India will withdraw its military personnel from the Maldives between March and May, but will continue to operate the two helicopters and a Dornier aircraft in the island nation with the help of Indian civilian replacements and Maldivian defence personnel. The Maldives Foreign Ministry statement said “both sides agreed that the Government of India will … Read more
Updated Jan 31, 2024, 10:42 AM IST Hussain Shammem, Maldives’ Prosecutor General has been reportedly stabbed in broad daylight, Shameem, appointed by the MDP government, was stabbed amid the ongoing political crisis in the island nation Maldives Top Lawyer Hussain Shameem Stabbed Amid Political Crisis Maldives: Hussain Shammem, Maldives’ Prosecutor General has been reportedly stabbed … Read more
Sign up for the India Edition newsletter by Menaka Doshi – an insider’s guide to the emerging economic powerhouse, and the billionaires and businesses behind its rise, delivered weekly. The president of the Maldives told India it must withdraw its troops from the island by March, making good on an election promise as he draws … Read more
One of India’s biggest online travel platforms halted bookings to the Maldives, amid an increasingly fraught diplomatic spat that began when officials in the tourism-dependent island nation derided Indian leader Narendra Modi on social media. “Our company is entirely homegrown and made in India,” Prashant Pitti, co-founder of EaseMyTrip, wrote on X, the platform formerly … Read more