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Last Updated: 2010-02-20T12:27:22+05:30
Respected Dalai Lama who was honoured with the prestigious Democracy Service Medal this year feels unlike China the democratic government of India gives more space to people to voice their opinions.
Relatively in this context of difference between the two nation’s perspectives of ... |
Last Updated: 2009-11-30T17:08:05+05:30
With just days left for the Copenhagen Climate Change Summit, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, has asked the world leaders to make finding a solution to climate change their number one priority.
"Protection of the global environment must take precedence over ... |
Last Updated: 2009-11-23T10:35:13+05:30
The exiled Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama has mentioned that he does not wish to be reason for increased tensions between India and ... |
Last Updated: 2009-11-21T09:34:24+05:30
The Dalai Lama, while talking in New Delhi on Friday, had mentioned that India should be seen as one of the most important Asian countries. He also stressed that while he no longer considered himself the temporal leader of Tibetans, China had "revitalised" him as a ... |
Last Updated: 2009-11-17T10:15:02+05:30
Tibetan Spiritual leader Dalai Lama arrived in Rome on Monday for talking part in the convention of parliamentarians on Tibet. This comes just days after his visit to Arunachal Pradesh came to an end.
"His Holiness the Dalai Lama this (Monday) afternoon reached Rome to attend the ... |
Last Updated: 2009-11-11T10:56:45+05:30
In response to the "dissatisfaction" expressed by China over the Dalai Lama's visit to Arunachal Pradesh, Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor has mentioned that the mere presence of Dalai Lama in India was irritating China.
"If the Dalai Lama is in India, ... |
Last Updated: 2009-11-10T16:59:55+05:30
China has mentioned that it was "strongly dissatisfied" with India over the visit of Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama to Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh.
"The Indian side allowed the Dalai Lama to visit the disputed eastern section of the China-India border regardless of ... |
Last Updated: 2009-11-10T13:43:40+05:30
Monks attending the Dalai Lama's discourse in Tawang have criticised China's reaction to his visit to Arunachal Pradesh while the Tibetan spiritual leader gave his discourse on Tuesday.
"Beijing's reaction to the Dalai Lama's visit is simply illogical," said Thengu Dhondup, a ... |
Last Updated: 2009-11-10T11:18:52+05:30
Despite China raising repeated protests against the visit of the Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama to Arunachal Pradesh and blaming India for pressurizing Dalai Lama to do so, the US has mentioned that Dalai Lama has the rights for travelling to any place he wishes to.
"I don't ... |
Last Updated: 2009-11-09T17:34:38+05:30
India has denied on Monday that Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama was visiting Tawang under pressure from New Delhi after a Chinese scholar warned that India was on the "wrong track again" vis-a-vis China.
An unnamed Chinese scholar quoted by Beijing-based Global Times on ... |
Last Updated: 2009-11-09T11:41:09+05:30
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Monday called for universal brotherhood and peace among all communities while addressing more than 30,000 devotees in India's northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh.
"Compassion and peace are the two words that should be remembered by ... |
Last Updated: 2009-11-04T16:58:25+05:30
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has once again refuted China's claims that he wants independence for Tibet and clarified that he is only seeking greater autonomy.
"I am not demanding independence for Tibet. I am only seeking genuine autonomy as enshrined in the constitution of ... |
Last Updated: 2009-11-04T11:44:29+05:30
Saying that the visit of Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama to Arunachal Pradesh cannot pose any strain for the India – China bilateral ties, Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao said that the relationship will acquire "more substance and relevance" in days to come. ... |
Last Updated: 2009-11-04T09:29:40+05:30
In a subtle shift of stance, China has accused Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama of trying to "wreck" Sino-Indian ties by his proposed visit to Arunachal Pradesh, but refrained from condemning New Delhi for allowing the trip.
The Dalai Lama is planning to visit the ... |
Last Updated: 2009-10-24T10:56:30+05:30
Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao has cited that Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama is "free to go anywhere in the country" and asserted that Arunachal Pradesh is an integral part of India.
"The Dalai Lama is a respected religious and spiritual figure. He is free ... |
Last Updated: 2009-09-21T12:04:43+05:30
The Tibetan spiritual guru, Dalai Lama, who left to US and Canada on a 23-day itinerary, will not be meeting the US President Barack Obama.
Tenzin Taklha , the joint secretary of Dalai Lama’s Dharamsala office mentioned that, "His Holiness Dalai Lama this (Monday) morning ... |
Last Updated: 2009-09-17T09:30:57+05:30
External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna, while dismissing the objections raised by China against Dalai Lama visiting Arunachal Pradesh, said that the spiritual leader of Tibet is "free to go anywhere in India".
"Arunachal Pradesh is a part of India and the Dalai Lama is free ... |
Last Updated: 2009-09-14T13:06:31+05:30
A US delegation will meet the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, Dalai Lama on Monday for finalising the decision regarding his visit to US.
White House adviser Valerie Jarrett, along with two other US officials, had met the Tibetan Prime Minister Samdhong Rinpoche and the special ... |
Last Updated: 2009-09-10T16:36:37+05:30
According to an aide of the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader has plans to visit Arunachal Pradesh during November second week.
Dalai Lama, who had planned to visit Arunachal Pradesh, last year, had to cancel his trip after he was denied permission by the Indian ... |
Last Updated: 2009-09-09T17:44:35+05:30
Dalai Lama was bestowed a human rights award in Slovakia on Wednesday. Tibet's exiled spiritual leader is on a three-day visit to Slovakia.
The Jan Langos Prize named after a Slovak anti-communist dissident is awarded by a Bratislava-based foundation carrying his name.
The Jan ... |
Last Updated: 2009-09-04T11:06:52+05:30
Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader, has wrapped his sensitive Taiwan Visit on Friday. He has left Taipei so that the relation between Beijing and Taiwan improves later on.
He was given a warm farewell by Tibetans and Taiwan disciples saw at the Howard Plaza Hotel in ... |
Last Updated: 2009-07-29T17:43:11+05:30

The Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader, was made an honorary citizenship of Polish capital Warsaw on Wednesday.
"His Holiness (the Dalai Lama) was named an honorary citizen of Warsaw in a ceremony at the Royal Castle there Wednesday. He got the recognition for his campaign for ... |
Last Updated: 2009-07-29T11:37:28+05:30

The Dalai Lama, Tibetan spiritual leader visited the Warsaw Uprising museum and praised Poles' love of freedom in their fight against the Nazi German occupation during World War II.
In a visit coming just ahead of the 65th anniversary of the start of the uprising on Aug 1, 1944, the Dalai ... |
Last Updated: 2009-07-25T10:36:35+05:30

A new book on Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, written by scholar and educationist Som P. Ranchan, was released in Shimla on Friday by Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal.
Dhumal said: "The book would help research scholars understand Buddhism better. It has ... |
Last Updated: 2009-07-06T16:57:21+05:30

Thousands of Tibetan exiles assembled in this Himachal Pradesh town Monday to celebrate the 74th birthday of their spiritual leader the Dalai Lama.
"Since early this (Monday) morning, thousands of exiles, monks and well-wishers started assembling here to join the birthday celebrations of ... |
Last Updated: 2009-03-24T10:50:23+05:30
South Africa has denied Tibetan leader Dalai Lama a visa to attend a peace conference. Media reports say that, South Africa issued the ban due to pressure from China. China is a major trading partner for South Africa. Earlier, the Chinese embassy in South Africa had warned the South African ... |
Last Updated: 2008-09-07T15:06:57+05:30
Nobel laureate the Dalai Lama has been nominated for the EU's Sakharov Human Rights Award. The Tibetan spiritual leader will compete with seven other nominees which include the famous human right activist Ingrid Betancourt from Columbia. The nominations will officially be presented to a joint ... |
Last Updated: 2008-09-06T13:03:51+05:30
The Tibetan community around the world went into mourning upon hearing the news of the death of Dalai Lama's eldest brother, Taktser Rinpoche in United States on Saturday, September 6, 2008. Taktser Rinpoche, who served as mediator between the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader and Chinese officials ... |
Last Updated: 2008-08-29T10:56:43+05:30
The spiritual leader of the Tibetans, Dalai Lama has been admitted to a hospital in Mumbai after he complained of stomach pains. On Wednesday, 27 August, the 73 year-old exiled Tibetan leader cancelled all his foreign trips citing exhaustion. A source said there was no cause for concern even though ... |
Last Updated: 2008-06-14T16:55:46+05:30
The Foreign Minister of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier who is presently visiting China urged it on Friday, June 12, 2008, to convene further deliberations with the representatives of the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, Dalai Lama. The German foreign Minister and his Chinese counterpart, Yang ... |