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India urges Maldives to ensure early resumption of political process
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 28 (ANI): Welcoming Maldives' decision of lifting the State of Emergency, India has urged Maldivian government to ensure early resumption of the political process.
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India urges Maldives to restore credibility of political process
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 14 (ANI): India reiterated its advise to Maldives to restore the credibility of the electoral and political process by releasing political prisoners, including former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom and former Chief Justice Abdulla Saeed, as per the statement issued by
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Ex-Maldives' president Gayoom sentenced to 19-month jail term
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Male [Maldives], June 13 (ANI): Former Maldives' President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom on Wednesday was sentenced to nineteen months of imprisonment after being found guilty of "obstructing justice" by not cooperating with the police investigation.
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Passed emergency decree illegal: Maldivian opposition
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Male [Maldives], Feb 21 (ANI): The state of emergency decree passed by the Maldivian parliament is illegal, said the Joint Opposition on Tuesday.
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Maldives opposition calls for UN intervention
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Male [Maldives], Feb 16 (ANI): A joint opposition in the Maldives on Friday issued a call for the United Nations (UN) to immediately intervene in the island nation's political turmoil and to put an end to the emergency imposed by President Abdulla Yameen.
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Maldives rejects meeting with European diplomats
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Male [Maldives], Feb 10 (ANI): Embattled Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen has refused to meet with diplomats from the European Union, Germany and the United Kingdom after the state of emergency was imposed in the Maldives last week.
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Maldives cancels football league amid state of emergency
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Male [Maldives], Feb 10 (ANI): The Maldives has cancelled its annual football league after a state of emergency was imposed by embattled Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen last week.
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Maldives crisis: CJ's lawyers express concerns over arbitrary arrest
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Male [Maldives], Feb 8 (ANI): The lawyers for Chief Justice of the Maldives Abdulla Saeed have expressed grave concerns over the continued arbitrary detention of the Chief Justice.
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Judiciary isolated and helpless in Maldives
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Male [Maldives], Feb 8 (ANI): Former Attorney General of the Maldives and President of Maldives Bar Association Husnu Al Suood said on Thursday that the judges at the apex court were working under political pressure.
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Maldives sends special envoys to 'friendly nations' amid crisis
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Male [Maldives], Feb 8 (ANI): Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen on Wednesday sent his special envoys to three 'friendly nations'- China, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.
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'All are in clear and present danger in Maldives'
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Male [Maldives], Feb. 06 (ANI): One of the 12 MPs disqualified from the Parliament by the Election Commission in the Maldives, Abdulla Sinan, has recently returned back to the Maldives from eight-month exile. His return comes at a time when the country is in a state of emergency after Pre
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Maldivian crisis: Yameen accuses judges of overthrowing him
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Male [Maldives], Feb. 06 (ANI): Embattled Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen on Tuesday accused the judges of plotting to overthrow him, saying that the emergency was imposed to investigate "this plot, this coup" of the Maldivian Supreme Court, which ordered the release of nine jailed opposi
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