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More than 250 Tibetans and their Belgian friends celebrated the 68th Birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama yesterday at Karma Sonam Gyatso Ling Tibetan Buddhist Centre in Schoten near the Belgian city of Antwerpen.

Kalon Tripa Prof. Samdhong Rinpoche(R), Shri Yash Pal Mittal(Centre) and Shri Mohan Lal, former education minister of Punjab (L) after the inaugural ceremony.

'Shri Yash Pal Mittal has been an ardent supporter of the Tibet cause and is one among few who still continues to practice the principles expounded by Mahatma Gandhi," Kalon Tripa Prof. Samdhong Rinpoche said in his introductory speech

India today vehemently denied that it had made any compromise with its stand on Tibet as opposition parties hailed the achievements made in Sino-Indian relations during Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's recent visit to China.

Next-door neighbors Roni Simone and John Coggins sit on the front porch of her house in the Whiteaker neighborhood under Buddhist prayer flags. (Photo: Paul Carter / The Register-Guard)

The 69th birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama was celebrated at Siddharth Vihar in Itanagar on Sunday with traditional gaiety and festivity. The day-long programme started with unfurling of a "prayer flag", mass prayer and lighting of

Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, on Saturday said a step-by-step progress would be made in resolving the Tibetan issue. "Even after more than 50 years, the resolve and moral strength of Tibetans have been kept intact.

Tibetan journalists Saturday requested the Chinese ambassador in New Delhi, Hua Jundua, to give them permission to go to Tibet and cover the situation in the Himalayan region.

Far from the madding crowd that followed Deputy Prime Minister LK Advani everywhere on Sunday, a small group of 50 to 60 people, many of them Buddhist monks, gathered at the Chitrakoot Art Gallery a little before noon to celebrate the birthday of the Dalai Lama.

The 68th birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama that falls today was celebrated here in London yesterday with colourful Tibetan traditional songs and dances that won appreciative applause from the audience who filled the Westminster Cathedral Hall and its balcony.