
New Delhi: What really happened in Maldives that led to the toppling of the first democratically elected president in the island nation. CNN-IBN brings you the inside story of how the coup was planned, plotted and executed to perfection. Chief Judge Abdullah Mohammed of Criminal court in Maldives was arrested on January 16 on corruption charges and then appointed for life by former dictator Mamoon Abdul Gayoom. Hassan Saeed, Gayoom's...

08:58 AM, Feb 21, 2012

New Delhi: Initially in support of the coup in Maldives, India has now changed it's position and wants early elections in the island nation. But initially, the speed with which the largest democracy in the world abandoned the youngest democracy in Maldives has left many bewildered. what has prompted this change? When Mohammed Nasheed became the first democratically elected president of the Maldives, he opened the doors for New Delhi...

09:55 AM, Feb 19, 2012

New Delhi: India has pledged support to new Maldivian President Mohamed Waheed who spoke with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on telephone on Wednesday and sought a meeting with him, a day after the dramatic regime change in the archipelago nation. "Waheed spoke to Manmohan Singh to reaffirm the close ties between the two countries. (He) said he looked forward to an early opportunity of meeting the prime minister," the Prime...

04:51 PM, Feb 08, 2012

Opposition leader Mohamed Nasheed wins per cent votes. ...

01:42 PM, Oct 29, 2008

The Chinese are setting up a military bases in one of the Maldivian islands. ...

09:44 PM, Jul 15, 2008

Maldivian Opposition was in India to seek support for democratic aspirations. ...

09:23 PM, Jul 15, 2008

It is easy to escape reality in picture-perfect Maldives, but the real face of the country is slowly changing. ...

06:08 PM, Dec 06, 2006

Away from the eyes of tourists, the government there has been cracking down on political dissent in a big way. ...

10:01 PM, Dec 04, 2006