EC issues warning to Narendra Modi over `khooni panja` remark

Last Updated: Thursday, November 21, 2013, 20:53

EC has expressed strong disapproval over BJP`s prime ministerial candidate for 2014 General Elections Narendra Modi`s `khooni panja` remark.

Yameen says he will draw half salary

Last Updated: Sunday, November 17, 2013, 16:13

Yameen, 54, has said he would prefer to live in his own home and collect half the presidential salary after assuming office.

Mohammed Nasheed `graciously` accepts defeat as Yameen wins Maldives run-off

Last Updated: Sunday, November 17, 2013, 14:14

Former Maldives president Mohammed Nasheed, who won earlier run-offs, on Sunday accepted defeat saying he didn`t want to incite violence.

Yameen sworn in as new Maldivian President

Last Updated: Sunday, November 17, 2013, 10:48

The Maldives` Elections Commission announced early Sunday the preliminary results of the second round of presidential election, and confirmed Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM) candidate Abdulla Yameen as the president-elect.

20 held for showing ballot slip in Maldives

Last Updated: Saturday, November 16, 2013, 14:42

More than 20 people were arrested Saturday in the Maldives for showing their ballot slips after casting their vote in the presidential run-off, a media report said.

Maldives election results Sunday

Last Updated: Saturday, November 16, 2013, 13:35

Maldives Elections Commissioner Fuad Thoufeek has said the final results of the presidential run-off will be announced Sunday, a media report said.

Maldives political parties agree to EC`s new poll dates

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 22, 2013, 23:49

Main parties in Maldives on Tuesday pledged to cooperate with authorities to hold the controversy-ridden presidential re-vote on November 9, as political uncertainty loomed large with the constitutional deadline to elect a new President fast-approaching.

Maldives poll panel moves to finalise presidential election date

Last Updated: Sunday, October 20, 2013, 14:08

The Elections Commission (EC) of Maldives plans to hold talks with the government and political parties Sunday to finalise the date of the presidential election that should have been held Saturday as planned earlier.

Apex court overriding Constitution, says Maldives` EC

Last Updated: Saturday, October 19, 2013, 23:02

Disappointed by scrapping of presidential revote, Maldives` Elections Commission chief Fuwad Thowfeek said Supreme Court was "overriding the Constitution" which empowers his panel to hold polls.

Maldives President Mohammed Waheed calls for fresh election by October 26

Last Updated: Saturday, October 19, 2013, 18:24

Maldives President Mohammed Waheed asked Elections Commission (EC) to find a way to hold a "free, fair, and inclusive" presidential poll as early as possible, preferably on October 26.

Uncertainty prevails in Maldives on poll eve

Last Updated: Friday, October 18, 2013, 20:53

The Maldives was in the grip of political uncertainty Friday, a day ahead of the rerun of the first round of its presidential election, with authorities facing eleventh hour hiccups.