Dalai Lama
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China upgrades status of Tibet's police force to military body
World | Oct 08, 2014, 07:28 PM ISTBeijing: China has upgraded the status of Tibet's top police force to that of a military body, recognizing its key role in maintaining peace in the troubled Himalayan region which has witnessed anti-Beijing protests by
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Nobel summit suspended after Dalai Lama denied South Africa visa
World | Oct 03, 2014, 09:32 AM ISTJohannesburg: The mayor of Cape Town called off the city's annual summit of Nobel Peace Prize winners Thursday to protest the South African government's refusal to issue a visa to the Dalai Lama, one of
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Visa denial by South Africa is like bullying a humble person: Dalai Lama
India | Oct 02, 2014, 02:44 PM ISTDharamsala: Breaking his silence for the first time over visa denial to him by the South African government owing to Chinese pressure, Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama Thursday said it was like “bullying”.”The treatment
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Chinese President accepts role of Buddhism in their culture: Dalai Lama
India | Sep 22, 2014, 06:00 PM ISTNew Delhi: Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama today claimed that Chinese President Xi Jinping has publicly admitted that Buddhism has a role to play in the preservation of Chinese culture.He added this was
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Dalai Lama: India a model of religious harmony
India | Sep 21, 2014, 06:57 AM ISTNew Delhi: The Dalai Lama brought religious leaders together on Saturday to mull some of India's most pressing problems, from gender violence to widespread poverty, while praising the country's religious harmony as proof to the
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Xi open-minded, realistic, can learn from India: Dalai Lama
India | Sep 18, 2014, 05:53 PM ISTMumbai: As Xi Jinping held talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, exiled Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama today hailed the Chinese President as “open-minded” and “realistic” and said he can learn from India.The praise for
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Dalai Lama urges Xi to remain 'open minded'
India | Sep 18, 2014, 02:37 PM ISTMumbai: Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama Thursday urged Chinese President Xi Jinping, who is on his maiden official visit to India, to remain "open minded and realistic" so that he can learn from India.He
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Tibet should be core issue for India, China: Tibetan PM
India | Sep 18, 2014, 07:25 AM ISTDharamsala: Tibetan Prime Minister-in-exile Lobsang Sangay yesterday said Tibet should be a core issue for India in its dealings with China."It has always been our hope that the Indian government makes Tibet a core issue
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Dalai Lama mourns deaths in Kashmir floods
World | Sep 11, 2014, 10:17 AM ISTDharamsala: Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama Thursday mourned the deaths in the devastating floods in Jammu and Kashmir and expressed his condolences to the families of the victims.In a missive to Chief Minister Omar
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Putin is 'self-centred', says Dalai Lama
World | Sep 08, 2014, 07:36 AM ISTBerlin: Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama criticised Russia's President Vladimir Putin as “self-centred” in a German newspaper interview yesterday, saying Putin seems to want to “rebuild the Berlin Wall”.“His attitude is: ‘I, I,
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South Africa requests the Dalai Lama to defer visit
India | Sep 07, 2014, 10:36 AM ISTDharamsala: South Africa on Saturday requested Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama to defer his visit to Cape Town for this year only, his private office said here."We had a meeting with officials of the
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South Africa denies visa to Dalai Lama third time
World | Sep 04, 2014, 04:51 PM ISTCape Town: For the third time in a row, South Africa has refused to grant a visa to the Dalai Lama for attending World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates here next month, fearing that the
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Tibetans in North America condemn protests against the Dalai Lama
World | Sep 03, 2014, 10:49 AM ISTWashington: North American Tibetans have expressed "full confidence" in the leadership of the Dalai Lama and condemned the recent protests against the Tibetan spiritual leader in the US and the Europe."We state our full confidence
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Dalai Lama, Carter, Desmond Tutu & Godard among voices seeking end to Gaza crisis
World | Aug 13, 2014, 05:37 PM ISTParis: Sixty six Nobel laureates and 203 European parliamentarians have sought the release of people caught in the ongoing conflict in the Gaza Strip.“There are two ways to stop rockets from the besieged (Gaza) enclave.
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Sri Lankan monk rejects Dalai Lama as spiritual leader
World | Jul 22, 2014, 07:30 PM ISTColombo: A radical Sri Lankan monk today rejected the Dalai Lama as a global spiritual leader of Buddhists, saying he is a creation of the West.Galagodaatte Gnanasara criticised the India-based Tibetan spiritual leader after he
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Omar welcomes Dalai Lama at Kalachakra-2014
India | Jul 13, 2014, 09:36 PM ISTSrinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today welcomed Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama and his devotees from all over the world, who have assembled in Leh to attend the concluding function of
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Richard Gere in Leh for Dalai Lama's discourses
Hollywood | Jul 07, 2014, 05:42 PM ISTLeh: Hollywood actor Richard Gere is in Leh, the main town of the mountainous district of Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir, to attend to Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama's discourses, event organisers said Monday.
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Dalai Lama greeted on his 79th birthday
India | Jul 06, 2014, 08:54 PM ISTDharamsala/Shimla: Dalai Lama was today greeted on his 79th birthday by Tibetan government in-exile, which vowed to resolve the Tibet issue with the Chinese government using the spiritual leader's Middle Way Approach.In a message to
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Tibetans head to Leh to participate in 'kalachakra'
India | Jun 30, 2014, 02:55 PM ISTDharamsala: Thousands of Buddhist devotees have started heading to Leh where their spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, will participate in the highly venerated 'kalachakra' (Wheel of Time) ceremony next week and pray for world peace.
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Was the Dalai Lama subjected to physical torture by China?
World | Jun 21, 2014, 10:02 AM ISTNew Delhi: Was the Dalai Lama subjected to physical torture by China? The answer is no.Amnesty International has used the beaten, bruised and swollen faces of well-known figures to front their latest campaign against torture.The