Two aides of the 17th Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje, sought anticipatory bail on Friday in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Rajesh Thomar in Una town near Pun
In the West, the Tibetan religious leader Ogyen Trinley Dorje is admired for his youth (he's 25), his looks (he was once introduced at a U.S. event as "His Hotness") and his courage (as a teenager, he fled from Chinese-ruled Tibet on horseback)
China has arrested a Tibetan writer who was earlier released in October 2010, reported the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy based here. Kalsang Tsultrim, also known as Gyitsang Takmig was arrested on 16 December 2010, from San
The assumption that the Karmapa will create a China-friendly chain of monasteries in the Himalayas by using Himachal Pradesh as a staging point for anti-India campaigns is a fallacy
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal yesterday appealed devotees and followers of the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa not to carry out solidarity processions for the Buddhist leader saying it might cause law and order situation in his
The Dalai Lama’s envoy Kelsang Gyaltsen Tuesday briefed the three contending candidates for the post of Kalon Tripa (prime minister of Tibet’s government in exile) on the ongoing dialogue process with the Chinese leadership
On 26 January two Indians were arrested with a large amount of cash, which led to the raid on the room of Karmapa’s monk accountant in Gyuto near Dharamsala. Gyalwa Karm
A three-member Tibetan parliamentary delegation headed by deputy speaker Dolma Gyari paid a week-long a visit to the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand's capital Dehradun and met its chief minister and other senior leaders last week,
The government has blacked out China and Iran from the Aero India show that begins in Bangalore next week. Both countries have been invited for the mega biennial event organised by the Ministry of Defence in the past, but organisers
It is unfortunate that without appreciating the nuances of sectarian politics within Tibetan Buddhism and Sino-Tibetan relations, the Indian media portrayed the Karmapa’s apolitical stance as suspicious. Continuing speculation about the Karmapa’s escape from Tibet in 1999 reminds me of a Japanese conspiracy theory film
