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US calls for fair elections in Maldives, warns of sanctions
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sep 07 (ANI): The United States on Wednesday expressed its concerns over the "continued democratic backsliding" in the Maldives and warned the island nation it would take "appropriate measures" against those undermining fair electoral process and democracy.
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Constantine not happy with team's SAFF Championship performance
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 6 (ANI): National football coach Stephen Constantine said that he is not happy with the team's performance in their opening match of the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Championship against Sri Lanka.
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Soha Ali Khan shares photo of her 'sunshine'
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 04 (ANI): The Pataudi family is definitely giving us some major family vacationing goals, as they soak up some sun in Maldives.
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India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka skip inauguration of China-funded bridge in M
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 2 (ANI): India-Maldives relations are not passing through the best of times.
According to sources, India did not send its representative on the recent inauguration event of the Sinamale Bridge, which has been constructed with the help of USD 72 million loan fro
Liberal democratic norms under threat in Maldives, says Australian think-t
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Nedlands [Australia], August 30 (ANI): As Maldives is heading closer to hold Presidential elections, the international community has raised concern over threat to liberal democratic norms under the leadership of President Abdulla Yameen in the island nation.
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Maldives relapsing back to a dictatorship
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Male [Maldives], August 30 (ANI): Uncertainty continues to persist in Maldives, the Indian Ocean Island, as there are high assumptions of not having free and fair Presidential polls scheduled to be held on 23rd of next month.
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'Our strategy would be inclusive of China as constructive participant'
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], August 30 (ANI): The United States President Donald Trump administration's senior official Randall G. Schriver while discussing the upcoming 2+2 dialogue with India said that the strategy would be inclusive and China is welcomed to be a constructive participant in t
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Invasion is necessary, Swamy repeats Maldives remark
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 28 (ANI): Repeating his "invade the Maldives" remark, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy on Tuesday said that in order to protect Indians in that country, "invasion is necessary" if upcoming Presidential elections in the island nation was rigged. How
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Swamy's Maldives remark his personal view: Govt
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 26 (ANI): The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Sunday said that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy's tweets about invading the Maldives were his personal views and not the government's.
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EU closely monitoring situation in poll-bound Maldives
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 23 (ANI): The European Union is closely monitoring the situation in the Maldives in the run-up to the Presidential elections scheduled for September 23, according to a media release issued by the Delegation of the European Union to India and Bhutan.
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Maldives' ex-president Gayoom's health deteriorates
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Male [Maldives], August 22 (ANI): The health of 83-year-old former Maldivian president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, who is lodged in Maafushi Prison, is getting deteriorated.
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European lawmakers to slap economic embargo on Maldives
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], Aug 22 (ANI): A group of European officials, including the Members of European Parliament (MEP), have threatened to impose economic and other sanctions on the Maldives if the present regime fails to hold free and fair federal elections, scheduled for September 23 this
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