President for false claims

In what is being seen as a veiled message to India, China described the situation in the archipelago nation as the ...

13 Feb 2018 12:44 AM

Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: PTI)

India must act with intent in the Maldives

Beijing's position is not buttressed under a thoroughly democratic dispensation in the Maldives.

10 Feb 2018 6:39 PM

Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: PTI)

Hope nations play a constructive role in Maldives: India

The veiled criticism is being seen in the context of a remark made earlier in the day in Beijing by Chinese foreign...

9 Feb 2018 9:49 PM

The action against the two journalists came as a privately-owned television station in the Maldives went off the air, citing threats during the countrys current state of emergency. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Amid political crisis, 1 Indian among 2 journos detained in Maldives

The journalists have been detained in the Maldives for working in the country in violation of its immigration rules.

9 Feb 2018 2:48 PM

China views the Maldives as key to its Maritime Silk Road project in the Indian Ocean as it has already acquired Hambantota port in Sri Lanka and Djibouti in the Horn of Africa. (Photo: AP)

Doesn't want Maldives to become another flash point', in talks with...

The Doklam stand-off and China's opposition to declaring Masood Azhar, a global terrorist at UN had been major irritants...

9 Feb 2018 10:23 AM

On the perception that Maldives was closer to China, Ahmed Mohamed said India should reach out to Maldives, and Male and New Delhi should have close ties given that the two countries are neighbours. (Photo: Twitter/@ahmedMDV)

India was first stop for special envoy's visit but declined: Maldives

Maldives has send special envoys to China, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia to brief them about the deepening political crisis...

9 Feb 2018 2:27 AM

A Maldives soldier stands guard outside the Presidents residence in Male on on Thursday. The international community has censured Maldives President Abdulla Yameen for imposing special Emergency provisions that allow the military to detain suspects for long periods without charge. AFP The UN has urged Yameen to lift the state of emergency, and will discuss the crisis gripping the Indian Ocean archipelago in a closed-door meeting at the Security Council on February 8. (Photo: AFP)

A few people' stirred crisis: Abdulla Yameen

The Yameen government refused to obey the court orders and declared a state of emergency in the country.

8 Feb 2018 9:12 PM