The 1971 Indo-Pak war started after the Pakistani Air Force launched strikes on 11 Indian airbases on 3 December 1971. For India, this was a two-front war as its forces were arrayed on the Western…
Maldives arrests 13 in crackdown on terror groups
A joint counter-terror operation is underway in the Maldives where the Maldives police and the defence forces have arrested 13 people. The operation was launched on Saturday. The Maldivian media has reported that nine people…
Time for Maldives to catch up with Gulf…
The Islamic Ministry of the Maldivian government has filed a case against Indian construction company AFCONS Infrastructure with the Maldives Police for performing the inauguration ceremony of road construction according to Hindu rituals. The ceremony,…
Maldives Environment Minister Ali Solih stabbed near Male
The Maldivian Minister Ali Solih was stabbed on Monday afternoon by a knife-wielding individual in Hulhumale, north of capital Male. He sustained injuries on his left arm. The attacker was arrested soon after the violent…
Why did Ranil Wickremesinghe appoint Nasheed of Maldives…
On Thursday, Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe appointed former Maldivian president Mohamed Nasheed as an advisor to help his country secure foreign aid and bail Sri Lanka out of its unprecedented crisis. Since late last…
India, Maldives and Sri Lanka hold trilateral naval…
The coast guards of India, Maldives and Sri Lanka conducted a two-day maritime drill in the Indian Ocean on Saturday and Sunday. The trilateral drill that sought to enhance mutual operation and bolster security in…
Why is the COP26 a lifeline for Maldives…
Maldives has come to Glasgow for the COP26 summit on climate change with hope. The hope is that nations will show action to keep the global warming target to 1.5 degrees Celsius and put the…
India reaches out to Pacific island nations as…
A reluctant power, India has been pitchforked right into the middle of the Indo-Pacific power play as nations battle it out over trade, the origins of the coronavirus, human rights violations, keeping shipping routes open…
Once known as tourist paradise, has Maldives become…
Investigators are still trying to figure out which organisation plotted the attack on former president of the Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed. What is, however, clear is that the tiny archipelago of nearly 1,200 islands has become a…