CIA radios and yak butter, and hours to spare: How a 23-year-old monk outwitted the Dragon empireIn 1959, the 14th Dalai Lama, disguised as a soldier, slipped out of Lhasa under the nose of the Chinese army. An ominous invitation to wat...
06 Jul, 2025, 02.44 PM IST
G20: Chinese President Xi Jinping may skip summit, premier Li Qiang likely to attend mega eventChina is considering sending Premier Li Qiang to the G20 Summit in India amid uncertainty over President Xi Jinping's attendance. Russia is...
31 Aug, 2023, 08.14 AM IST
Hollywood Actor Richard Gere, spiritual leaders, industry captains join PM Modi for a star-studded yoga session at UNFamed Hollywood actor Richard Gere, Iyengar yoga exponent Deidra Demens, New York City Mayor Eric Adams, and prominent American singer Mary...
22 Jun, 2023, 02.17 PM IST
China-India border clash: Tawang remains central to China's grip on TibetTawang remains central to China's control over Tibet in the backdrop of the fact that the current Dalai Lama had fled to India via Tawang i...
13 Dec, 2022, 11.53 PM IST
China's Shenzhen eases weekend Covid lockdown but some curbs remainChina has stuck to its stringent COVID policies even as most other countries have eased restrictions and learned to live with the virus. Th...
05 Sep, 2022, 10.33 AM IST
China setting up world's highest-altitude cloud computing data centre in TibetWith a total planned investment of 11.8 billion yuan (over USD 1.80 billion), the project will provide services in areas such as video rend...
29 Oct, 2020, 05.42 PM IST
Escalating feud: United States, China consulate closures deal losses to both nationsFor the United States, the loss of the Chengdu mission in southwestern China will, among other things, cloud its view of Tibet, a region wh...
31 Jul, 2020, 10.52 AM IST
View: Nepal map strains neighbourhood first policy of IndiaFor Nepalese politicians to think that coming ever closer to China can compensate for dilution of ties with India is misplaced hubris. Goin...
15 Jun, 2020, 11.38 PM IST
Defence installations on Google maps: HC asks govt to look into itDays after the terror strike at Pathankot airbase, Google's online maps show Indian defence installations, nuclear power plants and other "...
11 Jul, 2018, 05.38 PM IST
Rajnath Singh to stay at border outpost in Himalayas overnightThe Home Minister will spend the night with officers and jawans of the border guarding force for a first hand feel of conditions they work ...
11 Jul, 2018, 01.08 PM IST
China tests first Tibetan language search engineThe trial of the first Tibetan language search engine 'Cloud Tibet' begins and may release in the second half of 2016.
11 Jan, 2016, 02.38 PM IST
Quake-hit Nepal at high risk of landslides in coming weeks: ReportThe threat of landslides and mudslides remains high in Nepal in the coming weeks, and the risk is likely to increase during monsoon rains, ...
29 Apr, 2015, 03.35 PM IST
Mulayam Singh questions Modi government's "silence" on Chinese incursions"He (Modi) did not talk about the boundaries. He could have mustered courage to raise the issue before China," Mulayam alleged.
08 Oct, 2014, 07.00 PM IST
- Northwest plains likely to see dry weather this week
A Western Disturbance that dispensed isolated light showers over northwest India for greater part of the week gone by would now seclude its...
19 Apr, 2011, 04.17 AM IST
The marriage of two mindsA scientist specialising in geology who studies mountains among other structures constituting the Earth with the tools of physics, chemistr...
16 Oct, 2009, 04.24 AM IST
- Mount Kailas: Journey to Divinity
Hindus believe that a triumvirate of gods - Brahma , Vishnu and Mahesh - live in Brahmalok, Baikunth, and Kailas, respectively. The first t...
08 Jan, 2009, 06.45 AM IST
- Meet Mr Bardhan, China’s spokesman in India
The Left, party asked the Manmohan Singh government not to meddle in the “internal affairs (read Tibet)” of the neighbour.
22 Mar, 2008, 12.30 AM IST