Ahmedabad: The seaplane service from the Sabarmati Riverfront in Ahmedabad to the Statue of Unity in Kevadia, which was launched on October 31, has been suspended indefinitely. A spokesperson of SpiceJet, the airline operating the service, said, “Seaplane operations have been temporarily suspended due to mandatory aircraft maintenance.Since the maintenance facility (dry and wet dock) is still under construction at Ahmedabad, the aircraft has to be sent to our lessor’s facility at Maldives...Read More

New Delhi: The Maldives government has declared a 15-day state of emergency as political tensions on the island nation continue to intensify. Legal Affairs Minister Azima Shakoor made the announcement on Monday evening on state television. Maldives plunged into political turmoil last week after the country's top court threw out a "terrorism" conviction against its former president Mohamed Nasheed and ordered the release of nine other jailed politicians. The ruling dealt a blow to Pre...Read More

Male: The Maldives today pulled out of the Commonwealth calling as "unjust" the grouping's decision to penalise the island nation over the circumstances that led to then President Mohamed Nasheed's ouster in 2012 and the lack of subsequent progress in resolving the political unrest. The Maldives Foreign Ministry termed as "difficult" but "inevitable" the decision to leave the Commonwealth, a grouping of 53 nations that were mostly territories of the former British Empire. Last month, the C...Read More