Male: An Air India plane carrying 111 people from Thiruvananthapuram to Male narrowly escaped an accident when one of its tyres burst on landing at the airport in the Maldivian capital. GMR, which operates the Ibrahim Nasir International Airport (INIA) in Male, said that flight AI263 sustained a tyre burst upon landing at 12:06 pm on Saturday. The aircraft safely taxied to the apron without incident, GMR Media Relations Manager...
03:02 PM, May 13, 2012
New Delhi: Assuring strong support, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday hoped all shades of political opinion in Maldives would get together to find a way forward as President Mohamed Waheed expressed to him his deep commitment to democracy and conduct of elections. Waheed, who is on his first foreign visit since assuming power in a tumultuous political transition in February, held wide-ranging talks with Singh during which he briefed...
05:17 PM, May 12, 2012
New Delhi: Maldivian President Mohamed Waheed arrived in New Delhi on Friday on a five-day official visit, his first to any country since he seized power from Mohamed Nasheed three weeks ago. Waheed was Nasheed's vice president and took charge of the atoll nation following a police mutiny, sparking political unrest. In Delhi, Waheed will meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to discuss Maldives' future, possible early elections and India's support...
08:39 PM, May 11, 2012
It has been more than two months since the Maldivian island experienced political turmoil but the scars of the crisis still seem to run deep. ...
08:43 AM, May 11, 2012
New Delhi: Mohamed Waheed, the new president of Maldives, will be in India on a five-day first ever official visit beginning Friday when he will discuss with the Indian leadership his atoll nation's future, including possible early elections. After unexpected turn of events in February this year propelled him to the leadership of his country, Waheed will be in India on the invitation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and just...
08:32 AM, May 11, 2012
New Delhi: Former Maldivian president Mohamed Nasheed on Monday called on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the two leaders reportedly discussed the political situation in the atoll nation and its future, as Nasheed's party has been pushing for early polls following his ouster in February. Nasheed, who is in New Delhi for the last five days trying to drum up support for his demand for establishing a popular government in...
08:29 PM, Apr 23, 2012
President Waheed is still facing daily protests from Nasheed's MDP party members in Parliament, and on the streets, Nasheed's followers are out on at least five of the eleven islands in Maldives. ...
04:12 PM, Apr 23, 2012
Maldives President Waheed Hassan said in the last 2-3 years more business is coming to Maldives from India, but there are some agreements which did not go according to the plan. ...
04:03 PM, Apr 23, 2012
Suhasini Haider: Hello and welcome to Worldview with me Suhasini Haider. It's an island in the Indian Ocean that has seen turbulent times and tonight we're talking to two big men locked in battle for the Maldives. In the studio we're pleased to welcome President Mohamed Nasheed, in fact, the ousted President for the moment and we have an exclusive interview with President Mohammed Waheed Hassan as well as we...
07:48 PM, Apr 21, 2012
Suhasini Haider: Hello and welcome to Worldview with me Suhasini Haider. It's an island in the Indian Ocean that has seen turbulent times and tonight we're talking to two big men locked in battle for the Maldives. In the studio we're pleased to welcome President Mohamed Nasheed, in fact, the ousted President for the moment and we have an exclusive interview with President Mohammed Waheed Hassan as well as we ...
10:42 AM, Apr 20, 2012
New Delhi: Former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed says that he was forced to resign from the country's top post and India's response to the February events was disappointing. In an interview to CNN-IBN's Suhasini Haider, he said that India should intervene into the political affairs of Maldives. Here is the transcript of the full interview: Suhasini Haider: Many in India would ask, why should India get involved? Why should India...
01:49 PM, Apr 19, 2012
New Delhi: Former Maldivian president Mohamed Nasheed on Wednesday claimed he had an opportunity to carry out "a counter-coup" against the present dispensation under Mohamed Waheed with the help from some military officers but rejected it due to his strong democratic roots. Nasheed, who is also the first democratically elected president of Maldives, also pushed for support from the Indian government and its policy-makers for his party's call for an...
05:01 PM, Apr 18, 2012
Taliban suicide bombers unleashed a wave of coordinated attacks at the diplomatic enclave in Kabul and three other cities on Sunday. Has America blundered by announcing its troop pullout from the troubled nation? Join CNN-IBN's Suhasini Haidar for a discussion this week in World View on Friday at 10 pm. ...
01:57 PM, Apr 18, 2012
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:A complaint has been submitted to the Indian High Commissioner in Maldives by a youngster from Thiruvananthapuram alleging that he was attacked and robbed of his money by a group of Maldivian citizens. Vaisakh Ramakrishnan Sadanandan, 24, hailing from Karikkakom here, now working as a front office supervisor at a resort in Maldives, is the one who has filed the complaint over the incident, which reportedly occurred on March 31....
09:35 AM, Apr 05, 2012
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister SM Krishna will meet visiting Maldivian Foreign Minister Abdul Samad Abdulla in New Delhi on Tuesday. The visit assumes significance as India will be getting a fresh update on the situation in the island-nation since Nasheed government was ousted in a coup in February. Maldives Foreign Minister arrived on his first visit abroad on Monday and is scheduled to meet Krishna for talks on Tuesday,...
10:07 AM, Apr 03, 2012
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