"Religious persecution is wrong and India will always give refuge to those persecuted. When President Yameen wanted to arrest me and when I went to Indian High Commission they gave me a refuge. They were quite willing to bring me to India too. Secularity of India, respecting minorities are founding ideas of India," he said.
Gayoom was sentenced to one year and seven months in prison for obstruction of justice when he refused to hand over his mobile phone during a police investigation, news report said.
Joint opposition spokesman Ahmed Mahloof told The Associated Press that government officials say Yameen is planning to complain to the Maldives Election Commission about the conduct of the vote and pressure it to delay releasing the final results, due Sunday. Mahloof said Yameen is also trying to get police officers loyal to him to prepare intelligence reports saying the election was flawed.
According to the Maldives' Ambassador in India, Ahmed Mohamed, the two military helicopters provided by New Delhi were mainly used for medical evacuations but were no longer required.
Colombo: Maldives President Abdulla Yameen and First Lady Fathimath Ibrahim on Wednesday left for Saudi Arabia on an official visit, an official said.Spokesperson of the President's Office, Ibrahim Muaz Ali, said that the president was
Male: Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen has admitted that the water crisis in the capital city was caused by lack of preparedness but his government has done well to bring the situation under control, authorities said
Male: The Chinese government donated $500,000 to the Maldives government to speed up the repairs of a desalination plant and restore water to the capital, an official said here.The donation was offered Sunday after the
New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee Monday extended greetings to the Maldives government and people on the eve of the island-state's Republic Day and said he is confident that bilateral ties would continue to grow and
Male: The Maldives' Elections Commission Sunday confirmed Abdulla Yameen, candidate of the Progressive Party, as the new president of the Indian Ocean archipelago nation.Mohammed Nasheed, former president and a contestant who was favoured to win,
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