A joint statement issued at the end of external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj’s two-day visit to Male quoted her Maldivian counterpart Abdulla Shahid reiterating his government’s “India-first” policy. read more

Yuvraj was bought for Rs. 1 crore by the Mumbai franchise at the auction ahead of IPL 2019. He went unsold in the first round of the auction but was picked by Mumbai Indians in the second round. read more

the court agreed to a prosecution request to detain Yameen who was charged last week with laundering nearly $1.5 million before he lost his re-election bid in September. read more

Several countries across the world, including Pakistan, Russia and the US, have condemned the terror attack by Jaish-e-Mohammad which killed at least 44 CRPF personnel in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Thursday. read more

Tanishaa Mukerji has shared new pictures from her Andaman Islands holiday with mother Tanuja. See here. read more

Modi, who has, according to the prime minister’s official website, made 48 foreign trips since June 2014, has no scheduled visits on his agenda for the next few months, the officials said. read more

India said on Monday it will provide $1.4 billion as financial aid to the Maldives, which is grappling with mounting Chinese debt, after the two sides signed four agreements that will boost cooperation in areas ranging from healthcare to defence. read more

Veteran Congress leader Ashok Gehlot took the oath as the chief minister of Rajasthan for the third time on Monday at the historic Albert Hall in state capital Jaipur. Sachin Pilot took oath as the deputy chief minister after Congress president Rahul Gandhi brokered peace between Gehlot and him on Friday after two days of hectic consultations in New Delhi.

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Maldives President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih spoke Sunday in New Delhi, on his first overseas trip since his election. In September he defeated strongman Yameen Abdul Gayoom, who had forged increasingly closer ties to China during his five years in offi... read more

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday held wide-ranging talks with Maldivian President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih with an aim to begin a new chapter in bilateral ties which came under strain under the previous regime in Male. read more

During the Maldives crisis earlier this year, India learnt the value of the waiting game as opposed to any direct intervention. It appears to have adopted a similar approach in the case of Sri Lanka, but the wait for the crisis to play out to some sort... read more

IMD in its ‘consensus outlook for the winter season’ has forecast india to experience a warmer winter read more

Post the success of Badhaai Ho, Neena Gupta has been soaking up the Maldivian sun with daughter Masaba. See pictures and video here. read more

“Report is baseless and aimed at discrediting the government as it starts to rebuild good relations with its neighbours and the rest of the international community,” said minister for foreign affairs Abdulla Shahid. read more

The remark of Maldives minister assumes significance as reports suggest that China had been trying to expand its influence over the island nation. read more