The Latest Breaking News from Maldives

Male Maldivian President asks India to withdraw military personnel by March 15, amid tensions and pro-China alignment.

India-Maldives row: A diplomatic row was triggered between India and Maldives after three Maldivian leaders posted derogatory remarks against PM Modi and mocked him over his trip to Lakshadweep.

The president of the Maldives says that his country’s small size doesn’t give anyone the license to bully it, in a sign of defiance toward India, the archipelago state’s giant neighbor

This week started with Indian social media and the Godi media, both finding a new “enemy” to hate on as they campaigned against the Maldives. 

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India-Maldives row: The Hindu explains how the relationship between India and its neighbour Maldives has deteriorated since the change of regime in the island nation.

The Hindu Morning Digest gives a select list of stories to start the day. Read the top news today on January 10, 2024

With the calls for boycotts and rising hypernationalistic rhetoric, India and the Maldives need to take a step back and reassess their responses

BREWDOG founder James Watt took a luxurious island holiday with his celebrity girlfriend Georgia Toffolo before deciding to axe the Real Living Wage…

Mohamed Muizzu’s government in the Maldives is caught in a melee. Having stormed to power over a hyper-nationalist poll campaign against “Indian military presence”, just four months later, it’s now requesting China to send in more tourists to the island nation after a diplomatic stand-off with India and the looming…

The relationship between India and the Maldives is facing challenges after officials in the tiny island nation made derogatory remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s posts that promoted the pristine beaches of India’s Lakshadweep archipelago