New Delhi: A chargesheet was filed against spiritual leader Karmapa Lama and nine others in the case pertaining of recovery of foreign currency from the Karmapa monastery.
The monastery in Dharamshala was in news when police recovered foreign currency worth Rs 7 crore during a raid at Karmapa's office.
Himachal Pradesh government has also attached the property of Gyuto monastery of the 17th Karmapa Lama, Ugyen Trinley Dorje, at Sidhbari.
Tibetans across the country also held protest rallies in support of their religious leader after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) questioned him earlier....
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08:33 PM, Dec 07, 2011
Shimla: Himachal Pradesh government on Tuesday initiated the move to attach the property of Gyuto monastery of the 17th Karmapa Lama, Ugyen Trinley Dorje, at Sidhbari. The Karmapa Lama has been accused of having links with China after foreign currency worth crores was recovered from the Gyuto monastery. Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal has already said that the Karmapa had not yet been giben a clean chit following...
01:46 PM, Feb 15, 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: Himachal Pradesh Police on Thursday arrested a couple in New Delhi in connection with seizure of Rs 1 crore from two people that was meant as part-payment by the Karmapa's trust to buy land in Kangra district, police said. "The couple, Karma Thapa and his wife Rinzin, was charged with arranging money for the monastery. They were interrogated for the past three days and were arrested from Majnoo-Ka-Tila in...
10:51 AM, Feb 04, 2011
Himachal Pradesh Director General of Police DS Minhas says the Karmapa Lama Ugyen Trinley Dorje has Chinese links and his aides have a criminal past. Speaking exclusively to CNN-IBN, Minhas says that Karmapa and his aides have been buying properties in India even though as Tibetans refugees they cannot do so legally. CNN-IBN: There are lot of controversies about the Karmapa and that he has links with China. he is...
01:24 PM, Feb 02, 2011
New Delhi: Tibetans across the country held protest rallies in support of their religious leader Karmapa Lama - a day after the Enforcement Directorate questioned him for almost seven hours. Thousands of followers and devotees of Karmapa gathered at monasteries on Tuesday across the country and carried out a candle light march against the police action at his residence. For the first time Karmapa Lama's aides have denied the charges...
06:53 AM, Feb 02, 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
New Delhi: Coming out in the defence of Karmapa Lama, the Dalai Lama on Sunday said the foreign currency recovered from the Karmapa's office were donations from Chinese followers. Dalai Lama told the reporters that Karmapa has Chinese followers and has received donations from them. Meanwhile, the 17th Karmapa Ugyen Trinley Dorjee continued to remain under the scanner for his alleged Chinese links. On Sunday, the Himachal Pradesh police questioned...
11:16 PM, Jan 30, 2011
Dharamsala: The police on Sunday went to Gyuto monastery in Dharamsala to question Tibetan spiritual leader Karmapa Lama over the source of the huge amounts of cash, including Chinese currency, seized from the monastery. This follows the interrogation of other accused in the case. Police claim that there is a direct link between the money recovered and property deals in Himachal Pradesh and other states. Five people including a hotelier...
05:10 PM, Jan 30, 2011
Dharamsala: A day after police questioned Tibetan leader Karmapa Lama, ADGP SR Mardi told CNN-IBN that raids were conducted across Dharamsala and five people including Manager of Ambala based Corporation Bank DK Dhar and Dharamsala based hotelier KP Bharadwaj, from whose car Rs 1 crore seized were arrested by the Himachal Pradesh police. Earlier the Dalai Lama spoke in support of Karmapa calling him a revered leader. Foreign currency worth...
11:14 AM, Jan 30, 2011
New Delhi: On the controversy surrounding the Karmapa Lama, the Finance Ministry has asked for a report from the Himachal Pradesh government. While the Karmapa was questioned by a three member team of Himachal police, his treasurer Shakti Lama has been sent to police custody till February 5. His secretary's house which was sealed was searched by the police on Saturday. Currency worth Rs 6 crore has been seized out...
09:19 PM, Jan 29, 2011
Dharamsala: A team of Himachal Pradesh Police has questioned 17th Karmapa Ugyen Trinley Dorjee, popularly known as Karmapa Lama, about the huge sum of foreign currency recovered during a raid at his office in Dharamsala. The Karmapa Lama was questioned by a three-member police team. During his questioning Karmapa was aided by a translator as he speaks only Chinese. Karmapa reportedly feigned ignorance about the source of money. Sources say...
02:28 PM, Jan 29, 2011
New Delhi: Union Finance Ministry has sought a report from the Himachal Pradesh government on 17th Karmapa Ugyen Trinley Dorjee, popularly known as Karmapa Lama, who stands accused of being a Chinese plant after police recovered Rs 1.6 crore during a raid at his office in Dharamsala on Thursday. Karmapa Lama and other Tibetan leaders have reportedly bought huge tracts of land in various states with Sources telling CNN-IBN that...
12:50 PM, Jan 29, 2011
New Delhi: According to sources, Indian agencies are suspecting that Tibetan spiritual leader Karmapa Lama could be a Chinese plant. Officials do not rule out questioning him in relation to the Rs 1.6 crore (approx) found from his premises during raids. Agencies suspect that he has been working under china's grand plan to have control over the monasteries along the border. Huge amount of foreign currency was seized during raids...
06:44 PM, Jan 28, 2011
Dharamsala: Huge amount of foreign currency was seized during raids at a transit home of 17th Karmapa Ugyen Trinley Dorje at Sidhbari near Dharamsala on Thursday. ADGP (Law and Order) S R Mardi said the exact amount of currency notes of different countries recovered during the raids at Gyuto Monastery, 6 km from here, will be known after counting them. A close aide of Kaprmapa, Rabjaychojan alias Shakti Lama, was...
06:13 PM, Jan 27, 2011
Karachi: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Tuesday said there was nothing bigger than India-Pakistan matches for cricket fans in Pakistan, but refuted suggestions that it was running after the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for the resumption of bilateral cricket ties between the two countries. The cricket ties between India and Pakistan stand suspended since the 2008 Mumbai terror attack. We are an independent body and...
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