CNN-IBN's Sumon K Chakrabarti spoke exclusively to deposed President Nasheed who said he is disappointed with India's reaction to the mutiny and hoped India would correct its course soon. ...
08:06:18 PM Feb 11, 2012
Tehran: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Saturday the Islamic Republic would soon announce "very important" achievements in the nuclear field, state TV reported. He was speaking on the 33rd anniversary of the Islamic revolution. Tens of thousands of Iranians joined state-organised rallies across the country to mark the occasion. Demonstrators carrying Iranian flags and pictures of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei chanted "Death to Israel" and "Death to America"....
07:32:49 PM Feb 11, 2012
Male: Maldives new President Mohamed Waheed Hassan is likely to announce his "national unity" cabinet soon and has ordered a probe into the recent events that unfolded in this archipelago nation. "The cabinet is likely to be announced in two or three days," a senior Maldivian government official said. Waheed called for chaos on the streets to stop and to restore peace and calm. "The way of responsible leaders is...
07:16:26 PM Feb 11, 2012
Male: The United States and the United Kingdom stepped in to try and diffuse the Maldives political crisis on Saturday. The UK government said the new Maldives government must prove its legitimacy first. US Assistant Secretary Robert Blake also arrived in the island country for talks with the new president. Blake is also in Male to try and diffuse the crisis Blake met the new president Mohamed Waheed and former...
06:37:48 PM Feb 11, 2012
London: An Indian student, Pravin Reddy, doing an MBA at the London Business School was stabbed on Friday in the London borough of Newham Scotland Yard on Saturday said. Eleven people have been arrested following the stabbing of the Indian student who was not named by the Scotland Yard. As per standard practice, Scotland Yard did not name the victim, but said he is in hospital in a critical condition....
05:13:27 PM Feb 11, 2012
Minsk: A gold bar weighing one kilogram was dropped into a charity collection box in the Belarussian city of Brest, a media report said on Friday The gold bar was discovered in a charity box set up in a grocery store to collect money for the Orthodox Church, the ONT television reported. The anonymous donor also slipped the $50,000 gold brick's certificate of authentication into the collection box. According to...
05:06:47 PM Feb 11, 2012
There are reports of tension in parts of Maldives, especially in Addu, where some people are believed to have been tortured. ...
02:43:26 PM Feb 11, 2012
Male: Political instability in Maldives might have tarnished a bit of the country's image as the tropical tourist paradise but everyone in the island nation is keeping their fingers crossed. Maldives known for its deep blue seas, turquoise reefs, white sandy beaches and palm trees attracts several lakh tourists every year, more than its total population of about 3.5 lakh. Even though the unrest this week following the ouster of...
01:53:08 PM Feb 11, 2012
New York: Despite economic woes, wars, conflicts and natural disasters the world is a happier place today than it was four years ago and Indonesians, Indians and Mexicans seem to be the most contented people on the planet. More than three-quarters of people around the globe who were questioned in an international poll said they were happy with their lives and nearly a quarter described themselves as very happy. "The...
11:11:29 AM Feb 11, 2012
Male: Indians, who constitute a significant chunk of the total population of over three lakh in Maldives, are safe in the country, where as unrest erupted following a regime change four days ago. There are about 29,000 Indians in the country and almost 22,000 of them live in Male, the capital. According to Indian High Commission sources in Male, they have not received reports of any violence on Indian property....
10:30:37 AM Feb 11, 2012
Washington: The US Defence Department is bracing for budget cuts set to be announced next week, Xinhua reported. Pentagon Press Secretary George Little said on Friday that the defence budget proposals will have a topline request of $525 billion for fiscal year 2013, set to begin in October, with $88.4 billion more for overseas contingency operations, mostly in Afghanistan. Defence Secretary Leon Panetta and Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff...
08:10:05 AM Feb 11, 2012
Male: Just days after being sworn in as the new President, Mohammed Waheed on Saturday ruled out the possibility of early polls. Rejecting former president Mohammed Nasheed's demands calling for early elections, Waheed said that the current situation in the island nation was not conducive to holding "free and fair elections". "There is an arrest warrant against him... But I'm trying not to arrest him. He needs to cooperate," said...
07:29:48 AM Feb 11, 2012
Male: The former president of the Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed, on Friday demanded new elections and vowed mass street protests if the new government did not relent, raising the prospect of a protracted crisis on the Indian Ocean islands famed as a beach paradise. Nasheed was free despite an arrest warrant against him as diplomats including a UN envoy worked to forestall renewed violence after his removal this week, which he...
03:52:35 AM Feb 11, 2012
Washington: President Barack Obama will unveil a budget on Monday that projects a $901 billion deficit in fiscal 2013 while earmarking billions of dollars for jobs and infrastructure, a senior White House official said on Friday. Obama's proposal to the Congress will forecast the deficit in fiscal 2012 at $1.33 trillion before declining the following year. It will account for 5.5 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP), the official...
12:47:11 AM Feb 11, 2012
CNN-IBN's Sumon K Chakrabarti brings you the latest from the crisis-hit island nation. ...
11:11:28 PM Feb 10, 2012
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