
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

New York: Nearly two months after he was ousted as Maldives' President, Mohamed Nasheed has said he will visit India next month to seek support for his efforts to hold early elections and restore a democratically-elected government in his country. Forty four-year-old Nasheed, who became Maldives' first democratically-elected President following multi-party polls in October 2008, had resigned on February 7 in what he claims was a coup. He said he...

03:25 PM, Mar 30, 2012

Male: One and half week after the coup in Maldives, India changed it's position and Foreign Secretary on Thursday announced that New Delhi wants early elections in Maldives. But initially, the speed with which the largest democracy in the world abandoned the youngest democracy in Maldives has left many bewildered. With India mediating to end the crisis, the new Maldivian regime on day came out with a roadmap that could...

09:38 PM, Feb 16, 2012

Male: The US on Saturday backed President Mohammed Waheed Hassan's plan for a "national unity" government in Maldives and ignored his ousted predecessor Mohammad Nasheed's demand for snap polls, giving a diplomatic boost to the new regime. "Based on my talks, I am encouraged that a wide range of parties are engaged in talks to form a unity government and these talks are making progress," visiting US Assistant Secretary of...

01:16 AM, Feb 12, 2012

India has rashly opened its hand in the Maldives power play Mohammad Nasheed ceased to be President of Maldives on February 7. Within hours, ...

06:10 PM, Feb 09, 2012

Asia's longest ruling dictator has conceded defeat and Maldives has a new Prez. ...

12:05 PM, Oct 30, 2008