Beijing: An overseas Tibetan news service says Chinese police have detained a Tibetan writer in a western county hit by anti-government protests as China's crackdown against persisting unrest spreads. The Voice of Tibet, which is based in Norway, says that more than 20 police officers took Gangkye Drubpa Kyab from his home in Serthar county's main town on Wednesday night and that he has not been released. Police and government...
08:45 PM, Feb 19, 2012
Beijing: China on Saturday refuted Human Rights Watch (HRW) criticism over deteriorating human rights situation in Tibet, amid tense stand off in the region over a spate of suicides by Buddhist monks and anti-regime protests. The People's Daily, the flagship newspaper of the Communist Party of China (CPC), denied HRW criticism that "police dominate criminal justice system, which relies disproportionately on defendants' confessions." "Weak courts and tight limits on the...
07:34 PM, Jan 28, 2012
Tokyo: Tibet's exiled Buddhist leader, the Dalai Lama, pointed to what he called China's "ruthless policy" as prompting the recent deaths of Tibetan monks who set themselves on fire in protest. The Nobel Peace Prize laureate called on Beijing to change its approach to ruling over the Himalayan region. "For their own interest, not just the interest for certain sort of problem here and there, but for the whole country's...
05:14 PM, Oct 29, 2011
Gangtok: The northeastern state of Sikkim is fighting its worst crisis in decades. The life in the quake-hit state has been affected severely, and the monasteries have not been spared either. More than 400 monks of the Rumtek Monastery, one of the largest monasteries in Sikkim, have been sleeping in an open courtyard for the last six days. The quake that struck Sikkim on Sunday evening left them with no...
08:22 AM, Sep 24, 2011
Geneva: A UN human rights panel on Wednesday asked China to disclose the fate and whereabouts of more than 300 Tibetan monks who disappeared after being arrested by the security forces in April. More than 300 monks of the Ngaba Kirti Monastery, located in Ngaba County, Sichuan Province, were allegedly arrested by the Chinese People's Armed Police on April 21. Until now, their whereabouts are unknown and repeated efforts to...
11:15 PM, Jun 08, 2011
Atlanta: Munching on pizza. Posting on Facebook. Hanging out with friends on weekends. Some of the newest students at Emory University's student body may act like typical college kids, but there's a key difference: They're Tibetan monks sent by the Dalai Lama to the United States to learn science. Wearing the traditional crimson robes and closely shorn heads of Tibetan monastics, the six men - most in their 30s -...
03:33 PM, Dec 30, 2010
Preachers are disturbed as monks have taken to wearing make-up. ...
01:40 PM, Apr 27, 2009
Karachi: Pakistani cricketers Kamran Akmal and Wahab Riaz on Saturday said that they were ready to face any investigation by the International Cricket Council (ICC) as they do not want their names to be linked with corruption and spot-fixing. The two players, presently sidelined by the national selectors, said they were fed up with the constant media reports linking them to spot-fixing allegations. I don't like these media reports insinuating ...
05:41 PM, Mar 18, 2008
New Delhi: South Africa's proclivity for choking is infamous, but they have also been at the better end of some nail-biting Test and ODI wins since their return to international cricket 20 years ago. Following their famous win over Australia in Cape Town on Friday, after they were bowled out for 96 but ended up chasing 236 with consummate ease, we highlight some memorable thrillers in which South Africa held ...
12:40 PM, Mar 18, 2008
Nottingham: The Indian cricket team on Sunday showed why it is important to be No. 1 not just in ranking, but also in upholding the spirit of the game as skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni recalled England batsman Ian Bell after he had been adjudged run-out at the stroke of tea on day three of the second Test here. The bizarre incident happened in the last over of the second session...
08:33 PM, Feb 16, 2008
Islamabad: Pakistan on Friday welcomed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's invitation to President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani to watch the cricket World Cup semi final in Mohali on March 30 and a decision on the matter may be taken on Saturday. "We welcome the invitation," Presidential spokesperson Farhatullah Babar told PTI. "The PM is out of the country and a decision will be taken when he...
09:04 PM, Jan 07, 2008
Dhaka: Pakistan team manager Intikhab Alam on Friday said his side is always motivated when they play India. "I hope it will be a good game. You can call it the final of the World Cup. I hope we have an exciting game, a close game, an interesting game," Alam said in Dhaka, before leaving for Chandigarh for the semi-final clash against India slated for March 30. The former captain...
09:04 PM, Jan 07, 2008
The monks chanted as they marched through the city centre of Pakkoku. ...
12:21 PM, Nov 01, 2007
It's hard to underestimate the bravery for those who criticise the regime. ...
10:00 PM, Oct 15, 2007
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