LAHDC for 73rd Amendment, honorariums for Panchayat members

Tsewang Dragpa participated in a 2008 protest in Draggo county. RFA Chinese authorities in Sichuan this week released a Tibetan monk from prison in poor health after he completed a five-year term during which he was tortured for protesting ...

Tsewang Rigzin LEH: The celebration of the 2557th Buddha Purnima and the successful completion of 79 years of Ladakh Buddhist Association (LBA) Leh as Platinum Jubilee Year of LBA took place on Saturday amidst religious fervour and gaiety. The celebrations ...

Monasteries and nunneries set among the mighty Himalayas in India give Hanna Hussein a primer on Buddhism A CHILLED breeze softly brushes my face... ahh, a refreshing morning! Although I am enveloped in several layers of winter clothing after a ...

Srinagar, June 18: Adhocism is becoming part and parcel of administration in Jammu and Kashmir as the list of top-level bureaucrats and officers managing more than one post is piling up with each passing day. While the oft-repeated assurances to do ...

Beijing - A Tibetan nun who set fire to herself to protest against Chinese rule appeared to have survived the self-immolation attempt, a rights group and a media outlet said. The woman set herself ablaze near Nyitso monastery - the scene of ...

Parties have seven days to nominate a replacement candidate Save for a candidate each from Druk Phuensum Tshogpa and People's Democratic Party, the remaining 92 candidates got through the scrutiny of their nomination papers yesterday to contest ...

An undated photo of Wangchuk Dorje. Photo courtesy of an RFA listener. A court in northwestern China's Qinghai province has jailed a young Tibetan for helping lead a student protest last year, while authorities in neighboring Sichuan released ...

WIND rips across the ridge that leads to the summit of Mt Everest. Imagine the force if you were strapped to the outside of a plane in flight. That's how it feels on a pleasant day on the world's balcony. And think that down both sides of this ...

The Bhutan Archery Federation (BAF) will conduct a two-week intensive course from May 11 this month for the 100 candidates who were short listed from Winter Coaching Camp last winter. Some 1,100 people participated in the winter camp. Of the 70 ...