India Maldives

Maldives denies media reports claiming India offered $1 billion in exchange for establishing Indian military base in Male

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

Narendra Modi-Ibrahim Solih meeting: India needs to decide if it can go it alone, but remain aware of Maldives' debt to China

India has to decide whether it has the will and standing to go it alone in Maldives – with of course a little help from its friends like Japan – and slowly but surely entirely replace China in terms of influence and projects in the archipelago.

India hopes Maldives will be sensitive to its concerns after island country signs agreement with China

India said on Thursday that it attaches a lot of importance to its ties with the Maldives and hoped that the country will be sensitive to its concerns.

India, Maldives to begin two-week long joint military exercise at Belagavi tomorrow

India-Maldives joint military exercise, 'Ekuverin', will be conducted from Friday at Belagavi, about 505 kilometre from Bengaluru.