In a major relief for former President Mohamed Nasheed, the Maldivian High Court on Monday stayed temporarily the trial against him in an abuse of power case till it decides legitimacy of the bench of the lower court. The temporary injunction was granted after Nasheed's counsel challenged the legitimacy of the bench, asking the High Court to declare the composition of the Hulhumale Court bench unlawful. ...
07:05 PM, Apr 01, 2013
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressed concern over the political instability in Maldives and hoped that it will have "free, fair and credible" elections in September, which India would support. With Maldives witnessing a tussle between the Waheed government and former President Mohamed Nasheed, Singh said India wants all stakeholders in the island nation to resolve the issues "through dialogue". ...
08:00 PM, Mar 06, 2013
Former Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed walked out of the court without being sentenced to a jail term after the hearing against him was deferred for at least four more weeks. The case was deferred on the request of his lawyers. ...
07:10 PM, Mar 06, 2013
The political crisis continues in Maldives, taking India unawares. Former Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed will be produced in court on Wednesday after he was arrested by the police after a local court issued a warrant. ...
08:49 AM, Mar 06, 2013
Former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed was on Tuesday detained in the island country's capital Male in connection with a case of abuse of power. Nasheed is likely to be produced on Wednesday. ...
02:37 PM, Mar 05, 2013
After 11 days of taking refuge at the Indian High Commission in Male, former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed on Saturday walked out of the mission thanking India for the hospitality and kindness it showed to him. ...
10:16 PM, Feb 23, 2013
Former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed on Saturday stepped out of the Indian High Commission in Male, where he took refuge on February 13 after police attempted to arrest him. A court in Maldives had ordered Nasheed's arrest after he missed a February 10 court appearance in a case relating to accusations that he illegally detained a judge during the last days of his rule, police spokesman Hassan Haneef said. ...
04:53 PM, Feb 23, 2013
A high-level team of officials from Ministry of External Affairs arrived here on Wednesday to "assist" Indian High Commission to resolve the situation arising out of former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed taking refuge in the Indian Mission for the eight day in a row. ...
04:45 PM, Feb 20, 2013
Deadline for President Mohamed Nasheed to appear before a Magistrate Court in Male ends on Wednesday and the President, who is holed up in the Indian High Commission since past seven days, can be arrested if he fails to show up for the hearing. ...
08:39 AM, Feb 20, 2013
With less than 24 hours left for Mohamed Nasheed to be produced by police before a Court in Male, India today said it would be the "happiest" if the situation arising out of ex-Maldives President taking refuge in its Mission for the seventh day in a row is resolved. Nasheed, who is holed up in the Indian High Commission to evade an arrest warrant, is scheduled to be presented before...
10:44 PM, Feb 19, 2013
Stepping up pressure on India, Maldives on Monday pressed for facilitation of the arrest of former President Mohamed Nasheed against whom a fresh court warrant was issued on the sixth day of his stay at the Indian High Commission here. However, India is unlikely to ask Nasheed to leave because it feels it was up to the Maldivian leader to take a call, sources said in New Delhi. ...
10:40 AM, Feb 19, 2013
Maldives opposition leader Mohamed Nasheed has "done a Julian Assange", said WikiLeaks on Twitter after the former president took refuge at the Indian High Commission in Male. ...
05:30 PM, Feb 13, 2013
Male: Maldives' first democratically elected President Mohamed Nasheed was arrested on Monday, a week after he failed to appear before a court in Male to face charges of abuse of power while in office. Maldivian police arrested Nasheed, 45, at the Island of Faresmaathodaa of Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll, south of Maldives. Police spokesman Hassan Haneef confirmed that the former president has been arrested after Hulhumale Magistrate Court ordered the police...
01:09 PM, Oct 08, 2012
United Nations: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has asked political parties in Maldives to accept the findings of an inquiry commission, which said the February transfer of power in the island nation was legal. The report of the Commission of National Inquiry (CoNI) looked into the facts, circumstances and causes of the February 7 transfer of power in Maldives. It found that former President Mohamed Nasheed was not ousted in a...
12:59 AM, Aug 31, 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
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
Male: Maldives' former president Mohamed Nasheed wants a foreign body to probe the circumstances of the 'coup' that ousted him last month and plunged the country into political crisis. Nasheed told at a news conference here last night that his Maldivian Democratic Party is considering requesting a "foreign organisation" to look into the incidents of February 7 impartially. However, he did not elaborate over which foreign body his party wanted...
01:59 PM, Mar 07, 2012
Male: Over 7,000 supporters of the opposition MDP party of ousted President Mohammed Nasheed on Friday assembled in Male in a show of strength, demanding that the new regime announce a date for polls under an India-brokered deal. Though the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) had initially planned a massive protest rally on Friday against the new regime headed by President Mohammed Waheed Hassan, the party restricted it to a political...
09:18 PM, Feb 17, 2012
Mohamed Nasheed was Maldives' first democratically elected leader who came to power in 2008. ...
07:32 PM, Feb 14, 2012
