DHARAMSALA, April 12: Moved by deep sadness at the injury and tragic loss of life suffered by pilgrims in a fire at Puttingal Devi temple in Kollam early on Sunday, His Holiness the Dalai Lama has written to Kerala Chief Minister Shri Oommen Chandy.
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DHARAMSALA, April 12, 2016: Four Tibetans were sentenced to up to three years’ imprisonment on Monday for their attempt to reclaim their land seized by local authorities eastern Tibet last year.
Read more[dalailama.com] Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India, 6 April 2016 – Tibetans young and old, lay-people as well as monks and nuns lined the road from the Rajpur Helipad to greet His Holiness the Dalai Lama when he landed there this morning.
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[Reuters] Panama City, Apr 6: Mossack Fonseca, the Panamanian law firm from where a data leak on investments in tax havens exposed and embarrassed a clutch of world leaders, said the firm was a victim of a hack from outside the company.
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Hindustan Times | April 5, 2016
A major exposè on Monday sent shockwaves through the top offices of the nations named in The Panama Papers, triggering a series of probes across the globe.
Read moreJayadeva Ranade, Hindustan Times | April 5, 2016
A discernible shift in Beijing’s policy towards the Dalai Lama was seen at the 4th plenary session of the 12th National People’s Congress (NPC), China’s version of a parliament, which concluded on March 15, 2016.
Read moreClaude Arpi, Mail Online | April 5, 2016
The ballots have spoken. Lobsang Sangay, the incumbent Tibetan prime minister, has been re-elected as ‘Sikyong’ (Political Leader) to lead the Tibetan refugees during the next five years.
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Lucy Hornby, The Financial Times | April 3, 2016
BEIJING – China is rolling out a nationwide system of social control known as “grid management” in a revival of state presence in residential life that had receded as society liberalised during recent decades.
Read more[myrepublica.com] CHENGDU, Mar 31: General Xu Qiliang, vice-chairman of China’s Central Military Commission (CMC), has proposed to Nepal’s army chief to increase cooperation in defence strategy between the two countries.
Read moreEdward Wong, The New York Times | March 30, 2016
BEIJING — A detained Tibetan entrepreneur who advocates bilingual education in schools across Tibetan regions of China has been charged with inciting separatism, according to an official police document.
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