Maldivian defence minister Mariya Didi will be in India from January 23 to 30. This is her first visit after taking charge as country's defence minister under Ibrahim Mohamed Solih's government in November of 2018.

India-Maldives security cooperation keeps us safe: Maldivian defence minister to WION

Since Ibrahim Mohamed Solih beat Abdulla Yameen in a surprise election result last year his administration has been trying to determine the extent of Chinese loans used to fund a construction boom in the Maldives.

Maldives President Solih appeals to citizens for graft details under Yameen

The island nation Maldives plunged into chaos after former president Abdulla Yameen declared an emergency earlier this year. On February 5, Yameen imposed a 15-day-long emergency after a Supreme Court ruling quashed convictions against nine opposition leaders.

Maldivian political chaos: 45 days of emergency that shook the island nation 

For a country still reeling from the aftermath of the recent assembly election results, this may be easy to miss: an election India won outside its borders. While Indian political leaders were busy criss-crossing states for poll yatras, the prime minister was attending a swearing-in ceremony outside the country — the only one he'd not visited in the neighbourhood in the four years he'd been in office.

Maldives: The election win India should not forget

WION Your Story: Want to strengthen trade ties with Maldives, says PM Modi

WION Dispatch: Maldives gets 1.4 billion dollar assistance from India

Kamal Nath sworn in as Madhya Pradesh CM, first act is to sign off on farm loan waiver Congress leader Kamal Nath who has held several portfolios in the Union cabinet was sworn in as the 18th chief minister of Madhya Pradesh on Monday.

News brief: Big stories of the day

Maldives President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih and PM Modi issued a joint statement in New Delhi today as the two leaders sought to strengthen ties between the two countries.

India offers Maldives $1.4 billion in aid

Maldives gets 1.4 billion dollar assistance from India

Veteran Maldives lawmaker Ibrahim Mohamed Solih overcame the detention and exile of key opposition figures to win this year's presidential poll and unseat incumbent Abdulla Yameen, but now faces the task of holding together a disparate coalition.

Maldives President Ibrahim Solih: Reformer who must hold together a diverse coalition

Former Maldivian President, also the first to be elected democratically, Mohamed Nasheed's returned to the country last month after the Maldivian top court overturned a terrorism conviction against him.

Mohamed Nasheed: Maldives' fighter-politician and 'Champion of Earth'

Police in the Maldives have frozen the bank accounts of former president Abdulla Yameen, a statement said on Saturday. The Maldives police said a total of 100 million Maldivian Rufiyaa ($6.

Maldives police freeze bank accounts of former president Yameen

Govt files affidavit in SC seeking 'correction' in para which makes reference to CAG report, PAC in Rafale judgement A day after Congress president Rahul Gandhi alleged that Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report on Rafale pricing never reached Public Accounts Committee (PAC), the Centre on Saturday filed an application in the Supreme Court seeking ''correction'' in a paragraph in its judgement on Rafale fighter jet deal in which a reference has been made about the CAG report and PAC, reported news agency PTI.

India is all set to roll out the red carpet for the New Maldivian President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih who will be on a 3-day India visit from Sunday. Solih arrives in India at 2 pm on Sunday.

New Maldivian president Solih arrives in India on Sunday; visa pact on the cards

Police in the Maldives have summoned former president Abdulla Yameen for questioning as part of investigations into deals he made during his tenure, many of them involving Chinese infrastructure projects, his party said.

Maldives' police investigate ex-president Yameen over suspected 'illicit' deals

The Maldives will do all in its power to keep "our heads above water", the head of its delegation at UN climate talks said on Thursday in an impassioned appeal for nations to overcome their divisions over how to tackle global warming.

Maldives tells UN climate talks: 'We are not prepared to die'

The Maldives has applied to rejoin the Commonwealth, reversing a policy of isolation under autocratic leader Abdulla Yameen who suffered a shock defeat in September.

Maldives applies to rejoin Commonwealth: President's office

The Maldives Government has strongly denied media reports which stated that India had offered US $1 billion to the Maldives in exchange for the deployment of Indian troops in the island nation.

Maldives denies media reports of Indian Army deployment

Faced with an acute budgetary deficit due to mounting foreign debts, the new government in the Maldives, led by President Abdulla Solih, is looking to India for financial support to help the island nation achieve its development goals.

Maldives seeks India's assistance to pay off Chinese debt

The Maldives has seen a major change in the last few months. On November 17 Ibrahim Mohamed Solih took oath as new President in which India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi was the only head of state as a guest.

With China tilt over, Maldives says it is looking for 'generous aid' from India

WION Gravitas: Maldives Supreme Court acquits former president Mohamed Nasheed

Watch: WION Dispatch, 26th November, 2018

In conversation with Abdulla Shahid, Foreign Minister, Maldives

One week after taking power, the new government of the Maldives says it has no idea how much it owes China, which has led a construction spree in the tiny Indian Ocean nation, but fears the debts run up in the past five years could be unsustainable.

After building spree, just how much does the Maldives owe China?

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India-Maldives security cooperation keeps us safe: Maldivian defence minister to WION

Maldives President Solih appeals to citizens for graft details under Yameen

Maldivian political chaos: 45 days of emergency that shook the island nation

Maldives: The election win India should not forget

WION Your Story: Want to strengthen trade ties with Maldives, says PM Modi

WION Dispatch: Maldives gets 1.4 billion dollar assistance from India

News brief: Big stories of the day

India offers Maldives $1.4 billion in aid

Maldives gets 1.4 billion dollar assistance from India

Maldives President Ibrahim Solih: Reformer who must hold together a diverse coalition

Mohamed Nasheed: Maldives' fighter-politician and 'Champion of Earth'

Maldives police freeze bank accounts of former president Yameen

News brief: Big stories of the day

New Maldivian president Solih arrives in India on Sunday; visa pact on the cards

Maldives' police investigate ex-president Yameen over suspected 'illicit' deals

Maldives tells UN climate talks: 'We are not prepared to die'

Maldives applies to rejoin Commonwealth: President's office

Maldives denies media reports of Indian Army deployment

Maldives seeks India's assistance to pay off Chinese debt

With China tilt over, Maldives says it is looking for 'generous aid' from India

WION Gravitas: Maldives Supreme Court acquits former president Mohamed Nasheed

Watch: WION Dispatch, 26th November, 2018

In conversation with Abdulla Shahid, Foreign Minister, Maldives

After building spree, just how much does the Maldives owe China?