Ananth Krishnan, India Today | January 31, 2015
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, who arrives in Beijing on Saturday evening on a three-day visit, will on Monday hold rare talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping, underlining the importance China is placing on the visit.
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[dalailama.com] Sankisa, UP, India 30 January 2015: His Holiness the Dalai Lama arrived in Sankisa this morning after a short flight from Delhi to Farrukhabad airport, where he was received by Mr Alok Kumar Shakya, UP State Minister for Technical Education.
Read more[AP] BEIJING, Jan 31: Chinese state media say authorities in Tibet are offering up to 300,000 yuan ($50,000) for tips on terrorism activities there, although there has been little public knowledge of terrorism recently in the Himalayan region where Tibetan Buddhism prevails.
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[ANI] SIBERIA, Jan 29: Researchers have recently discovered mummified remains of 200 year old Buddhist monk in lotus position in Mongolia.
Read moreElizabeth Dias, TIME | January 29, 2015
Tibetan leader will participate in the Feb. 5 National Prayer Breakfast where the President is expected to attend. Obama has never appeared publicly with Tibetan leader who is viewed by the Chinese government as a dissident
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Dharamsala, Jan 30: Human Rights Watch, the New York-based rights group in its recently released annual report says China remains an authoritarian state and maintains that under Xi Jinping’s rule, China has been violating human rights at an intensity that is unprecedented in its recent history.
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John Sudworth, BBC | January 29, 2015
Could China be bringing Tibetan Buddhism in from the cold? There are new signs that while a crackdown on Tibetan nationalism continues, the atheist state may be softening its position towards the religion – and even the Dalai Lama.
Read moreBy Louise Watt, Associated Press | January 28, 2015
BEIJING — Investigators have found that 15 Communist Party officials in Tibet joined underground Tibetan independence organizations, provided intelligence to the Dalai Lama and his supporters
Read moreDHARAMSALA, Jan 28: A Tibetan Buddhist monk who was arrested last march along with three other fellow monks of Drilda monastery in Trido Township in former Kham Province’s Sog County has been sentenced to ten years in prison.
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[TNN] NEW DELHI, Jan 26: Multi-hued images of India’s rich cultural diversity and military might as well as achievements in diverse fields unfolded on Monday at the 66th Republic Day parade which had a US President — Barack Obama — as the chief guest for the first time.
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