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Navy Chief Admiral Sunil Lanba on Tuesday announced that the Indian Ocean archipelago had turned down the offer to join the eight-day long mega naval exercise - Milan - starting 6 March. (Photo: PTI/Represe

Declined India's invite for naval exercise due to emergency: Maldives

The biennial naval exercise, first held in 1995 with just five navies, aims to expand regional cooperation.

28 Feb 2018 9:44 AM IST

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

India's remark on extension of emergency a 'distortion of facts':...

India's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Ravish Kumar said India did not see 'any valid reason' for the extension of...

22 Feb 2018 9:26 PM IST

President Yameen declared emergency on February 5 after the Supreme Court ordered the release of a group of Opposition leaders, who had been convicted in widely criticised trials. (Photo: AFP)

Maldives extends emergency, India says 'deeply dismayed'

The Maldivian Parliament (Majlis) on Tuesday extended the state of emergency by another 30 days.

21 Feb 2018 6:17 PM IST

Five Chinese ships were detected in the region and were observed leaving and it had nothing to do with the ongoing political crisis in the Maldives, the sources said. (Photo: ANI)

No Chinese warship movement detected near waters of Maldives: Indian...

The sources in Indian Navy went on to stress that these were not warships as previously reported in Chinese websites.

20 Feb 2018 6:40 PM IST

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 2:39 PM IST

India and China flags (Photo: PTI/File)

Coercive Diplomacy required

China is using its economic and military power to encircle india through the string of pearls theory.

18 Feb 2018 5:39 AM IST

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 9:22 AM IST

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 9:35 AM IST

We would like to note that although they have been asked to leave the Maldives, no other legal steps shall be taken against them, the police said. (Photo: ANI)

2 arrested scribes including Indian national ordered to leave Maldives

Journalists arrested by Maldivian police for violating immigration rules have been ordered to leave the nation facing...

10 Feb 2018 4:12 PM IST

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...

10 Feb 2018 3:19 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Worried PM Modi, Donald Trump discuss Maldives crisis

The White House said that the two leaders also pledged to continue working together to enhance security and prosperity...

10 Feb 2018 3:18 AM IST

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 8:18 PM IST