17 hour agoShipment of 100,000 Covishield vaccine doses being prepared to leave for Male, Maldives. Yet another gift from Government and people of India to Maldives. Bhutan and Maldives have become first two countries to receive the vaccines as part of India's vaccine diplomacy
429kg of shark fins seized at Maldives airport
Second victim dies from injuries sustained in Thinadhoo boat fire
2 month agoPompeo announces that the US will open an embassy in the Maldives, the small nation of islands in the Indian Ocean No mention of China, but read between the lines
2 month agoStatement by the Government of Maldives on attempts to denigrate the religion of Islam
President of Maldives thanks India
Covid-19 cases in Hoandedhdhoo rise to 44
Maldives supported India at the OIC meet on Islamophobia. Maldives said singling out India, largest democracy in the world and a multicultural society, home to 200 Million Muslims, alleging Islamophobia is factually incorrect & detrimental to religious harmony in South Asia
8 month agoMaldives Foreign Minister @abdulla_shahid thanks Indian Prime Minister @narendramodi, External Affairs Minister @DrSJaishankar, Indian Navy and diplomats for India's donation of essential food items. Terms it as 'Ramzan Gift' amidst COVID19 pandemic and strong commitment of PM
8 month agoIndian Naval Ship Kesari reaches Malé port in Maldives, the first destination under MissionSagar. It will discharge 580 tonnes of essential food items as a gift from people of India to the people of Maldives
8 month agoINS Magar, the second naval ship of Indian Navy's OperationSamudraSetu, to evacuate stranded Indians from Maldives & ensure smooth and safe passage back to India, arrived at Male Port today: Indian Navy
8 month agoAll stranded Indians at Maldives have embarked INS Jalashwa which will set sail at 10:30 pm. Indian envoy Sunjay Sudhir says: Maldivian Govt went out of its way to facilitate the exercise although today was a Friday in the month of Ramzan. All agencies extended help
8 month agoINS Jalashwa entering Male port for the first phase under Operation Samudra Setu to repatriate Indians from Maldives: High Commission of India in Maldives. COVID19
Covid-19: India deploys naval ships to evacuate citizens from Maldives
Maldives: health authorities have confirmed two cases of COVID19 in the Maldives. The two cases are from resort islands according to authorities
11 month agoAn Australian man has been stabbed in the Maldives in what's being reported as a terrorist attack. Two other foreign nationals have also been injured in the incident on the island of Hulhumale, and the Department of Foreign Affairs is investigating
11 month agoPresident of Maldives: My thanks and gratitude to PM Narendra Modi & EAM Dr S Jaishankar & Govt of India for expeditiously evacuating the 7 Maldivians residing in Wuhan, China. This gesture is a fine example of the outstanding friendship and camaraderie between our two countries
11 month agoDelhi: 323 Indian nationals and 7 Maldives nationals who arrived in Delhi by the second Air India special flight from Wuhan, China today, being taken to quarantine centres set up by Indian Army and ITBP
11 month agoMaldives minister @ali20waheed visited @VelanaAirport today to see the implementation of the safety measures in place at the airport in connection with #coronavirus
1 year agoMaldives Foreign Minister @abdulla_shahid statement on 31st victory day praises India for invaluable support. On 3rd November 1988, Indian Army launched Operation Cactus to rescue President Gayoom and successfully quelled the attempted coup d'état in the island nation
1 year ago#ClimateStrike held in Fuvahmulah today
1 year agoIndia, Maldives sign treaty on mutual legal assistance in criminal matters
1 year agoAfter UAE and Srilanka, Maldives calls abrogation of Article 370 from Kashmir an internal matter of India
Govt sources: Fmr VP of Maldives @Ahmed_Adeeb was not deported since he was not permitted to enter India in the first place. He was not entering thru a designated entry point and did not possess the valid document. Therfore, news of his detentionarrest and deportation are false
Fmr Maldivian VP @Ahmed_Adeeb's asylum requested denied by India. He was deported from Chennai at 1:30 am on Saturday. He is on his way back, escorted by Maldives army.
1 year agoTamil Nadu: The former vice-president of Maldives, Ahmed Adeeb who was detained by Tuticorin Port (Tamil Nadu) Authority on 1st August
1 year agoIndia announces first foreign visit of Prime Minister @narendramodi to Maldives and Srilanka on June 8 and 9. The visits will demonstrate the priority India attaches to its Neighbourhood First Policy and SAGAR Doctrine.
Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi's upcoming visit to Sri Lanka and the Maldives has been cancelled in light of the security situation in Sri Lanka following the Easter Sunday suicide bomb attacks.
Exercise increased caution in Maldives, where a country-wide state of emergency due to terrorism and civil unrest, advises @StateDept.
Maldives leader celebrates victory in parliamentary election