China protests Indian PM Modi’s remarks on closer ties with Taiwan

By Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, June 6: China lodged a formal protest with India following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s social media statement expressing his intent to strengthen ties with Taiwan, a democratically governed island nation that Beijing claims as part of its territory and has repeatedly threatened to annex it forcefully. Modi’s comments were in response to […]
OHHDL urges public to pray ahead of Dalai Lama’s knee treatment

By Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, June 6: The Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama (OHHDL) has recently issued an appeal to the general public, asking them to recite the Medicine Buddha mantra ahead of His Holiness’s upcoming knee treatment in the United States. The medicine Buddha, or Bhaisajyaguru, is a significant figure in Tibetan Buddhism […]