Tibetan monk-musician makes music across cultures (With Image)
August 15th, 2012 - 2:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 15 (IANS) Nawang Khechog, a nomadic tribal of Tibetan origin, has clung to his wooden flute for the last five decades since his family ... Read more...
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‘Another monk has self-immolated in Tibet’
July 17th, 2012 - 7:53 pm ICT by IANS
Dharamsala, July 17 (IANS) An 18-year-old Tibetan monk self-immolated himself in northeastern Tibet in China Tuesday, the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) said here.With this incident, a total of 44 people ... Read more...
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Protestor’s immolation attempt brings Tibetans together
March 27th, 2012 - 6:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 27 (IANS) The capital's largest Tibetan settlement, Majnu Ka Tila, had an air of contained outrage Tuesday, a day after 26-year-old Jamphel Yeshi attempted self-immolation to protest ... Read more...
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Tibetan monk self-immolates in China
March 15th, 2012 - 12:51 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, March 14 (IANS) A Tibetan monk Wednesday set himself alight in China's Qinghai province but survived due to timely efforts by his temple's security guards, officials said.Jamyang Palden, a ... Read more...
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Tibetan monk sets himself on fire in China
February 14th, 2012 - 3:00 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Feb 14 (IANS) A Tibetan monk set himself on fire Monday in southwest China's Sichuan province, authorities said Tuesday.Losang Gyatso, 18, from the Kirti monastery in the Aba Tibetan-Qiang ... 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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Murdered British charity worker rules slum children’s hearts (With Images)
December 23rd, 2011 - 12:30 pm ICT by IANS
Dharamsala, Dec 23 (IANS) He may have been brutally murdered here five years ago, but British charity worker Michael Blakey continues to live in the hearts of schoolchildren who have ... Read more...
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A Tibetan charity rehabilitates Indian slum children (With Images)
December 6th, 2011 - 12:46 pm ICT by IANS
Dharamsala, Dec 6 (IANS) They are from the slums here, mostly children of migrant labourers from Rajasthan and Maharashtra. Around 57 young ones are getting a better shot at ... Read more...
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Karmapa prays for quake affected people
September 20th, 2011 - 12:50 pm ICT by IANS
Dharamsala, Sep 20 (IANS) The 17th Karmapa, the only major Tibetan monk reincarnate recognised by both the Dalai Lama and China, Tuesday expressed grief over the deaths in the earthquake ... Read more...
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US voices concern over monk’s conviction in China
September 1st, 2011 - 6:43 pm ICT by IANS
Dharamsala, Sep 1 (IANS) The US government has voiced concern over the sentencing of a Tibetan monk for "intentionally killing" another monk who self-immolated at a monastery in Tibet in ... Read more...
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Tibetan monk jailed for 11 years in immolation case
August 29th, 2011 - 6:59 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 29 (IANS) A Tibetan monk was Monday sentenced by a Chinese court to jail for 11 years for plotting and assisting another monk's self-immolation.Drongdru, a 46-year-old monk in ... Read more...
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Tibetan monk dies after setting himself on fire in China protest
August 15th, 2011 - 11:48 pm ICT by BNO News
BEIJING (BNO NEWS) -- A Tibetan monk died on Monday after setting himself on fire in an apparent protest against Chinese rule in the southwestern province of Sichuan, a group campaigning for ... Read more...
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Tibetan monk immolates self in China
August 15th, 2011 - 7:35 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 15 (IANS) A monk in south west China died Monday after he set himself on fire, Xinhua reported.The incident happened in a Tibetan community in southwest China's ... Read more...
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India allows Karmapa to visit US
July 6th, 2011 - 4:13 pm ICT by IANS
Dharamsala, July 6 (IANS) India has finally allowed the 17th Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje, the third most respected Tibetan monk reincarnate, to go on a two-week religious tour to the ... Read more...
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Devotees stand by Karmapa, throng monastery
January 31st, 2011 - 5:16 pm ICT by IANS
By Vishal Gulati
Dharamsala, Jan 31 (IANS) A day after Indian investigation agencies questioned him, a sea of Buddhist monks and devotees, including foreigners, turned up at the Gyuto Monastery near here Monday ... Read more...
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11 years after his escape, Karmapa remains as controversial
January 29th, 2011 - 4:02 pm ICT by IANS
By Jaideep Sarin
Dharamsala (Himachal Pradesh), Jan 29 (IANS) His flight to freedom from a monastery near Lhasa, the capital of Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR) in China, was as mysterious as controversial. The ... Read more...
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India says no to US tour of Tibetan monk
July 15th, 2010 - 3:20 pm ICT by IANS
By Vishal Gulati
Dharamsala, July 15 (IANS) India has denied permission to Ogyen Trinley Dorje, the 17th Karmapa who is the third most respected Tibetan monk reincarnate and is recognised by both the ... Read more...
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Mummy of revered Tibetan monk now on Public display
May 3rd, 2010 - 2:33 pm ICT by ANI
Tashi Jong (Himachal Pradesh), May 3 (ANI): The mummy of a revered Tibetan monk, Tokden Amtrin, has now been put on display at a monastery near Dharamsala.After about five years of Amtrin's ... Read more...
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China prevents Nepal from attending celebrations at Tibetan monastery
February 23rd, 2010 - 3:16 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Feb 23 (IANS) Though China failed to prevent US President Barack Obama from meeting exiled Tibetan leader the Dalai Lama, it has succeeded in stopping top Nepalese officials ... Read more...
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Obama meets Dalai Lama, speaks for human rights
February 19th, 2010 - 12:24 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, Feb 19 (IANS) Brushing off Chinese warnings, President Barack Obama met with the Dalai Lama to express his "strong support" for human rights and religious freedom for ... Read more...
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Student, faculty researchers capturing history of Tibetans in exile
December 5th, 2009 - 1:56 pm ICT by ANI
Fayetteville (Arkansas, US), Dec. 5 (ANI): Geshe Thupten Dorjee, a Tibetan monk who teaches at the University of Arkansas, Sidney Burris and 15 students from the university, are working on a text ... Read more...
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Military action in Afghanistan, Iraq a failure: Dalai Lama
October 2nd, 2009 - 12:06 pm ICT by IANS
Calgary (Canada), Oct 2 (IANS) The US-led invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq has proved to be a failure, the Dalai Lama said here.
"In Iran and Afghanistan, it is too early to say. ... Read more...
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Tibetans, supporters stage protest demo in Delhi
October 1st, 2009 - 6:10 pm ICT by ANI
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 ... Read more...
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Karmapa Lama wishes to return to Tibet someday (Interview)
April 19th, 2009 - 1:42 pm ICT by IANS
By Jaideep Sarin
Dharamsala (Himachal Pradesh), April 19 (IANS) Like the Dalai Lama who escaped from Tibet in 1959, the second highest Tibetan monk, the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa, secretly arrived in India ... Read more...
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Tibetans offer prayers for long life of Dalai Lama in Dharamshala
March 10th, 2009 - 5:43 pm ICT by ANI
Dharamshala, Mar. 10 (ANI): Hundreds of Tibetans, including monks, nuns and officials of the Tibetan Government-in-exile, gathered at the main Tsuglagkhang Buddhist temple in Dharamshala to offer prayers for the long ... Read more...
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Monks lead Tibetan `civil disobedience’ in China
March 9th, 2009 - 11:46 am ICT by IANS
By Bill Smith
Rebkong (China), March 9 (DPA) "We are not celebrating the New Year this year," said a burgundy-clad Tibetan monk at the Rongwo Buddhist monastery in China's western province of Qinghai."We ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Chinese police shoot protesting Tibetan monk
February 28th, 2009 - 5:09 pm ICT by ANI
Beijing, Feb.28 (ANI): A Tibetan monk was shot by Chinese police after he set himself on fire
Pro-Tibet activists in London and Hong Kong reported that the monk, called Tabe and ... Read more...
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Tibetans-in-exile take out protest march in Dharamsala against China
August 10th, 2008 - 2:44 pm ICT by ANI
Dharamsala, Aug 10 (ANI): Continuing with their agitation against China, the Tibetans-in-exile took out a protest march here today. Scores of Tibetans exiles and monks marched down the narrow hilly roads ... Read more...
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Tibetan Buddhists observe “Saka Dawa” festival in Dharamsala
June 18th, 2008 - 7:47 pm ICT by ANI
Dharamsala, June 18 (ANI): Tibetan Buddhists on Wednesday celebrated Saka Dawa, one of their most important festivals.The festival has a special significance for the followers of Lord Buddha as all three ... Read more...
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Exiled Tibetans stage march in Delhi ahead of Olympic torch relay
April 16th, 2008 - 7:37 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, Apr 16 (ANI): Exiled Tibetans in India staged a peaceful solidarity march today in New Delhi ahead of Olympic torch relay.Police detained the protestors when they started their protest ... Read more...
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UN begins probe as nine die in Nepal pre-poll violence
April 9th, 2008 - 2:53 pm ICT by admin
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, April 9 (IANS) The UN Wednesday began separate investigations into two incidents of violence in Nepal on the eve of a critical election that continued even after the ... Read more...
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‘Tibetan monk killed in China’s Sichuan province’
March 26th, 2008 - 5:19 pm ICT by admin
Dharamsala, March 26 (IANS) At least one monk was killed and another seriously injured in China's Sichuan province as hundreds took part in anti-China protests there, said the Tibetan government-in-exile here Wednesday. ... Read more...
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Dharamsala project to test Tibetan meditations efficacy against PTSD
December 24th, 2007 - 6:29 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Dec 24 (ANI): Researchers at Miami and Ohio State universities are carrying out a research to determine the benefits that victims of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may derive from Tibetan meditation. ... Read more...
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