Chicago, Sep 7 (IANS) Thubten Jigme Norbu, the elder brother of Buddhist spiritual leader the Dalai Lama who died last week in the US, considered the status of Tibet “non-negotiable” throughout his life. Asked during an interview four years ago in Bloomington, Indiana, whether he agreed with the idea that Tibetans should settle for autonomy rather than independence, Norbu, who was also known as Takster Rinpoche, said:
[September 07, 2008. Source :thaindian.com]
NEW DELHI (AFP) — Taktser Rinpoche, the Dalai Lama's eldest brother who championed independence for Tibet, has died in the United States at the age of 86, a spokesman for the Tibetan spiritual leader said Saturday.
Rinpoche -- whose given name was Thupten Jigme Norbu -- died late Friday at his Indiana home after being unwell for several years, R. Chhoekyapa, secretary to the Dalai Lama, told AFP.
[september 07, 2008 source :AFP]
BEIJING (Reuters) - A spell in hospital by the Dalai Lama highlights enormous complexities likely to arise when the 73-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner does pass away.
[September 03, 2008 Source :Reuters]
Dharamshala: According to the media reports, the floods in Bihar have caused havoc on millions of people and their properties in one of the worst floods to affect the state in 50 years.
[September 03, 2008 source :TibetNet]
BEIJING - China will invest 21.17 billion yuan by 2013 in a series of industrial projects to promote development in the restive and remote Himalayan region of Tibet, the official Xinhua news agency said on Friday.
Dharamshala: The Central Tibetan Administration mourns the demise of Taktser Rinpoche Thupten Jigme Norbu, former representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Japan and former abbot of Kumbum monastery in Amdo
[September 07, 2008 Source :TibetNet]
The year was 2006. On board a Chinese railway train from Xiling to Gormo in Quinghai province an Indian traveller stood out in contrast to his Chinese co-passengers. At midnight, while he was trying to get some sleep like the other passengers in the coach, a Chinese police officer came up to him and asked him to show his passport [September 08, 2008 source :mysinchew.com]
Six Tibetans today attempted to barge into a hotel here, when External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee and his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi were holding talks, to protest against Beijing's rule in Tibet.
[September 08, 2008 source :outlookindia.com]
The humdinger in Vienna over the last weekend has served to bring home two new aspects to India's future diplomatic efforts. First, New Delhi is now firmly in the US camp in international diplomacy. All pretenses that India may have had about non-alignment have now been abandoned.
[September 08, 2008 Source :ndtv.com]
Dharamshala: Former major general of the Indian army, Maj Gen (Retd) Vinod Saighal, underscored that "the Chinese government under a leadership with a caliber of statesmanship and maximum authority could facilitate an amicable resolution of the issue of Tibet."
[September 05, 2008 Source :TibetNet]
BEIJING (AFP) - - China's top aluminium producer, Chinalco, has set up a wholly-owned subsidiary in Tibet to explore and smelt mineral resources on the rooftop of the world.
[September 05, 2008 Source :AFP]
Tibetans in Nepal meet deputy PM and Home Minister of Nepal Mr. Bam Dev Gautam, offers Rupees Three lakh twenty five thousand and 350 pack of clothes and garments aid for Nepal flood victims.(Photo by Lhuboom:RFA/Nepal)
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