Dharamsala: Fifty-three years after he made India his second home, the Dalai Lama has developed a taste for 'dal-roti' and has imbibed the virtues of secularism. Recalling his stay here ever since fleeing his homeland in 1959, the Tibetan spiritual leader said the "biggest thing" that he had learnt after coming to India was "how not to be a hypocrite". The Nobel prize winner said he used to be an...
10:06 AM, Jun 03, 2012
London: China is beset by a moral crisis, widespread corruption and lawlessness, leading millions of Chinese to seek solace in Buddhism, Tibet's exiled Buddhist leader, the Dalai Lama, said on Monday. The Dalai Lama was in London to receive the $1.7 million Templeton prize for his work affirming the spiritual dimension of life. Speaking to reporters before the award ceremony at St. Paul's Cathedral in London, he said millions of...
01:00 AM, May 15, 2012
Beijing: Dismissing the Dalai Lama's allegations of China training women agents to kill him, Chinese state-run media on Monday accused him of playing an "insidious trick" and plotting "more separatist acts" ahead of this year's Communist Party meeting to elect new leadership. "If the central government wanted to eliminate the Dalai Lama, why has it waited for such a long time? Isn't it foolish to take action against Dalai at...
03:34 PM, May 14, 2012
London: Chinese agents have trained Tibetan women to poison the Dalai Lama while posing as a devotee, the Tibetan spiritual leader has said. The Nobel Laureate told Sunday Telegraph that he had received reports from inside Tibet warning about some Chinese agents training Tibetan women for a mission to poison him. "We received some sort of information from Tibet," he was quoted as saying. "Some Chinese agents training some Tibetans,...
11:16 AM, May 13, 2012
New Delhi: India on Thursday expressed concern on recent territorial stand-off between China and the Philippines in the South China Sea and asked them to exercise restraint and resolve the issue diplomatically as per international law. "We have been following with concern recent developments involving China and the Philippines in the South China Sea. Maintenance of peace and security in the region is of vital interest to the international community....
05:15 PM, May 10, 2012
Toronto: The Tibetans are not seeking outright independence from China but "enough autonomy" for the survival of their culture, Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has said. "Tibetans are seeking enough autonomy for Tibet to allow its culture to survive, rather than outright independence," the Dalai Lama said at a news conference in Ottawa that followed his public talk attended by over 7000 people on Saturday. The exiled Tibetan spiritual...
08:50 AM, Apr 29, 2012
New Delhi: China has dared India again by trying to legitimise its control over Aksai Chin in Ladakh. Reports from Beijing say it has asked Korean and Japanese companies to build what it calls an astronomical observatory in either Aksai Chin or Tibet. Aksai Chin is a remote part of Jammu & Kashmir that Beijing occupied after the 1962 war. Pakistan ceded parts of the region to China a year...
01:52 PM, Apr 16, 2012
Mumbai: Maharashtra government has refused to foot the Rs 19.28 crore bill sent by ITBP towards reimbursing expenses for guarding 26/11 terrorist Ajmal Kasab lodged in the Arthur Road jail in Mumbai and wants Centre to waive the amount. Home Minister RR Patil on Wednesday said the state government has requested Centre to waive the Rs.19.28 crore bill sent to it by the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), a central para...
10:59 PM, Apr 11, 2012
Tibet: Tibet's Buddhist leader the Dalai Lama has won the 2012 Templeton Prize worth $1.7 million for his work affirming the spiritual dimension of life, the US-based John Templeton Foundation said on Thursday. The spiritual leader "vigorously focused on the connections between the investigative traditions of science and Buddhism as a way to better understand and advance what both disciplines might offer the world", the foundation said in a statement....
02:32 AM, Mar 31, 2012
New Delhi: China on Thursday blamed the Dalai Lama for stoking extremist views and thanked India for taking "effective and concrete" steps to curb protests by Tibetans during President Hu Jintao's visit. Luo Zhaohui, Director-General of the Department of Asian Affairs, regretted the loss of innocent lives in and around Tibet but said Beijing opposed "pro-independence Tibetan activists". Answering a query about the death of a young Tibetan protester in...
09:52 PM, Mar 29, 2012
New Delhi: Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader the Dalai Lama spiritual won the 2012 Templeton Prize on Thursday. For decades, Tenzin Gyatso, 76, the 14th Dalai Lama - a lineage believed by followers to be the reincarnation of an ancient Buddhist leader who epitomized compassion " has vigorously focused on the connections between the investigative traditions of science and Buddhism as a way to better understand and advance what both disciplines...
05:44 PM, Mar 29, 2012
New Delhi: On the first day of the BRICS Summit, China regretted that Tibetans have created trouble for India and also confirmed that the border dispute will be discussed by the Chinese President Hu Jintao with India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. China was also appreciative of the effective concrete measures taken by the Indian government to avoid disturbances. Meanwhile, China also preached spirituality to the Dalai Lama. "Dalai Lama is...
05:04 PM, Mar 29, 2012
Trade and political issues are expected to be the primary talking points at the summit. ...
09:01 AM, Mar 29, 2012
New Delhi: The first day of the BRICS summit saw tight security in the Capital with the police fearing violent demonstrations by Tibetan protestors. The Tibetan community were angered as the police clamped down on their protests against China on Wednesday. The anger against China is intensifying after 27-year-old Jamphel Yeshi succumbed to his injuries after a self immolation bid on Monday. A massive demonstration had been planned outside the...
12:10 AM, Mar 29, 2012
The Centre stays execution of Balwant Singh Rajoana after the Akali government appealed for clemency. ...
11:15 PM, Mar 28, 2012
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