Dalai Lama begins public engagement in Ladakh, urges preservation of Buddhism
By Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, July 15: The foremost Buddhist leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama who reached Ladakh earlier last week has begun public engagement as he granted his first public audience on Tuesday. At his residence in Shiwatsel, Leh, the Tibetan spiritual leader gave an audience to more than 200 devotees from nine different countries, […]
More Indian lawmakers rally behind call to rename ‘Indo-China Border’ to ‘Indo-Tibet Border’
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, July 15: Two senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) parliamentarians, Rajya Sabha MP Sujeet Kumar from Odisha and Sikkim Lok Sabha MP Dorjee Tshering Lepcha, have publicly backed Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu’s recent assertion that India shares its border with Tibet, not China. The lawmakers have urged the central government to formally replace […]