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Karmapa Thaye Dorjee Marries To Long Time Friend
Karmapa Thaye Dorjee, one of the two proclaimed incarnation of oldest incarnate lineages of Tibetan religious history breaks monkhood to marry long time friend. Trinley Thaye Dorje is the contesting incarnate lama to be the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa of Kagyu sect of Tibetan Buddhism.
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India To Issue Passports To All Eligible Tibetan Refugees
The Government of India has ordered all the passports offices across the country and abroad to issue Indian passports to Tibetan refugees. Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) following the direction of Delhi High court decided to issue Indian passports to all eligible Tibetans born on India between 26/01/1950 to 01/07/1987.
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China Unhappy Over India’s Increasing Indulgence With The Dalai Lama
China unhappy over India’s increasing indulgence with His Holiness the Dalai Lama of Tibet at the public forums formally. It has exhorted India to not use His Holiness the Dalai Lama as a “bargaining chip”. Chinese experts have said that this would spoil India’s image amongst the Chinese and will not help in solving the…
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Tawang Is Part Of Tibet And Tibet Is Part Of China, So Tawang Is Part Of China: Chinese Scholar
Tawang Is Part Of Tibet And Tibet Is Part Of China, So Tawang Is Part Of China according to a claim made by a Chinese Scholar. Drawing out historical relations between Tibet’s capital Lhasa and Tawang, the scholar, Lian Xiangmin, Director of Institute of Contemporary Tibetan Studies at the China Tibetology Research Centre (CTRC), asserted…
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Tibet’s Role in Water And Food Security of Asia
Rivers have been the cradle of civilization. Indus valley civilization developed in the Indus valley and Chinese civilization developed in the fertile valley of Huang Ho. The world has witnessed many disputes related to sharing of water in recent times. Indus water sharing treaty between India and Pakistan is an apt example of that. The…
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24 Year Old Tibetan Self Immolator Pema Gyaltsen Alive
24 year old Tibetan self immolator Pema Gyaltsen is alive according to a source finding reported by the Voice of America, Tibetan. The young Tibetan who burned himself in protest against the Chinese rule in Tibet on last Saturday around 4pm, the police had immediately cleared away the charred body from the scene. “Pema Gyaltsen,…
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First Tibetan Dharamshala Municipal Corporation Member Takes Oath As Councillor
First Tibetan Dharamshala Municipal Corporation member took oath as councillor today. Dawa Rinchen, the Tibetan Settlement Officer, Dharamshala took oath as the first Tibetan representative in the local Indian government body. The ceremony was presided over by the Director of Urban Development Sh.B.K.Gupta Shimla. The oath taking ceremony was carried out in the presence of…
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Pro-Tibet Indian Politician Appointed Uttar Pradesh CM
Pro-Tibet Indian politician Yogi Adityanath has been appointed as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. The appointment has come as a big surprise to many after the historic political success for ruling party of India in the most populous state of the country. The 41 year old young CM was appointed to the office on…
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Violence, Starvation Exist Due to Negligence, Rich-Poor Gap: Dalai Lama
His Holiness the Dalai Lama while speaking in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh said that violence, starvation exists due to negligence and a huge gap between the rich and the poor. The exiled Tibetan spiritual leader visited the Madhya Pradesh state of India to Talk on the Environment and Happiness.
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India’s Tibet Policy Reevaluation Needed to Counter Chinese Aggression
Events of previous months insinuate that currently India is reintroducing Tibet in its China policy. This seems to be an outcome of persistent denial of India’s core concerns by China. There are signs that the Modi government is perhaps reevaluating its Tibet policy. His Holiness the Dalai Lama met the president of India in December.…