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$The government had expressed \concerns\ over the judicial order and resisted complying with it, but the court said there can be no excuses. (Photo: AFP)$ World

Maldives crisis deepens as court orders President Yameen to comply

Dissidents must be released because their trials were politically motivated and flawed, the Supreme Court said in a...

5 Feb 2018 8:53 AM IST

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

Opinion

Maldives on edge: India must be firm

The current situation in the island state is fraught with risks for Indian interests.

5 Feb 2018 12:08 AM IST

The reinstatement of the dozen legislators gave the opposition a majority in the 85-member assembly, and it can now potentially impeach Yameen. (Photo: AP)

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Maldives: Political crisis deepens as govt warns SC against...

The tiny tourist archipelago has been plunged into a political crisis pitting the country's top court against President...

4 Feb 2018 6:16 PM IST

India

India to avoid using force in Maldives

India is "not alone" in voicing certain concerns about the state of affairs in the Maldives.

25 April 2018 2:59 AM IST

China is like a long-lost cousin that we have found, a long-lost cousin who is willing to help us, he said on Thursday after Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen lifted a state of emergency in the troubled South Asian nation after 45 days. (Photo: File)

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Maldives court orders arrest of former president Abdulla Yameen

Maldivian authorities on Monday ordered the arrest of former strongman president Abdulla Yameen over money laundering...

18 Feb 2019 6:09 PM IST

Saying -- resolve things internally -- is akin to asking us to escalate the revolt, which can lead to chaos. Maldivians see Indias role positively: in 88 they came, resolved the crisis, and left. They were not occupiers but liberators. This is why Maldivians look to India now, Nasheed tweeted on Wednesday. (Photo: AP)

Opinion

Nasheed's star rises

India, whose voice was heeded in Washington and London, must bank on the hope that the Maldives breaks free completely...

9 April 2019 12:01 AM IST

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India a cousin but China a long-lost brother found: Maldives envoy

The Maldives will further embrace Chinese investment but is aware it risks getting caught between China and India.

24 March 2018 7:18 PM IST

Opinion

Snub by Maldives as India's clout lessens

President Abdulla Yameen sent special envoys to Beijing, Islamabad and Riyadh to solicit support for his dictatorial...

24 March 2018 12:06 AM IST

World

With dissidents locked up, Maldives lifts Emergency

The statement defended the Emergency measures, saying they had been precipitated by a constitutional crisis created by...

23 March 2018 4:37 AM IST

World

Maldives President Abdulla Yameen lifts 45-day state of emergency

Yameen imposed emergency on Feb 5 after a SC ruling quashed convictions against 9 oppn leaders, ordered his govt to free...

22 March 2018 2:49 PM IST

India

Gayoom daughter calls for Indian intervention

Calling on the Male government, headed by her estranged uncle President Yameen to allow her father to move back home.

1 May 2018 2:13 AM IST

A portrait of Cuban revolutionary Ernesto Cheâ€ Guevara is seen standing in flood waters in Alappuzha, Kerala. (Photo: AP)

India

Kerala floods: Maldives announces $50,000 relief

The Maldives has politically moved extremely close to both China and Pakistan, something that New Delhi is viewing with...

21 Aug 2018 5:53 AM IST