Maldivian President Waheed to make first ever visit to India
May 10th, 2012 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) Mohamed Waheed, the new president of Maldives, will be in India on a five-day first ever official visit beginning Friday when he will ... Read more...
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Ousted Maldives president coming to press for early polls
April 11th, 2012 - 4:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) With the political deadlock persisting in the Maldives, ousted president Mohamed 'Anni' Nasheed comes to India next week to seek New Delhi's diplomatic push ... Read more...
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Maldives’ ex-president Gayoom returns to homeland
March 6th, 2012 - 9:09 pm ICT by IANS
Male, March 6 (IANS) The Maldives' former president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom returned to the country from Malaysia Tuesday for the first time after the new government was formed following a ... Read more...
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US concerned over protests in Male
March 1st, 2012 - 5:21 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, March 1 (IANS) The US Thursday expressed concern over the "disorderly protests" and the disruption of the opening of parliament in the Maldives by foes of new President Mohamed ... Read more...
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Mathai in Maldives for talks amid deepening crisis (Second Lead)
February 15th, 2012 - 11:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Male, Feb 15 (IANS) As the crisis in the Maldives deepened with former president Mohamed Nasheed rejecting a police summons and asserting that India may lose leverage to ... Read more...
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Rights group concerned over Maldives turmoil
February 13th, 2012 - 7:05 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 13 (IANS) Expressing concern over the recent political developments in the Maldives, a human rights group has called for strict compliance of the accepted democratic norms and the ... Read more...
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Nasheed disappointed with India, says Maldives ex-foreign minister (Interview) (Lead)
February 12th, 2012 - 11:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Male, Feb 12 (IANS) As India steps up efforts to broker a political deal in the Maldives, Ahmed Shaheed, a former foreign minister of the Indian Ocean nation, says ... Read more...
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Nasheed disappointed with India, says Maldives ex-foreign minister (Interview)
February 12th, 2012 - 4:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Male, Feb 12 (IANS) As India steps up efforts to broker a political deal in the Maldives, Ahmed Shaheed, a former foreign minister of the Indian Ocean nation, says ... Read more...
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Nasheed sees ex-dictator Gayoom’s network behind his ouster
February 9th, 2012 - 8:41 pm ICT by IANS
Male, Feb 9 (IANS) A day after he was ousted as the Malidivian president, Mohamed Nasheed has said what happened in the country should be traced to former dictator Maumoon ... Read more...
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Maldives president wants to meet Manmohan (Second Lead)
February 8th, 2012 - 5:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) India has pledged support to new Maldivian President Mohamed Waheed who spoke with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on telephone Wednesday and sought a meeting ... Read more...
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Maldives president wants to meet (Lead)
February 8th, 2012 - 5:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) India has pledged support to new Maldivian President Mohamed Waheed who spoke with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on telephone Wednesday and sought a meeting ... Read more...
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PM pledges support to new Maldivian president
February 8th, 2012 - 2:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has written to new Maldivian President Mohamed Waheed assuring him of India's continued support after the dramatic regime change in ... Read more...
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Male calm a day after Nasheed quits
February 8th, 2012 - 1:37 pm ICT by IANS
Male, Feb 8 (IANS) The Republic Square in Male looked calm and quiet Wednesday morning with families walking around and chattering at the very location where weeks of protests to ... Read more...
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Maldives President Nasheed resigns after public protests, mutiny
February 8th, 2012 - 3:25 am ICT by BNO News
MALE, MALDIVES (BNO NEWS) -- Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed on Tuesday announced his resignation after weeks of opposition protests and a mutiny by some police officers. Vice president Waheed Hassan was sworn ... Read more...
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Maldives president quits after street protests, vice president takes over (Roundup)
February 7th, 2012 - 7:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed quit under pressure Tuesday after weeks of protests triggered by a judge's arrest saw mutinous police personnel backing opposition activists and ... Read more...
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Nasheed held world’s first underwater cabinet meeting
February 7th, 2012 - 4:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) Maldives 44-year-old President Mohamed Nasheed, who quit Tuesday, hit the global headlines three years ago when he held a cabinet meeting under water to highlight ... Read more...
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Maldives president quits after protests (Second Lead)
February 7th, 2012 - 3:27 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, Feb 7 (IANS) Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed, elected only four years ago, resigned Tuesday following overnight protests, authorities and media reports said.The Maldives High Commission here said Vice President ... Read more...
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Not enough room for China in Indian Ocean: Maldives
February 25th, 2011 - 6:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) Clearly alluding to the expanding ambitions of China in the region, Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed Friday underlined the atoll nation's special ties with India and said ... Read more...
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Four heads of state to attend CWG opener
October 1st, 2010 - 7:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) Two presidents, a prince and a governor general will attend the opening of the the Commonwealth Games here Sunday.New Zealand Governor General Sir Anand Satyanand, Monaco's ... Read more...
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Prince Charles, Prince Albert, Maldives president to grace Games inaugural
September 5th, 2010 - 7:57 pm ICT by IANS
By Manish Chand
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) Guess what is common between Britain's Prince Charles, Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed and Prince Albert of Monaco? Well, nothing much yet. But they are ... Read more...
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Floating golf course in Maldives to counter threat of global warming
March 12th, 2010 - 5:35 pm ICT by ANI
London, March 12 (ANI): Reports indicate that the Islands of the Maldives is poised to build a floating golf course and convention centre in what could be the first of a series ... Read more...
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Maldives’ poll panel wants to learn from Indian counterpart
January 25th, 2010 - 7:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) The Maldives' newly-independent Elections Commission wants to learn "a lot" from its Indian counterpart, one of its commissioners said Monday.
"We are the first ever independent ... Read more...
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Maldives president discusses climate change with Manmohan Singh
October 22nd, 2009 - 3:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 22 (IANS) Days after he made a splash by holding an underwater cabinet meeting to highlight perils of climate change, Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed held talks with Prime ... Read more...
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India, Maldives to enhance marine anti-terror cooperation
December 25th, 2008 - 3:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 25 (IANS) In the wake of the terrorist attack on Mumbai from the sea route, India and the Maldives have decided to scale up anti-piracy and marine counter-terrorism operations ... Read more...
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India, Maldives sign bilateral agreements
December 24th, 2008 - 7:52 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Dec 24 (ANI): India and Maldives inked on credit standing facility and air services here today.
The agreements were signed after the talks between Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and ... Read more...
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Maldives President invites Indian industrialists to invest in his country
December 24th, 2008 - 4:54 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Dec 24 (ANI): Maldives President Mohammad ''Anni'' Nasheed extended an invitation to Indian industrialists and entrepreneurs to invest in state owned industries in Maldives.
Nasheed, who is on a three-day ... Read more...
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Maldives President to meet Prime Minister today
December 24th, 2008 - 11:55 am ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Dec 24 (ANI): Maldives President Mohammad ''Anni'' Nasheed will meet Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh here today to hold talks on ways to further enhance ties between the two ... Read more...
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Maldives is a model for democracy in Islamic world: Nasheed
December 23rd, 2008 - 11:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed Tuesday said his country was a model for bringing democracy into an Islamic nation. The 41-year-old Nasheed Tuesday began his first-ever foreign visit ... Read more...
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Maldives President arrives in New Delhi
December 23rd, 2008 - 7:45 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Dec 23 (ANI): Maldives President Mohammad ''Anni'' Nasheed arrived here on a three-day visit to India.
He is accompanied by a high level delegation including a number of ministers and ... Read more...
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Maldives Foreign Minister meets Pranab Mukherjee
December 1st, 2008 - 6:12 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Dec 1 (ANI): Maldives Foreign Minister Ahmed Shaheed called on his Indian counterpart Pranab Mukherjee here today.
Shaheed reached New Delhi on Sunday on a three-day visit to India to ... Read more...
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Our strategic interests lie with India: Maldives foreign minister (Interview)
November 17th, 2008 - 12:44 pm ICT by IANS
Male, Nov 17 (IANS) The Maldives' primary strategic interests lie with India and there is nothing that can change this plain fact, says the new foreign minister of the Indian Ocean country ... Read more...
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India to help crunch-hit Maldives as ties enter new era
November 11th, 2008 - 9:44 pm ICT by IANS
Male, Nov 11 (IANS) As Mohamed Nasheed was sworn in as president of the Maldives Tuesday, India assured the new democratic leadership that it will help the Indian Ocean nation in tiding ... Read more...
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Ansari meets Gayoom and New President Nasheed
November 11th, 2008 - 6:52 pm ICT by ANI
Male (Maldives), Nov.11 (ANI): Visiting Indian Vice President M. Hamid Ansari met former Maldivian President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom at his private residence here on Tuesday.
Gayoom was the president of Maldives for ... Read more...
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Nasheed sworn in as Maldives” new President
November 11th, 2008 - 6:11 pm ICT by ANI
By Mrityunajay Singh
Male, Nov 11 (ANI): Mohamed Nasheed, a former political prisoner who defeated Asia''s longest-serving ruler Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, in the first multiparty election in the Maldives, today assumed the ... Read more...
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Vice President leaves for Maldives for new presidents” swearing-in ceremony
November 10th, 2008 - 11:49 am ICT by ANI
By Mrityunjay Singh
New Delhi, Nov 10 (ANI): Vice President Mohammed Hamid Ansari today left for Maldives on a two-day visit, where he will represent India at the swearing-in ceremony of the ... Read more...
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