Nathula Pass opens after 50 years for Kailash Mansarovar Yaatra
[bdnews24.com] TRIPURA, Jun 18: The first batch of pilgrims is undertaking the Kailash Mansarovar Yaatra through the Nathula Pass in
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Work on Dharamsala-McLeodganj ropeway to begin in July
Sudhir Sharma, PTI | June 14, 2015
DHARAMSALA: The work on the much awaited Dharamsala-McLeodganj ropeway is likely to start in July this year as the state government has issued letter of award (LoA) to the Mumbai-based Tata Realty and Infrastructure Limited (TRIL).
Read moreChina praises itself for ‘tremendous’ human rights progress
June 9, 2015
Newly released Chinese government report claims country “taking the correct path of human rights development that suits its national conditions”
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Pema Choedon crowned Miss Tibet 2015
[misstibet.com] DHARAMSALA, June 7: Pema Cheodon, 24, from Dehra Dun was crowned the new Miss Tibet at a modest event Sunday evening in McLeod Ganj. She received one lakh rupees (100,000) as prize money.
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The First of Two Introductory Talks on Buddhism at Upper TCV
dalailama.com | May 28, 2015 Dharamsala, HP, India, May 27, 2015 – His Holiness the Dalai Lama was given a
Read moreEnemies of the State: Beijing Targets NGOs
Andrew Browne, The Wall Street Journal | May 26, 2015
Fear of foreign infiltration behind a draft law that turns civic groups into security risks
SHANGHAI—It takes a special kind of courage to run a foreign nonprofit in China these days.
Read moreTibet out of purview of India’s new Consulate in China
[PTI] BEIJING, May 20: India will soon be opening a new Consulate in China’s Chengdu city, capital of Sichuan province but Tibet, which borders it will not come under its purview.
Read moreChina visit and after – Undoing Nehru’s folly
Claude Arpi, Niti Central | May 18, 2015
A few months ago, a European diplomat confidentially told me, ‘in fact, the job of Modi is just to undo the knots in which the UPA tied up India in the past’. He was probably thinking of the complex Defence Procurement Policy (DPP) put in place by A.K. Antony, the UPA’s Defence Minister, who made the DPP so complicated that it became impossible for India to arm itself or even ‘make arms in India.’
Read moreTibetans seek release of Panchen Lama
[The Tribune] DHARAMSALA, May 18: Tibetans and their supporters today observed the International Solidarity Day to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Panchen Lama going missing from Tibet.
Read morePM Modi discusses border issue with Chinese prez Xi Jinping, India says talks ‘substantive’
Sutirtho Patranobis, Hindustan Times |May 14, 2015
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday discussed the border question and the issue of terrorism with Chinese president Xi Jinping at the summit-level talks later described by officials as “substantive.”
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