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Ladakh [India], July 14 (ANI): Dalai Lama recent visit to Ladakh underscored India unique and vital role as the global center for authentic Buddhist learning and practice, a status that far surpasses China constrained and politicised approach, according to The Dalai Lama Office. After a warm, jubilant welcome from Ladakhis, Tibetans, and other local communities, Dalai Lama emphasised the profound importance of India in preserving and nurturing Buddhist traditions, especially in light of the des ...Read More >
DHARAMSHALA, India - The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, turned 90 on 6 July 2025, celebrating in Dharamshala surrounded by senior Indian politicians, actor Richard Gere, and thousands of exiled Tibetans. This milestone event brought the spotlight back to a long-running dispute between China and India over who will decide the next Dalai Lama. During the celebrations, the Dalai Lama announced that the Gaden Phodrang Trust, his non-profit, would have sole authority over the selection of his succ ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Tibet-related issue is a thorn in the China-India relationship, becoming a burden for India, and playing the "Xizang card" will definitely "end up shooting oneself in the foot", said the Chinese embassy spokesperson here taking note of recent remarks by members of the Indian strategic and academic communities.China had earlier formally registered a protest with India over PM Narendra Modi's birthday greetings to the Dalai Lama and remarks by Union minister Kiren Rijiju that the Ti ...Read More >
New Delhi: Compared with last year, murders rose by 4% this year between Jan and June, according to Delhi Police, though the crime data for the period showed that overall, there was a decrease of 8.4% in criminal cases.The data listed 250 murders in the current year, marking a slight increase compared with the 241 murders in the first six months of the previous year. A senior officer disclosed that the majority of this year's murders were unpremeditated, spur-of-the-moment actions, triggered by ...Read More >
Pakyong (Sikkim) [India], July 12 (ANI): Rajya Sabha MP Dorjee Tshering Lepcha reaffirmed the need to recognise Tibet, urging the Centre on Saturday to call the approximately 1,200 kilometre international boundary of Sikkim as the 'Indo-Tibet border' instead of the 'Indo-China border.' The Rajya Sabha MP visited the Machong village in Sikkim on Saturday, a border village, where he reiterated the demand. 'I raised an issue in the Parliament during the Budget Session that this is the Tibet borde ...Read More >
Leh, Jul 12 (PTI) Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, received a grand welcome upon his arrival here on Saturday on a month-long tour to the Union Territory of Ladakh, officials said. Dressed in traditional attire, hundreds of people, including women, children and monks, lined up on both sides of the road from the airport to Shewatsel Phodrang to catch a glimpse of the 14th Dalai Lama, they said. Also Read | Palghar Shocker: Class 10 Student Dies of Electrocution While Retrieving Shuttle ...Read More >
Leh, Jul 12 (PTI) Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, received a grand welcome upon his arrival here on Saturday on a month-long tour to the Union Territory of Ladakh, officials said. Dressed in traditional attire, hundreds of people, including women, children and monks, lined up on both sides of the road from the airport to Shewatsel Phodrang to catch a glimpse of the 14th Dalai Lama, they said. The Dalai Lama reached Leh Technical Airport from Himachal Pradesh's Dharamshala and was rec ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) The 14th Dalai Lama arrived in Ladakh on Saturday, and he is likely to stay in the cold desert for nearly a month. During his stay in Ladakh, the Tibetan spiritual leader will reside at the Shiwa Tsel Phodrang in Leh. This visit has sparked a wave of happiness and enthusiasm in Ladakh, and elaborate preparations have been made by the Ladakh administration. Upon his arrival, His Holiness was received with ceremonial honours and warm greetings by representati ...Read More >
MUMBAI : Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Friday posted a video on X purportedly showing the state's social justice minister Sanjay Shirsat of the Shiv Sena sitting in a room along with a partially opened bag containing what look like bundles of currency notes. Shirsat, however, rubbished the claim, saying the bag only contained clothes.The allegation came a day after it emerged that Shirsat had received a notice from the income tax department seeking an explanation for increase in his financia ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: A day after Arunachal Pradesh CM Pema Khandu said India does not share any boundary with China, BJP Rajya Sabha MP Sujeet Kumar doubled down on the issue on Friday saying India should stop referring to India-Tibet border as India-China border, reports Pradeep Thakur."We don't have any borders with China. They've occupied Tibet and it's today an occupied territory," Kumar said, referring to the Chinese invasion of Tibet in 1949-50.Unmindful of backlash from Beijing, the Rajya Sabha MP ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: A million Tibetan children and adolescents have been forcibly lodged in Chinese administration-run boarding schools in occupied Tibet, with at least 1 lakh of them being preschoolers in the 4-6 age group, according to a report released here on Friday by the Tibetan Action Institute (TAI).The report recounts statements of parents of some of these children over how they are constantly subjected to abuse, neglect, indoctrination and "identity erasure" in a vast network of boarding school ...Read More >
Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh) [India], July 11 (ANI): Tibetan monk Dalai Lama while thanking all his followers for their greetings on his 90th birthday said that this was an important milestone of his life. The Dalai Lama said that he requested his followers to join him in his effort of spreading kindness and peace across the world. In a post on X on Friday, he said, Thank You Message: Dear Brothers and Sisters, Thank you for your warm greetings on my 90th birthday. I very much appreciate you ...Read More >
New Delhi: Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu has said the next Dalai Lama will be from a free and democratic country and definitely not from China. He, however, said the process of selecting the next Dalai Lama starts only after an incumbent passes away and hoped and prayed the 14th Dalai Lama will live for another 40 years. "In fact, as I said, His Holiness' health is very good. And this time too -- on the occasion of his 90th birthday celebration -- His Holiness said that he will l ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 10 (PTI) Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu has said the next Dalai Lama will be from a free and democratic country and definitely not from China. He, however, said the process of selecting the next Dalai Lama starts only after an incumbent passes away and hoped and prayed the 14th Dalai Lama will live for another 40 years. "In fact, as I said, His Holiness' health is very good. And this time too -- on the occasion of his 90th birthday celebration -- His Holiness said ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 10: Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh Pema Khandu on Wednesday said that Dalai Lama should be honoured with the Bharat Ratna. He further mentioned that he will write to the Central Government to recommend India's highest civilian award for the Tibetan spiritual leader. In an interview with PTI Videos on Tuesday, Khandu also said that Beijing has no locus standi in the selection of the next Dalai Lama since Tibetan Buddhism is not even practised in mainland China unlike in Tibe ...Read More >
12 Guwahati: Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Pema Khandu in a pointed and strategic statement on Wednesday asserted that originally his state shares a 1200-km long border with Tibet, not China.Khandu's statement made in an interview with PTI in New Delhi shortly after returning attending the 14th Dalai Lama's 90th birthday at Dharamshala, subtly rejected Beijing's narrative and underscores that the region's identity is distinct from China's claim over entire Arunachal Pradesh as "South Tibet" o ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel announced a compensation of Rs 4 lakh for the families of those who died in the bridge collapse in Vadodara. He also announced Rs 50,000 for the injured. At least nine people were killed after a portion of the Gambhira bridge collapsed in the Padra area of Gujarat Vadodara district on Wednesday. In a post on X, the CM Patel said, The collapse of a span of the Gambhira Bridge, connecting Anand and Vadodara, has caused an ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, 9 Jul: Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu issued a stark warning over China's mega hydropower project - the world's largest dam - being constructed on the Yarlung Tsangpo river (Brahmaputra in India) near the Arunachal Pradesh border. Calling it an "existential threat" to the tribes and ecology of his state, Khandu said, "This is more dangerous than any military threat. It could be a water bomb. If China suddenly releases water, it would devastate our Siang region and endan ...Read More >
Dharamsala (Himachal Pradesh) [India], July 9 (ANI): The Dalai Lama recent affirmation that only his office holds the authority to identify his successor is a strong counter to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) ongoing attempts to interfere in Tibetan religious affairs, according to the Human Rights Network for Tibet and Taiwan (HRNTT), as reported by Taipei Times. The 14th Dalai Lama, who turned 90 on Sunday, declared last week that the institution of the Dalai Lama would continue and that his ...Read More >
New Delhi: Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu has said the Dalai Lama should be honoured with the Bharat Ratna, adding that he will write to the central government to recommend India's highest civilian award for the Tibetan spiritual leader. In an interview with PTI Videos on Tuesday, Khandu also said that Beijing has no locus standi in the selection of the next Dalai Lama since Tibetan Buddhism is not even practised in mainland China unlike in Tibet and the Himalayan regions of India ...Read More >
New Delhi: Asenior functionary of the All Party Indian Parliamentary Forum for Tibet, a cross-party group of MPs, on Monday called for global recognition of the institution of Dalai Lalai and its right to choose his successor amid China's claim that it has the sole right to approve his heir. BJP MP Tapir Gao, a third-term Lok Sabha member from Arunachal East, noted that the Forum had, in its previous meetings, the last being in March this year, demanded Bharat Ratna for the Dalai Lama, whose 90 ...Read More >
The Dalai Lama has turned 90, surrounded by thousands of followers who came to the Himalayan town of Dharamshala. The spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism has been living in exile there since fleeing Chinese rule in 1959. Sitting before a packed audience that included hundreds of red-robed monks and nuns who braved unrelenting rain to see him, he said: "When I look back on my life, I see that I have not wasted it at all." "I live my life in the service of other sentient beings," he added. Re ...Read More >
Gurgaon: A 32-year-old man was arrested on Sunday evening after he approached cops and told them he had killed his wife in a fit of rage because she slapped him while they were quarreling at their home in Rajendra Park.Police said the incident occurred around 5.30pm. Ketan Pathak, who works at the under-construction Noida International Airport site in Jewar, told cops that his wife Jyoti (27) was beating up their 5-year-old daughter, when he intervened.An argument erupted and escalated quickly. ...Read More >
'Should act and speak prudently': China protests PM Modi's birthday greeting for Dalai Lama; lodges formal protest China has lodged a formal protest with India following Prime Minister Modi's birthday greetings to the Dalai Lama and the attendance of Indian officials at his.. IndiaTimes 10 hours ago DALAI LAMA SHOCKS CHINA: 'I May Live Beyond 130!' | Dalai Lama Drops BOMB on Succession Row s the 14th Dalai Lama celebrates his 90th birthday, the long-simmering issue of his succession has erup ...Read More >
Chennai: Trumpeting his agricultural roots and claiming familiarity with the woes of the pastoral community. AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami kicked started his State-wide election tour on Monday by offering prayers at the Vanabadrakaliamman temple in Mettupalayam and raising the slogan 'Save People, Redeem Tamil Nadu' (Makkalai Kaapom, Tamilagan Meetpom). After invoking divine blessings, Palaniswami's maiden rendezvous was a group of farmers, weavers and brick makers, who were w ...Read More >
Nagpur: The 90th birth anniversary of Dalai Lama was celebrated with great enthusiasm by the Bharat-Tibet Sahayog Movement at Rajkumar Kewalramani Girls College in Jaripatka. The event was graced by national president Ashok Mendhe, Maharashtra president Prof Vijay Kewalramani, state vice-president Jaswinder Singh Saini, general secretary Virag Raut, Vidarbha secretary Kailash Kewalramani, women's wing president Sapna Talreja, and other dignitaries.Ashok Mendhe condemned China's attempts to inter ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, 7 Jul: MP Tapir Gao called for global recognition of the institution of the Dalai Lalai and its right to choose his successor amid China's claim that it has the sole right to approve his heir. Gao, a senior functionary of the All Party Indian Parliamentary Forum for Tibet, a cross-party group of MPs, noted that the forum had, in its previous meetings - the last being in March this year - demanded Bharat Ratna for the Dalai Lama, whose 90th birthday was celebrated on 6 July. "The ins ...Read More >
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], July 7 (ANI): Tibetan Buddhist monk Kunga Lama on Monday said the celebration of the Dalai Lama's birthday was not just a festive occasion but a profound expression of identity, unity, and compassion for the Tibetan community. 'As a Tibetan Buddhist, this celebration of the birthday of the Dalai Lama is not only a celebration but also he is the identity of the Tibetan community, Tibetan unity, monks, and leader of the whole culture of peace and compassion,' Ku ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 7 (PTI) A senior functionary of the All Party Indian Parliamentary Forum for Tibet, a cross-party group of MPs, on Monday called for global recognisition of the institution of Dalai Lalai and its right to choose his successor amid China's claim that it has the sole right to approve his heir. BJP MP Tapir Gao, a third-term Lok Sabha member from Arunachal East, noted that the Forum had, in its previous meetings, the last being in March this year, demanded Bharat Ratna for the Dalai ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 7 (PTI) A senior functionary of the All Party Indian Parliamentary Forum for Tibet, a cross-party group of MPs, on Monday called for global recognisition of the institution of Dalai Lalai and its right to choose his successor amid China's claim that it has the sole right to approve his heir. BJP MP Tapir Gao, a third-term Lok Sabha member from Arunachal East, noted that the Forum had, in its previous meetings, the last being in March this year, demanded Bharat Ratna for the Dalai ...Read More >
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