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PM Modi congratulates Ibrahim Mohamed Solih for winning Maldives polls
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 24 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday congratulated senior Maldivian opposition leader Ibrahim Mohamed Solih on his victory in the recently-concluded presidential elections held in the island nation.
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Abdulla Yameen accepts defeat in Maldives polls
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Male [Maldives], Sept 24 (ANI): Breaking silence on the results of the presidential elections, Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen on Monday conceded defeat, saying that he accepted people's mandate.
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Maldives presidential polls: Foreign Ministry confirms Solih's victory
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Male [Maldives], Sep 24 (ANI): Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, the opposition candidate in the Maldivian presidential elections, has beaten President Abdulla Yameen.
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Maldives elections: Yameen's dream of second term nearing end?
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Male [Maldives], Sep 24 (ANI): As Opposition leader Ibrahim Mohamed Solih is inching closer to victory in the presidential polls, incumbent President Abdulla Yameen's dream of a second term is likely to come to an end.
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Ibrahim Solih claims victory in Maldives Presidential polls
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Male [Maldives], Sep 24 (ANI): Opposition leader Ibrahim Mohamed Solih has claimed victory in the presidential election, based on results tabulated from 90 per cent of the ballot boxes.
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Maldives Elections: Polling closes after `extraordinary turnout`
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Male [Maldives], Sep 23 (ANI): The deadline for the polling in the Maldivian Presidential election closed on Sunday at 7 PM (local time) after the election commission had earlier extended the deadline by three hours owing to a huge voter turnout.
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Voting begins in high-stakes Maldives elections
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Male [Maldives], Sep 23 (ANI): Voting officially began in the Maldives amid fear of rigging and violence by the country's opposition parties and international monitor groups to sway the results in favour of incumbent President Abdulla Yameen.
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European Parliamentarians express concern over credible, transparent polls
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], Sept 22 (ANI): Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) from seven different parties have shown concern over the failure of President Abdulla Yameen's government in Maldives to engage with the Opposition leaders for credible, transparent and inclusive Presidential ele
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Exiled Nasheed calls on EU for fair Maldivian elections
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], Sep 15 (ANI): Former Maldivian president, Mohamed Nasheed visited Brussels and Strasbourg and called on the European Union to issue a populated sanctions list and support a 'free and fair Presidential Election' in the island nation, which is scheduled for September 23.
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Criticising government costing broadcasters in Maldives
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Male [Maldives] September 14 (ANI): With Maldives inching closer to polls, airing content criticising the incumbent government helmed by President Yameen Abdul Gayoom is costing the broadcasters of the nation, says South Asia director of Human Rights Watch, Meenakshi Ganguly.
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Maldives situation "worse than previously understood"
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], Sep 09 (ANI): A report on the current political situation in the Maldives, recently published by a European think tank, has deemed the political situation in the Island Nation under President Abdulla Yameen as "worse than had been previously understood and continues to de
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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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