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‘‘IT could become a regional Bend It Like Beckham,’’ says Rupin Dang optimistically. That’s the kind of breakthrough Tibetan cinema needs, six years after the Martin Scorcese-directed Kundun and the Brad Pitt starrer Seven Years in Tibet

Prof Samdhong Rinpoche with Shri Justice Vishnu Sadashiv Kokje. (Phayul/Prem Sood)

The Governor of Himachal Pradesh, Honourable Shri Justice Vishnu Sadashiv Kokje (retd) and his wife were received at the Circuit House by Mr. Ajai Singh Mankotia, President, Indo-Tibetan Friendship Association, its members and Sonam Choephel Shosur

While commending his Government's "look ahead" policy in foreign affairs, the Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee, today said that his recent visits to China, Russia, Germany and France showed India's growing importance in the international arena.

India's Foreign Secretary Kanwal Sibal visited the Kingdom of Bhutan from July 22 to 24, 2003 to brief the Bhutanese King and leaders on the recent talks between Indian Prime Minister Vajpayee and Chinese leaders.

Three Chinese who have been arrested or persecuted for their writings about China have been awarded the prestigious Hellman/Hammett grant, a US-based rights group said Tuesday.

Assistant Foreign Minister Shen Guofang (R) and Deputy Secretary of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Geoff Raby pose before a press conference yesterday in Beijing. [newsphoto.com.cn]

The seventh annual Sino-Australian human-rights dialogue was held Monday in Beijing. "The dialogue was positive, constructive and fruitful,'' said Assistant Foreign Minister Shen Guofang, who led the Chinese delegation.

Official and unofficial reports from Tibet describe how dozens of nomadic and farming families are in the process of being moved out from their traditional land in the east of Chamdo prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region