Texas Republican senator urges Juneteenth emancipation holiday
June 19th, 2012 - 5:10 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, June 19 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The proposed bill of the Texas Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison would establish June 19th as Juneteenth.
The senator’s staff according to reports, do not believe ... Read more...
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Goan dances enthrall Trinidad and Tobago audience
August 13th, 2011 - 1:25 pm ICT by IANS
Port-of-Spain, Aug 13 (IANS) Fast-paced Goan music and dance set the audience's feet tapping at a performance held in Trinidad and Tobago's capital city that has a rich Indian diaspora.A ... Read more...
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Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Extends Its Deadline Till April 18 For Taxpayers
January 5th, 2011 - 8:58 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Jan 5, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The taxpayers of United States will now get extra three days to file their taxes this year, Internal Revenue Service (IRS) officials announced the news to ... Read more...
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Dalai Lama lands India’s support to Tibetan cause
March 30th, 2009 - 8:11 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Mar 30 (ANI): The Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, on Monday landed the support provided by the Indian Government and public to the Tibetan cause.The Dalai Lama, who was ... Read more...
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Tibetan exiles present play on alleged Chinese atrocities
March 29th, 2009 - 12:51 pm ICT by ANI
Dharamsala, Mar 29 (ANI): Tibetans living-in-exile presented a play here on alleged Chinese atrocities to mark 50 years of Chinese rule in Tibet.Through street performance, Tibetans portrayed the alleged atrocities being inflicted ... Read more...
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Tibetan exiles criticise China for ‘Serf Liberation Day’
March 27th, 2009 - 9:16 pm ICT by IANS
Dharamsala, March 27 (IANS) The Tibetan government-in-exile Friday expressed concern over the situation in Tibet and criticised China for declaring the "provocative" new Serf Liberation Day holiday in the region Saturday.
According to ... Read more...
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China puts off Nepal visits over Tibet fears
March 10th, 2009 - 2:47 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, March 10 (IANS) China, which recently sent three delegations in a month to woo Nepal's Maoist government, has decided to shelve further visits this month fearing protests by Tibetan exiles marking ... Read more...
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Tibetans await Dalai Lama’s address 50 years after uprising
March 4th, 2009 - 5:00 pm ICT by IANS
Dharamsala, March 4 (IANS) Hundreds of Tibetan Buddhist exiles will assemble in this north Indian hill town to hear their spiritual head, the Dalai Lama, deliver a crucial address March 10, the ... Read more...
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China targets Dalai Lama with slavery charges
January 30th, 2009 - 1:42 pm ICT by IANS
Hong Kong, Jan 30 (IANS) Stepping up its tirade against the Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama, China has accused him of promoting slavery and asked him to come clear on the state ... Read more...
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‘Economic, cultural power shifting from West to India, Africa’
August 5th, 2008 - 9:55 am ICT by IANS
By Paras Ramoutar
Port of Spain (Trinidad), Aug 5 (IANS) Ghana's President John Agyekum Kufuor says power - both economic and cultural - is shifting from the developed nations of the West to ... Read more...
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