Dharamsala, June 12 (IANS) Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, who underwent a left knee replacement surgery at a hospital in New Delhi, was discharged on Friday, a medical bulletin said.Earlier in June 2024, the elderly Buddhist monk underwent a right knee replacement at the hospital for special surgery in New York City and made an excellent recovery.A Senior Consultant at the hospital said: “His Holiness the Dalai Lama underwent successful left knee replacement surgery on Monday, June 8…
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Washington, June 11 (IANS) A senior Republican lawmaker has introduced an amendment aimed at reinforcing US policy that the succession of the Dalai Lama is a religious matter to be determined solely by Tibetan Buddhist authorities, warning that China could seek to install a successor loyal to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).Speaking during a House Foreign Affairs Committee markup this week, Chairman Emeritus of the committee, Michael McCaul, urged lawmakers to back the amendment, saying it wou…
New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) India all-rounder Hardik Pandya has been ‘almost declared fit’ by the BCCI’s Centre of Excellence (CoE) to participate in the upcoming three-match ODI series against Afghanistan starting on Sunday in Dharamsala. Pandya was battling back spasms, which forced him to miss a few games for Mumbai Indians in IPL 2026. As a result, he was sent to the CoE in Bangalore for his fitness regime. He was named in the 15-member squad for the Afghanistan ODIs; however, his availab…
Dharamsala, June 8 (IANS) His Holiness the Dalai Lama underwent a successful left knee replacement surgery at Apollo Hospital in New Delhi on Monday, said a medical bulletin. It recalled that in June 2024, His Holiness underwent a successful right knee replacement at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City and made an excellent recovery.“Following today’s procedure, His Holiness returned to his hospital room in stable condition. His recovery is progressing well, and he remains in g…
Dharamsala, June 4 (IANS) Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama on Thursday wrote to D.K. Shivakumar to congratulate him on being elected as the new Chief Minister of Karnataka. “Karnataka is home to more than 30,000 Tibetans in exile,” the Dalai Lama wrote, adding: “the largest concentration of the Tibetan diaspora in India. We are deeply grateful to the state and its people for their enduring friendship and generous support. It is a source of great pride that our principal centres of learning, r…
New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) India have been dealt a massive blow ahead of the upcoming ODI series against Afghanistan, as star batter Virat Kohli will reportedly miss the series due to injury.Several reports claimed that Kohli is suffering from a hamstring injury and will not take part in the upcoming three-match contest against their Asian counterparts. It’s not clear when and where Kohli suffered the hamstring injury, but it very well could have happened during the 2026 IPL final on 31 May at the…
Shimla, May 31 (IANS) Elated over the party’s massive sweep in the Municipal Corporation elections, BJP National Vice-President Saudan Singh on Sunday extended his greetings to the people of the state, the party leadership and party workers.He said that in the elections held across four Municipal Corporations, the BJP achieved a success rate of 59 per cent by securing victory in 37 of the total 63 wards.Besides the Municipal Corporations, the BJP claimed that in the elections to 3,759 panchayats…
Shimla, May 31 (IANS) The principal Opposition BJP in Himachal Pradesh on Sunday won three out of four Municipal Corporations — Mandi, Dharamsala and Solan — while the ruling Congress managed to win Palampur alone. The polling for the four corporations was held on May 17 on party symbols with a straight contest between the BJP and Congress.Besides the Municipal Corporations, counting of votes for 250 Zila Parishad wards and 1,684 out of 1,769 Panchayat Samiti members is also underway.Out of th…
Shimla, May 30 (IANS) Principal Advisor (Media) to Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister, Naresh Chauhan, said on Saturday that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the hill state has been making exaggerated and misleading claims about its performance in the local body and panchayat elections, while feedback received by the Congress from across the state indicated that a large number of party-supported candidates have emerged victorious. He added that the BJP “is attempting to create a perception of vi…
Brussels, May 30 (IANS) China’s concerns over the next Dalai Lama stem from the reality that he will not emerge in Beijing’s “shadow” and will be identified through spiritual tradition rather than party decree, thus posing a serious challenge to the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) authority, a report has stated.Beijing has no control in the reincarnation of the Dalai Lama — and that loss of influence unsettles Chinese authorities more than they are willing to acknowledge, Khedroob Thon…