New Delhi: The trade ministers of BRICS countries are meeting in Delhi on Wednesday to discuss ways to strengthen economic ties. Chinese President Hu Jintao landed in New Delhi on Wednesday amidst high security even as Delhi Police took scores of Tibetans into preventive custody after a youth who immolated himself in protest against his Jintao's visit died in hospital.
The Brazilian, Russian and South African leaders had arrived earlier. The Chinese foreign ministry on Tuesday angrily blamed the self immolation attempts on a Dalai Lama clique.
The Indian government is trying to walk a tight-rope amidst Tibetan and Chinese concerns. China has blamed the Tibetan self-immolation attempt to those close to the Dalai Lama.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said, "All of their deeds show that a group of Dalai followers are responsible for planning the self-immolations. Maiming and destroying human life in order to reach the separatist political goal of Tibetan independence will never succeed."...
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04:59 PM, Mar 28, 2012
New Delhi: A Tibetan protestor lit himself on fire at a demonstration on Monday in the national capital ahead of a visit by China's President Hu Jinta. The protestor was engulfed in flames as he ran near the speakers at the rally near the Indian Parliament. Fellow activists beat out the flames with the Tibetan flags that they were carrying. The protestor is being treated for severe burns at a...
01:55 PM, Mar 26, 2012
New Delhi: The Tibetans in exile are likely to take to the streets in the capital to protest against Chinese premier Hu Jintao's visit to India on Wednesday. Jintao will be arriving in India to attend the 2-day BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) summit. The protest march will begin at Ramlila Maidan and will end at Jantar Mantar. The Tibetans are protesting against the human rights violations...
10:59 AM, Mar 26, 2012
New Delhi: About a dozen Tibetans, including women, on Thursday staged a protest outside the Hyderabad House in New Delhi objecting to the border talks between India and China claiming that Beijing cannot discuss the issue before giving freedom to Tibet. Draped in Tibetan flags and carrying anti-China placards, the protesters assembled in front of the Hyderabad House near India Gate in the morning where External Affairs Minister SM Krishna...
11:01 AM, Mar 01, 2012
Shimla Tibetan religious head and the 17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje has been summoned by a Himachal Pradesh court in March over the seizure of foreign currency worth Rs.70 million (over $1.4 million) from his monastery in 2011, police said on Thursday. Officials from the Karmapa's office based in Dharamsala said the Karmapa is out of station for over a fortnight to preside over the annual activities and therefore has...
12:59 PM, Feb 16, 2012
Mumbai: Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama on Friday said "secular ethics" and dialogue would ensure that the 21st century is peaceful. "Although the development of science and technology was taking place since 18th century, the 20th century was witnessed as a century of blood. However, the 21st century will be a century of dialogues to bring world peace," he said addressing neurosurgeons and scientists from around the globe at the...
07:07 PM, Feb 18, 2011
Dharamsala: Ming Chung Dorjee who is a Tibetan refugee is ineligible to own land in India, according to the law. But CNN-IBN has accessed documents to prove that he assumed the identity of an Indian to get land in Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. He allegedly managed this by getting government papers by misrepresenting facts. Dorjee's moves, it seems has been adopted by some other Tibetans as well, like Lama Bagdor who...
07:37 AM, Feb 14, 2011
Dharamsala: The recovery of unaccounted money worth nearly Rs 7 crore (Rs 70 million) from the monastery of Tibetan leader Karmapa Lama has renewed the succession controversy in the Karma Kagyu sect, with two rival monks claiming to be the 'real' Karmapa. An important institution in the Tibetan religious set-up, the Karmapa Lama is the spiritual head of the Karma Kagyu sect, one of the four sects of Tibetan Buddhism....
05:34 PM, Feb 04, 2011
Dharamsala: The Enforcement Directorate questioned Karmapa Lama in Dharamsala in connection with the foreign currency recovered from his office. Enforcement Directorate officials reached Karmapa's monastery on Tuesday afternoon to question him. He was grilled for over five hours but reportedly insisted that he had no idea where the money recovered from his office came from. Foreign currency worth Rs 7 crore was recovered from Karmapa's office last week. Raids were...
01:25 PM, Feb 01, 2011
New Delhi: A cloud of suspicion may hang over the Karmapa Lama, but a day after he was questioned over unaccounted money, Buddhist monks and devotees, including foreigners, gathered in a show of support near Dhararmshala. His office even rejected China's statement that he was not a spy on the grounds that they did not an endorsement from the middle kingdom. "We don't need any endorsement from China. When there...
07:41 AM, Feb 01, 2011
Kathmandu: Amid stepped up pressure on the government to curb anti-Beijing protests by Tibetans in Nepal, China has used its financial muscle to pay off Nepal Police to arrest members of the exiled community, according to secret US cables published by WikiLeaks. Cables released by the whistle-blower website show an unnamed source of the US Embassy in New Delhi repeatedly claiming that "Chinese government rewards Nepali forces by providing financial...
08:45 AM, Dec 20, 2010
Separate spiritual and political roles of leader, he urges followers. ...
01:31 PM, Jun 21, 2009
They were arrested on Monday by armed Indo-Tibetan Border Police. ...
01:01 PM, Aug 06, 2008
Colombo: Alastair Cook hammered an unbeaten 163 on the second day of England's three-day practice match against Sri Lanka Board XI in Colombo on Friday. The left-handed opener defied the stifling heat and humidity for six hours to strike early form ahead of the two-Test series against Sri Lanka starting in Galle on March 26. The tourists ended the day at 303-8, a lead of 134 over the home team's...
11:32 PM, May 03, 2008
Ranchi: Team India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni's achievements reflect his strong track record, Union Minister and BCCI vice-president Rajeev Shukla said here on Sunday. "Dhoni's track record has been strong. Under him Team India won the World Cup, T20-twenty World Cup and Team India was also listed at the top Test playing country," Shukla, who is the Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs, told reporters when asked to comment over...
03:49 PM, Apr 30, 2008
Mirpur: Chris Gayle's injury proved costly for Barisal Burners as the Chittagong Kings eased to an eight-wicket victory in a Bangladesh Premier League match at the Shere Bangla National Stadium on Thursday. Having been put in to bat, Barisal got off to a flier, with Gayle smashing a 16-ball 30, including two fours and three sixes. However, once the West Indian retired hurt, no other batsmen was able to maintain...
03:03 PM, Apr 24, 2008
Abu Dhabi: Pakistan cricket coach Mohsin Khan on Sunday expressed confidence his team can become the world's number one ranked team after humbling England in the second Test to claim victory in the series. I think this team has the capacity to become the world's best team. Our target should be to gradually come in the top three in both Tests and one-day, and then gradually go to world number...
01:13 AM, Apr 17, 2008
For a while, while Virender Sehwag was striking some fluent boundaries, it appeared that he might at least push India halfway towards their target of 500 or help them bat out a draw. With 12 boundaries in his 53-ball 62, Sehwag was looking like the blaster of old. That is, until, he got a juicy full toss from offspinner Nathan Lyon. To the first ball of the 20th over, bowled...
01:55 AM, Apr 16, 2008
Cricket analyst Sanjay Manjrekar feels Virat Kohli has shown the merits of giving the young, promising players a chance. ...
11:34 PM, Apr 15, 2008
