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Depression over southeast Arabian Sea, TN, Kerala to receive heavy showers
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Mar 14(ANI): The depression over southeast Arabian Sea moved northwestwards with speeds of about 14 kmph during the past 06 hours and it lay centered at 0830 hrs IST of 14th March over southeast Arabian Sea near latitude 7.50 N and longitude 74.00 E, about 130 km southeast
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Anti-government protests intensify in Maldives, more opposition MPs detain
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Malé [Maldives], Mar. 03 (ANI): Protests against President Yameen has intensified in capital Male and other cities, as joint opposition continues to maintain pressure on the government to implement the Supreme Court ruling of February 1.
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Mohamed Nasheed alleges President Yameen violating UN sanctions on N Korea
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Male [Maldives], Feb.28 (ANI): Former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed has alleged that President Abdulla Yameen went against the sanctions imposed by the United Nations and allowed the ships to transfer cargo to North Korean ships on the high seas.
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Maldives crisis: Over 50 defence, police officers detained, claims ex-Prez
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Male [Maldives], Feb 27 (ANI): Former Maldivian president Mohamed Nasheed on Tuesday claimed that over 50 Maldives "National Defence Force (MNDF) and Police Officers" have been detained by the loyalists of President Abdulla Yameen.
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Maldives unrest: People demand release of Joint Opposition spokesperson Ah
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Male [Maldives], Feb 27 (ANI): People in Maldives have intensified their demand to release Ahmed Mahloof, Joint Opposition spokesperson and Member of Parliament.
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Unrest in Maldives: Tourism sector witnesses large scale layoff
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Male [Maldives], Feb 27 (ANI): The tourism sector in Maldives is paying a huge price due to the large scale layoff that is taking place as resorts are receiving significant cancellations from tour operators.
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Ex-Maldivian Prez welcomes report to take measures on human rights abusers
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Male [Maldives], Feb 26 (ANI): Former Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed on Monday welcomed the case for "targeted sanctions" prepared by an American human rights activist, urging the European Union to impose restrictive measures on "serious human rights abusers in the Maldives".
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Emergency in Maldives: Police issues curfew to halt opposition's gathering
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Male [Maldives], Feb. 26 (ANI): Amidst the state of emergency in the Maldives, the police here issued a curfew in an attempt to stop an opposition's gathering, said a Maldivian Democratic Party member.
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President Yameen loses support of top law officers
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Male [Maldives], Feb.23 (ANI): The Prosecutor General of Maldives, Aishath Bisham, has told police in a letter that the state of emergency declared by President Abdullah Yameen is unconstitutional as the procedure followed for ratifying it in Parliament was not done as per established conven
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Extension of emergency: Maldives says India's remark a 'distortion of fact
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Male [Maldives], Feb 22 (ANI): Reacting to concerns raised by India over the extension of the State of Emergency in the Maldives, the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) on Thursday said the assertion by the Government of India about the extension is a clear distortion of facts.
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'Emergency in Maldives extended against our Constitution'
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Male [Maldives], Feb 22 (ANI): Former Maldivian Deputy Minister of Education Dr Ahmed Riyaz, who lately resigned, underscored that the State of Emergency (SOE) in the country, which has been extended for an additional 30 days, is "against our Constitution".
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Ex-Maldivian President condemns detention of MDP VP
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Male [Maldives], Feb 21 (ANI): Former Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed on Wednesday condemned the detention of Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) Vice President Mohamed Shifaz and branded it as "illegal."
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