Historic opportunity for Hu Jintao to engage Dalai Lama (Comment)
March 27th, 2012 - 9:38 am ICT by IANS
History beckons China's President Hu Jintao during his India visit if he sheds entrenched antipathies and chooses to directly engage the Dalai Lama with a specific intention of initiating the ... Read more...
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‘Dalai Lama not inciting self-immolations’
March 26th, 2012 - 10:24 pm ICT by IANS
Dharamsala, March 26 (IANS) On a day a Tibetan protester attempted self-immolation in New Delhi, the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) Monday once again clarified that Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai ... Read more...
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UN recognises grim situation in Tibet: Sangay
March 24th, 2012 - 12:48 pm ICT by IANS
Dharamsala, March 24 (IANS) The United Nations has assured three Tibetan youth on hunger strike in New York that it will send a special rapporteur to Tibet to investigate the ... Read more...
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Dhumal warns of Chinese threat after air intrusion (Lead)
March 22nd, 2012 - 7:59 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, March 22 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal Thursday hit out at China after two Chinese helicopters reportedly sneaked into Indian airspace.He said he had been ... Read more...
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Exiles seek UN intervention in Tibet
March 21st, 2012 - 7:01 pm ICT by IANS
Dharamsala, March 21 (IANS) Worried over the increasing number of self immolation by Buddhist monks, Tibetan exiles here are asking the UN to intervene in Tibet.Concerned over what he thinks ... Read more...
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Chinese spy held near Dalai Lama palace
March 20th, 2012 - 9:23 pm ICT by IANS
Dharamsala, March 20 (IANS) A Chinese national was arrested in this seat of the Tibetan government-in-exile on suspicion of spying, police said Tuesday.Li Chengzie of Hunan province, who has been ... Read more...
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Exiles predict more trouble in Tibet
March 17th, 2012 - 10:21 pm ICT by IANS
Dharamsala, March 17 (IANS) The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) Saturday said that sending government officials to monasteries in Tibet will create more resentment among Tibetans there."Beijing's decision to send officials ... Read more...
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Free political prisoners in Tibet: Italian MPs
March 11th, 2012 - 6:51 pm ICT by IANS
Dharamsala, March 11 (IANS) Resume dialogue, suspend religious control regulations and free political prisoners in Tibet, a visiting parliamentary delegation from Italy said here Sunday."We call on the Chinese government ... Read more...
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Sangay for resumption of talks with China
March 10th, 2012 - 5:37 pm ICT by IANS
Dharamsala, March 10 (IANS) Two years since the talks between the Dalai Lama's envoys and the Chinese for genuine autonomy for the people in Tibet hit a roadblock, Tibetan Prime ... Read more...
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Tibetans demand ‘free Tibet’
March 10th, 2012 - 5:04 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, March 10 (IANS) Tibetans in India's northeast gathered here Saturday to commemorate the 53rd anniversary of the Tibetan uprising which forced the Dalai Lama to flee to India.On the ... Read more...
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Anti-China protest by Tibetans stopped
March 10th, 2012 - 4:24 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 10 (IANS) Police Saturday broke up a peaceful protest by a group of Tibetans here opposing Chinese rule over Tibet.Around a dozen Tibetans, mostly students and executives working ... Read more...
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China, not Dalai Lama, cause for self-immolation: Sangay (Lead)
March 10th, 2012 - 3:34 pm ICT by IANS
Dharamsala, March 10 (IANS) The Dalai Lama has always discouraged self-immolation but such protests are continuing in Tibetn due to China's hardline policies, Prime Minister-in-exile Lobsang Sangay said Saturday.He called ... Read more...
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China, not Dalai Lama, to be blamed for self-immolations: Sangay
March 10th, 2012 - 12:11 pm ICT by IANS
Dharamsala, March 10 (IANS) Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, has always discouraged self-immolation in Tibet, but such protests are continuing due to the hardline policies of China, Prime Minister-in-exile ... Read more...
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Dalai Lama not to address Tibetans on ‘uprising day’
March 9th, 2012 - 2:32 pm ICT by IANS
Dharamsala, March 9 (IANS) For the first time in 53 years, Buddhist spiritual leader the Dalai Lama will not address a gathering of Tibetans March 10, the day the Chinese ... Read more...
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A year since Dalai Lama’s historic transition
March 8th, 2012 - 3:16 pm ICT by IANS
Dharamsala, March 8 (IANS) Every year, Tibetan exiles worldwide remember March 10 -- the day when the Chinese launched a crackdown to suppress an uprising in Tibet in 1959. This ... Read more...
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Self-immolations: China warns Dalai Lama
March 7th, 2012 - 12:09 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, March 7 (IANS) Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama's attempts to "split" China are "doomed to fail", said an official following a string of self-immolations in recent months.The Dalai Lama ... Read more...
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Two self-immolations in Tibet
March 5th, 2012 - 3:58 pm ICT by IANS
Dharamsala, March 5 (IANS) A woman and a schoolgirl died after they set themselves afire in Tibet in the past two days to protest China's policies and to demand freedom ... Read more...
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The Dalai Lama: Torn between Tibet and India!
March 3rd, 2012 - 6:26 pm ICT by IANS
Dharamsala, March 3 (IANS) Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, is torn between two homes. More than half a century after he was forced along with some 80,000 Tibetans to ... Read more...
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Czech deputy PM concerned over Tibet situation
March 2nd, 2012 - 6:38 pm ICT by IANS
Dharamsala, March 2 (IANS) Czech Deputy Prime Minister Karel Schwarzenberg has expressed concern over the grim situation in Tibet at the UN Human Rights meeting in Geneva, the Central ... Read more...
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China blames Dalai Lama for self-immolation
March 2nd, 2012 - 5:46 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, March 2 (IANS) A Chinese official Friday held the Dalai Lama responsible for a string of self-immolation by Tibetan monks, saying the Tibetan spiritual leader applauded them.Zhao Qizheng, spokesman ... Read more...
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Tibet situation volatile amid Chinese crackdown on dissidents, say exiles (Lead)
February 24th, 2012 - 5:11 pm ICT by IANS
Dharamsala, Feb 24 (IANS) Chinese authorities have stepped up major crackdowns against suspected dissidents in Tibet in recent months, with young men taken away from homes and families being ... Read more...
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Tibet situation grim, needs global intervention, say exiles
February 24th, 2012 - 4:17 pm ICT by IANS
Dharamsala, Feb 24 (IANS) An 18-year-old monk immolated himself in front of a monastery in Tibet. While in flames, he was praying, "May His Holiness the Dalai Lama live ... Read more...
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Himachal may cancel land allotted to Tibetans: Dhumal
February 23rd, 2012 - 5:37 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Feb 23 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal Thursday said his government will cancel allotment of land by the previous Congress government to Tibetan refugees if ... Read more...
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Fast, prayers mark Tibetan New Year festival (Lead)
February 22nd, 2012 - 7:28 pm ICT by IANS
Dharamshala, Feb 22 (IANS) Thousands of Tibetan assembled in Himachal Pradesh's Dharamshala town, on the first day of the sacred Losar New Year festival on wednesday, offered prayers for ... Read more...
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Prayers, hunger strikes mark Tibetan sacred festival
February 22nd, 2012 - 1:35 pm ICT by IANS
Dharamsala, Feb 22 (IANS) Thousands of Tibetan exiles assembled in this Himachal Pradesh town Wednesday on the first day of the sacred Losar festival, and offered prayers for peace and ... Read more...
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Tibetans urged not to celebrate New Year
February 20th, 2012 - 7:19 pm ICT by IANS
Dharamsala, Feb 20 (IANS) Tibetan prime minister-in-exile Lobsang Sangay Monday asked his emigre community to only follow the spiritual rituals and shun celebrations of Losar - the Tibetan New Year ... Read more...
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Losar will be a muted in McLeodganj this year
February 18th, 2012 - 4:07 pm ICT by IANS
Dharamsala, Feb 18 (IANS) It will be a muted Tibetan New Year or Losar in Dharamsala's suburb of Mcleodganj this year as the community expresses solidarity with those suffering under ... Read more...
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Head to Himachal hills for a white V-Day
February 12th, 2012 - 7:01 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Feb 12 (IANS) Moderate snowfall in the hills of Himachal Pradesh Sunday cheered up members of the hospitality industry as they are expecting a spike in tourist footfalls, mainly ... Read more...
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Dalai Lama is not a separatist, Archbishop Tutu tells China
February 10th, 2012 - 7:34 pm ICT by IANS
Dharamsala, Feb 10 (IANS) He has no army, he cannot command his people with guns and he's not a separatist.South African anti-apartheid icon Archbishop Desmond Tutu said these words to ... Read more...
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Dalai Lama to meet Desmond Tutu
February 9th, 2012 - 7:42 pm ICT by IANS
Dharamsala, Feb 9 (IANS) Two Nobel laureates and long-time friends -- Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai lama and South African anti-apartheid icon archbishop Desmond Tutu - will come face to ... Read more...
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India reassures China over Tibet issue
February 8th, 2012 - 11:27 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Feb 8 (IANS) With Beijing worried over the Tibetan unrest, India Wednesday reassured China that it considered the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR) as part of China and reiterated New ... Read more...
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Karmapa concerned over unrest in Tibet (Lead)
February 6th, 2012 - 8:09 pm ICT by IANS
Dharamsala, Feb 6 (IANS) Tibetan religious head and the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje Monday expressed concern over the prevailing tense situation in Tibet and the Chinese authorities' ... Read more...
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Writer, artist, environmentalist and Karmapa
February 1st, 2012 - 12:57 pm ICT by IANS
Dharamsala, Feb 1 (IANS) Controversies have not overshadowed the artistic skills of Tibetan religious head and 17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje. The 26-year-old monk not only paints but also pens ... Read more...
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Reduce military in Tibet, say exiles
January 27th, 2012 - 7:54 pm ICT by IANS
Dharamsala, Jan 27 (IANS) The Tibetan government-in-exile based in this north Indian hill station Friday asked China to reduce its huge military presence in Tibet, release political prisoners and resume ... Read more...
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Another foreign visit for Dalai Lama - but not to Tibet
January 27th, 2012 - 12:37 pm ICT by IANS
Dharamsala, Jan 27 (IANS) The globetrotting Dalai Lama visited not less than 18 countries last year and the spiritual head of Tibetan Buddhism already has on the cards a ... Read more...
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