India
Maldives says gifted India copters no longer needed
Better local facilities meant the Indian helicopters were redundant, a Maldives ambassador said.
10 Aug 2018, 9:00 AM
India to ‘educate and advise’ Maldives on China
India has urged the Maldives to return to the path of democracy.
10 Jul 2018, 9:00 AM
Maldives riles India with Pakistan deal
Most of the current power infrastructure work in Pakistan relies heavily on China expertise and resources.
08 Jul 2018, 9:00 AM
Fourth Maldivian arrested in India drug bust
The drugs were going to be smuggled into the Maldives in vegetable oil cans, it was reported.
03 Jul 2018, 9:00 AM
India slams ‘misleading’ reports on slashed food quotas
The reduction is based on usage, India says.
25 Jun 2018, 9:00 AM
Maldives says thousands of visas granted for Indian workers
Indian media reported that visas were being rejected by the Maldives because of worsening ties.
19 Jun 2018, 9:00 AM
Maldives red-faced over India UN vote ‘snub’
The Maldives was thrashed by Indonesia in the UN Security Council vote.
19 Jun 2018, 9:00 AM
Debt ‘natural’ for the Maldives
The Maldives has been borrowing heavily from China, but details of the loan are not clear.
18 Jun 2018, 9:00 AM
Maldives on ‘path of confrontation’ with India
India’s prime minister has yet to visit the Maldives, despite taking office in 2014.
14 Jun 2018, 9:00 AM
India condemns Maldives over Gayoom sentence
There are doubts a free and fair election can be held in the Maldives.
14 Jun 2018, 9:00 AM
India’s vote for Maldives ‘guaranteed’ at Security Council election
Ambassadors are confident India will vote for the Maldives to get a seat on the UN Security Council, despite nosediving bilateral ties.
07 Jun 2018, 9:00 AM
Maldives gives India deadline to take back gifted choppers
The government has given India until the end of June to remove the helicopter from the Maldives.
05 Jun 2018, 9:00 AM
Three Maldivians arrested in India drug bust
The Times of India named the men as Shanees Maheer, Ahamed and Ibrahim Fauzen Saleh.
05 Jun 2018, 9:00 AM
Undocumented migrant workers labelled ‘national security threat’
Around 130,000 migrant workers are believed to live in the Maldives, including 60,000 undocumented ones.
03 Jun 2018, 9:00 AM
Top India minister Swaraj explains Maldives no-show
The revelation comes days after India’s navy chief said the Maldives’ pivot to China posed a challenge and follows months of regional tension.
28 May 2018, 9:00 AM
Maldives a challenge, says India naval chief
China’s growing presence and a controversial state of emergency in the Maldives have been the two main sources of tension for India.
24 May 2018, 9:00 AM
Everything is fine in the Maldives, ambassador tells Chinese media
China is one of the biggest investors in the Maldives, with more than a billion dollars ploughed into three infrastructure projects, and it has signed a huge trade deal with the country. It is also a major supplier of visitors.
08 May 2018, 9:00 AM
Maldives-India Bye Bhai?
Relations between the Maldives and India have sunk to new lows — and remain on a downward trajectory — since President Abdulla Yameen was sworn into office.
17 Apr 2018, 9:00 AM
China projects worth more than 40% of Maldives GDP
Gateway House says Chinese investments and aid to the Maldives have surged since 2012, supporting multiple housing projects, a power plant, a bridge, water and sewage treatment plants, hotels and airlines.
26 Mar 2018, 9:00 AM
China a ‘long-lost cousin’ of the Maldives
The Maldives’ ambassador to China said the country’s foreign policy was based on working with everyone and that all of its neighbours were “brothers and sisters.”
23 Mar 2018, 9:00 AM
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