Seven more Tibetan protestors arrested

Mar. 30 | New Delhi: Seven more Tibetan activists were arrested Friday outside the hotel where Chinese President Hu Jintao was staying, prompting Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Yashwant Sinha to call for a “more humane” police force. The arrests...

Dalai Lama wins Templeton Prize

Mar. 30 | Washington: The Dalai Lama has won the Templeton Prize for exceptional contribution to “affirming life’s spiritual dimension by spreading his message of compassion worldwide”. Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, an exiled spiritual and...

Tibetans fined for unauthorised protest

Feb. 24 | Dharamsala: A Himachal Pradesh court has fined office-bearers of Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC), the largest pro-independence group in exile, for holding a protest here against China without the permission of the authorities, an official said here Friday. The...

Dalai Lama is not a separatist, Desmond Tutu to China

Feb. 10 | Dharamsala: He has no army, he cannot command his people with guns and he’s not a separatist. South African anti-apartheid icon Archbishop Desmond Tutu said these words to the Chinese while referring to Tibetan spiritual leader and fellow Nobel...

Dalai Lama to meet Desmond Tutu on Saturday

Feb. 9 | Dharamsala: Two Nobel laureates and long-time friends — Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai lama and South African anti-apartheid icon archbishop Desmond Tutu – will come face to face in this north Indian hill station Saturday. An official...