Mclodganj: After concluding a three-day teaching for the people from Southeast Asia, His Holiness the Dalai Lama on Tuesday morning began a new teaching series for the Chinese Buddhists from Taiwan.
Some 3, 500 devotees from around the world, including some 600 Chinese Buddhists from Taiwan, have thronged the Tsuglagkhang, the main temple, in Dharamshala, to [...]

Monika Sharma writes from JAWALAMUKHI: In a bizarre incident, Police Chief of Kangra District transferred two cops to Police lines under Political pressure. The reason for the incident is the annoyances of a Cabinet Minister of ruling government with cops, who’s son was  Booked by cops of traffic police for violating the traffic rules. Traffic [...]

JODHPUR–More than 80 devotees feared dead in a stampede during the Navratra Stapana ceremony at the ancient Chamunda Mata Temple in the Mehrangarh fort in Jodhpur on Tuesday morning. A large number of devotees thronged the temple for the ceremony when suddenly the scattering happened around 0600 hrs. It is thought that a wall near [...]

Shimla: Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education (ICFRE), Dehra Dun is a premier organization for promoting forestry research in India.  The Council is executing forestry research related activities in the country with the help of its Regional Research Institutes situated in various parts of the country. Himalayan Forest Research Institute (HFRI), Shimla is one [...]

Dharmshala–The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) expresses its deepest concern over the fate of former Chanzoe (manager and the treasurer) Sonam Rabgyal and four other monks of Ramoche Temple, whose whereabouts could not be ascertained since their arrest during a midnight raid in monks’ residence on 7 April 2008.
Before the major protests [...]

Mclodganj: The Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile expressed gratitude to the US Senate for unanimously approving a resolution urging the government of China to begin earnest negotiations with His Holiness the Dalai Lama on the future of Tibet.
“The Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile on behalf of the six million suffering people of Tibet, deeply thank the U.S. Senate for unanimously approving [...]

Monika Sharma writes from Dharamshala: His Holiness the Dalai Lama has approved the proposal for the special meeting on Tibet submitted by the Kashag and the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile, the Tibetan Parliamentary Secretariat said in a circular issued here today.
‘The office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, in a letter issued on 18 September, said, “The [...]

BOBBY RAMAKANT writes for NNL: There is a growing consensus to raise awareness about diabetes in the 50 days leading up to World Diabetes Day on 14 November 2008. The International Diabetes Federation announced that the theme for this year’s campaign is “Diabetes in Children and Adolescents.”
Diabetes is one of the most common chronic diseases [...]

BOBBY RAMAKANT writes: India is to ban smoking in public places nation-wide from October 2. It is surprising that India’s smoke-free policies were no appreciating by some people. Stand of such people who were moving with some vested interests is always unwanted and unwelcome stand contrary to the efforts being made by the Indian government [...]

BOBBY RAMAKANT writes: The 3rd edition of the “Global Tobacco Treaty Action Guide 2008: Protecting against Tobacco Industry Interference” was released earlier this week in many countries including India, during International Week of Resistance (IWR) to tobacco transnationals (22-28 September 2008). The Global Tobacco Treaty Action Guide 2008 is produced by Corporate Accountability International [which [...]

Bilaspur: The State Government would be considering uniformity in rental charges of all the journalists in the state owned rest houses, enhancement in the Journalist Welfare Fund to Rs. 1.80 lakhs and increase in the advertisement rates of the advertisement rates of small newspapers. This was revealed by Prof. Prem Kumar Dhumal, Chief Minister, in [...]

Shimla: The State Government was striving hard to make Himachal a lead tourist destination, for which there was a vast potential available. The need of the hour was to change from conventional tourism to new and Government has taken various initiatives to promote rural, heritage, adventure, horticulture and eco-tourism in the State.
Prof. Prem Kumar Dhumal, [...]

There are 400 million adults worldwide who are obese and 1.6 billion who are overweight. Children are getting fatter too. Worldwide, 155 million children are overweight, including 30-45 million obese children.
Many developing countries face the challenges of under nutrition while confronting obesity at the same time.
A diet high in saturated fats and trans fats leads [...]

Chandigarh: The Chandigarh Tourism and Chandigarh Police aiming at the security and safety of the residents and tourists of the city beautiful, launched Tourism Police on the occasion of World Tourism Day. UT IG Police, Mr. S. K. Jain launched the Tourism Police Squad at Sukhna Lake today.
Mr. S. K. Jain said that the Chandigarh [...]