At Lumbini, the PM will visit the sacred Mayadevi temple to offer prayers. He will also deliver an address at a Buddha Jayanti event organised by the Lumbini Development Trust under the aegis of the Government of Nepal.
May 15, 2022Anayat Ali said that our foremost demand is removal of discrimination with Kargil.
September 29, 2020Two patients each in Jammu and Ladakh have so far been suspected suffering from coronavirus.
March 9, 2020The institute is already running a five-year collaborative research programme on “community mental health and climate change” with the University of Rochester, USA.
February 24, 2020Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-Ocha said a dispute over a property deal appeared to be the motive for the attack
February 15, 2020Life is a long journey, boring for most of the way. Meaning perhaps lies in learning to enjoy the humdrumness of life, in pursuing simple things rather than meditating on profound ideas. In the ultimate analysis, each one therefore chooses his own meaning. I am doing so right now, dear reader, by talking to you.
December 9, 2019The recent appeal of the Dalai Lama to residents of Ladakh for preserving the rich heritage of the decaying rock art and inscriptions has worked and suddenly people have realized the historical, religious and cultural importance of these artifacts.
November 18, 2019In 2017 more than 700,000 Rohingya fled Myanmar during a military operation.
September 10, 2019Stupas in Ladakh are religious structures venerated by Buddhists, and many of them said to have house corporal remains of high Lamas or mark an important place associated with the religion.
April 15, 2019The Sherpas are not medical science doctors, but they save hundreds of lives in the treacherous Khumbu icefall on Mt Everest by securing routes for mountaineers.
November 17, 2018It is a tradition for males in Thailand to spend time in a monastery after experiencing adversity.
July 24, 2018Rene Descartes had declared in his famous “Cogito Ergo Sum” that “I think therefore I am”. In the present age of advancements in artificial intelligence and emphasis on letting robots take control of all the useful functions on earth, perhaps the ability to think or at least form functional logic is not adequate to establish …
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June 4, 2018The rape of a young girl in Kathua, has brought forth fissures which had existed within the state of Jammu & Kashmir but had been brushed under the carpet. Any rape is a slur on society and that of a minor is the most heinous crime which can never be forgiven. While those responsible should …
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April 17, 2018The All Bengal Buddhist Development Committee is scheduled to take out a “mega peace (silent) rally” from Darjeeling More to Airview More here on 1 April. Organisers said the rally is meant to voice the demands pertaining to the Buddhist community at large. The listed set of demands of the committee are nomination of two …
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March 27, 2018Ajanta cave wall spanning murals ~ photographed and digitally colour pigment corrected ~ were on view recently at the Capital’s Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts. This first time ever photographic exposition of heritage art-work, dating from BC 2nd century to AD 7th century, that have suffered ravages of time and weather, proved popular …
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March 8, 2018Rampant illegal quarrying is posing a serious threat to the famous Buddhist site at Udayagiri under Darpan tehasil limits in the district. The district administration has failed to regulate illegal mining at this internationally acclaimed historical site despite repeated pleas by the locals. Udayagiri Buddhist site is located in Udayagiri hillock. The Buddhist monuments are …
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March 3, 2018The skyline of Dalhousie Square is incomplete without the milk white church with steeple — St Andrew’s Kirk (Kirk means Scottish Church) — the only Scottish Church in India. Completed in 1818 by the Presbyterians, the Church had its steeple higher than that of the then Anglican Cathedral St. John’s. In 1843, a serious debate …
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January 27, 2018