Dalai Lama leaves for “private visit” to Norway
By Abhishek Madhukar| May 3, 2014
The 78-year-old Nobel Peace Prize laureate left Dharamsala, northern India, his Himalyan hometown in exile, on Saturday afternoon to head for Norway.
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217 Tibetans to vote for first time in India
S Gopal Puri TNN | May 2, 2014
DHARAMSHALA: History will be scripted in Himachal Pradesh on May 7 when the state goes to polls. 217 Tibetan youths in Kangra would be casting their ballot in the Lok Sabha elections for the first time.
Read more‘Atal, PM gave in to China, Nehru died because of it’
The Financial Express | May 1, 2014
Mulayam Singh Yadav Wednesday accused Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee of succumbing to Chinese aggression and said Jawaharlal Nehru had died of shock after China’s attack on India.
Read moreTCHRD to mark “World Press Freedom Day” with music concert
DHARAMSALA, May 2: Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD), a Dharamsala-based rights group will organize a Tibet Awareness concert to mark “World Press Freedom Day” at 6:30 pm on May 3 at the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts (TIPA) in Dharamsala.
Read moreTrain station bombing kills three in East Turkistan
DHARAMSALA, May 1: Three people were killed and 79 others were injured, in an attack on a railway station in Urumqi, the capital of East Turkistan (Ch: Xinjiang), as Chinese President, Xi Jinping wrapped up a four-day visit to the restive region.
Read moreDalai Lama launches monastery in Mandi
MANDI, April 29: Tibetan spiritual guru the Dalai Lama was given a warm welcome by Tibetans and Buddhists along the 10km road from Ghatta area to Chauntra of Jogindernagar sub-division when he went there to inaugurate a monastery on Monday.
Read moreHundreds rally to welcome Dalai Lama
About 400 people rallied outside the parliament building in Oslo on Tuesday to show their support for the Dalai Lama’s visit in early May. Those gathered voiced their anger at the Norwegian government for cowing to the Chinese and refusing to meet the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader against the wishes of the Norwegian people.
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9th Interethnic / Interfaith Leadership Conference Concludes in Taiwan
TAIPEI, April 28: The 9th Interethnic / Interfaith Leadership Conference that brought together seventy participants from different nationalities, political communities and faiths, staging a struggle against the repressive Chinese Communist regime, concluded yesterday at Taipei.
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Young monk arrested after solitary protest in Ngaba County
DHARAMSALA, April 28: A young Tibetan monk was arrested in restive Ngaba County in the traditional Tibetan Province of Amdo for carrying out a solitary protest against Chinese rule in Tibet.
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Tibetans in Dharamsala celebrate 25th birth anniversary of 11th Panchen Lama
DHARAMSALA, April 25: The Central Tibetan Administration headquartered here in Dharamsala today organized an official function at the courtyard of Tsug-lag-khang, the main temple in the town to celebrate the 25th birth anniversary of the 11th Panchen Lama, Gedun Choekyi Nyima.
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