August 2016
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Besides Larung Gar, A Nearby Township Seized By Chinese Authorities
While the highly controversial demolishing of the largest Tibetan Buddhist Learning Center, Larung Gar continues against all the campaigns and protests from around the world, the authorities in the Southwestern Chinese province, Sichuan has seized a large are of land in a nearby Tibetan township by forcing the Tibetans out of their homes for commercial…
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Court Rejects Bail Plea Of Indians Who Murdered A Tibetan
The District Court in Dharamshala has rejected the bail pleas for the three Indians who are charged with the murder of a Tibetan youth last year. The three Indians are in the police custody for the brutal murder of a Tibetan youth, Tsultrim Chokden in an incident in the midnight of 30th October last year.…
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Bollywood Superstar Meets H. H. The Dalai Lama In Ladakh
The bollywood superstar and the ruler of Indian box office collections, Salman Khan has made a visit to meet the Tibetan Spiritual leader, His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Ladakh where both of them happens to be present from past month.
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Besides Demolishing, Monks And Nuns Being Expelled From Larung Gar
While the demolishing of the largest Tibetan buddhist centre, Larung Gar proceeds, the authorities are now reported to have forced many monks and nuns from the neighbouring Tibet Autonomous Region to return to their homes. The Larung Gar is the largest Tibetan buddhist centre which is an equally flocked centre by the Chinese buddhists too…
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Allow Karmapa To Visit Sikkim: Monks Enter 33rd Day Of Hunger Strike
The Buddhist monks in Sikkim have started a relay hunger strike or a dharna in demand from the state and the union government of India to allow the 17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorjee to visit the state and his righful abode Rumtek monastery. The dharna has entered its 33rd day today and the monks has…
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A 4.4-Magnitude Earth Quake Hits Tibet
The official state media Xinhua reported that a 4.4-magnitude earthquake hit Nyima County of Nagchu in Tibet Autonomous Region at 9 a.m. today according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). The epicenter was monitored at 34.32 degrees north latitude and 86.18 degrees east longitude with a depth of 7 km, according to the CENC.
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Survives The Emirates Crash, Wins $1m Lottery After 6 Days
The act of god has been kind this time for the entire people on board of the Emirates flight EK521 that crash landed at Dubai airport but with all of the on board safe and sound. But for one of the passengers from this epic escape, an Indian working in the UAE meets a fairy…
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Dharamshala’s Long Pending Cinema Theatre Now Cleared For Operation
In a great news to the people of Dharamshala, the Maximus Mall in Dharamshala which is the only cinema theatre for the tourist hub of the state has been cleared for operation. After suspending the operation of the mall for a long time, the state government finally granted the permission to operate.
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Dharamshala Police: ‘No Helmet, No Fuel’ From 11 Aug.
In a serious bid to ensure the road safety norms, the Dharamshala police has decided to implement ‘No Helmet, No Petrol’ rule in the city from the 11th of this month. The city police has called for this beautiful innovative way of enforcing safety norms up the general public in wake of the increasing cases…
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Former Arunachal CM Found Hanging From Ceiling Fan
Former Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Kalikho Pul allegedly committed suicide on Tuesday according to the police and he was found hanging from the ceiling fan in the bedroom at the official CM residential Bungalow of the state in Itanagar. Mr. Pul was unseated by the order of Supreme Court about a month ago and the…