New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) The Dalai Lama Friday said here that India should be seen as one of the most important Asian countries. He also stressed that while he no longer ...

Bolzano (Italy), Nov 17 (DPA) The Dalai Lama, speaking Tuesday during a visit to Italy, said he appreciated US President Barack Obama's appeal to Chinese leaders to hold talks with him ...

Akhnoor (J and K), Nov.14 (ANI): Minister of State for Defence M M Pallam Raju has said that New Delhi is taking all measures to safeguard its border with Beijing, but will ...

Tawang, Nov 11 (ANI): The visit of the Tibetan spiritual guru the Dalai Lama to Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh, has generated a lot of enthusiasm among the locals and Tibetans exiles in India. On ...

Tawang (Arunachal Pradesh), Nov.10 (ANI): Tibetans' Spiritual Leader Dalai Lama on Tuesday said that his visit has been unnecessarily politicised. "My visit has been unnecessarily politicised. I am here to repay my ...

Washington, Nov. 10 (ANI): The military psychiatrist accused of shooting to death 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, and a radical cleric in Yemen known for his incendiary anti-American teachings, were in ...

New Delhi, Nov 9 (IANS) In a bid to tone down the row over its fatwa against the singing of 'Vande Mataram', clerics from the Deoband Islamic seminary have said they won't ...

By Arun Kumar Washington, Nov 9 (IANS) US investigators probing a deadly mass shooting at Fort Hood are examining possible links between the alleged gunman and an American-born imam said to be a ...

New Delhi, Nov.9 (ANI): Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor on Monday said Dalai Lama's Tawang visit was his own initiative and not a suggestion by the Government of ...

Dharamshala, Nov. 8 (ANI): Tibetans living-in-exile in Dharamshala have slammed China for trying to create a controversy over the Dalai Lama's visit to Arunachal Pradesh. "People of that land (Tibet) and that ...

By Syed Zarir Hussain Tawang (Arunachal Pradesh), Nov 6 (IANS) Fifty years ago, Auja Lama was among the thousands who received the Dalai Lama as he reached the frontier Indian state of ...

By Paras Ramoutar Port-of-Spain, Oct 26 (IANS) Indian High Commissioner Malay Mishra has hailed Trinidad and Tobago's multiculturalism, saying it has helped to promote a value system which needs to be "safeguarded, developed ...

Washington, Oct.23 (ANI): The Pakistan Army may have pledged that it is going to root out the Taliban from its den in South Waziristan through the operation named 'Raah-e-Nijaat', but local ...

New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) Spiritual leader and 'Art of Living' founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar has been conferred with the 'Culture in Balance' Award for 2009 by the World Culture Forum ...

By Meena Kar, Washington, October 10, (THAINDIAN NEWS) US President Barack Obama was honored with 2009 Nobel Peace Prize for what he has done for the restoration of peace in the world. ...

Washington, Oct 10 (DPA) The Dalai Lama congratulated US President Barack Obama on his award of the Nobel Peace Prize, ignoring criticism over Obama's refusal to meet with him before he ...

By Arun Kumar Washington, Oct 9 (IANS) The Dalai Lama has said that an opportunity for President Barack Obama to raise the Tibet issue with Chinese leader Hu Jintao without alienating Beijing ...

Dharamsala, Oct 8 (ANI): Tibetan men and women sang patriotic songs to mark the 40th anniversary of the Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC) here on Wednesday. The TYC was established on October 7, ...

New Delhi, Oct 1 (ANI): Hundreds of activists of Bharat-Tibet Sahayog Manch along with Tibetan refugees staged a protest demonstration against Chinese aggression on Tibet here on Thursday. The protest was organised on ...

Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 1 (IANS) Foreign tourists in the boat that capsized in the Thekkady lake at the Periyar wildlife sanctuary are safe, Kerala MP P.T. Thomas said Thursday. "There were four ...

Bangalore, Sep 28 (IANS) Spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar has backed Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi's call to give Indian citizenship to Sri Lankan Tamil refugees in India. Ravi ...

New Delhi, Sep 28 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani Monday expressed his desire to retire from politics. He made this remark during a visit to the Udupi Pejawar ...

Dharamsala, Sep. 22 (ANI): Tibetans living in exile in Dharamshala on Tuesday prayed for the success of Dalai Lama's impending visit to Arunachal Pradesh. Although the annual ritual of prayers is dedicated for ...

Mysore, Sep 19 (IANS) Tourists from abroad danced to the beat of drums, adding colour to the festivities of the 10-day-long Dussehra festival that began here Saturday. Art of Living founder and spiritual ...

Dharamsala, Sept 19 (ANI): A young Tibetan boy, who has sought refuge in India, has recalled the atrocities of the Chinese authorities. Jamyang, a sixteen-year old related his first hand experience after ...

Bratislava (Slovakia), Sep 9 (DPA) Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, Wednesday received a human rights award in a highlight of his three-day visit to Slovakia, local reports said. The Dalai Lama ...

By Paras Ramoutar Port-of-Spain, Aug 28 (IANS) Thousands of Hindus thronged temples across Trinidad and Tobago to celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi with devotees observing fast and chanting Vedic hymns. Earthen idols are prepared and devotees ...

By Paras Ramoutar Port-of-Spain, Aug 14 (IANS) Devout Hindus turned out in large numbers at the over 200 temples across Trinidad and Tobago for celebrations to mark Janmashtami, the birth of Lord Krishna, ...

Dharamsala, Aug 9 (IANS) The National Civil Rights Museum in the US will confer the International Freedom Award on the Dalai Lama for his "steadfast commitment to protecting and defending the rights ...

By Vishal Gulati Dharamsala, Aug 2 (IANS) It is perhaps natural that the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan leader who is revered as a spiritual guru, should inspire writers from the Orient and ...