Youths demand protection

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China warns India over Dalai’s visit to Arunachal

As reported in local english daily 'The Assam Tribune' :

BEIJING, March 31 - China today warned India of “serious damage” to bilateral ties if it allows Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama to visit Arunachal Pradesh next week and asked New Delhi to make a “choice”. In its second warning to India in a month, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said it was seriously concerned about India’s decision to allow the Dalai Lama to visit Arunachal Pradesh, which Beijing claims as part of south Tibet. “We are seriously concerned about the news. On the eastern section of the China-India border, China’s position is clear and consistent,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang told media here, responding to a question on the Dalai Lama’s upcoming visit to Arunachal Pradesh. “The Dalai clique has long been engaging in separatist activities with inglorious record. India should be very clear with the true nature of the Dalai clique,” Lu said. “But despite this India still invited the Dalai Lama to visit the region. This will have serious damage on bilateral relations,” Lu said. The Dalai Lama will visit Arunachal Pradesh from April 4 to 13. This is the second time this month Chinese Foreign Ministry has aired its objections to the Dalai Lama’s visit to Arunachal Pradesh. “China is gravely concerned over information that India has granted permission to the Dalai to visit Arunachal Pradesh,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang had said on March 3. China has protested to India last year also when New Delhi cleared his visit to Arunachal Pradesh. – PTI

Dalai’s NE visit to begin with Tribune function today

As reported in local english daily 'The Assam Tribune'....

GUWAHATI, March 31 - Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama will grace the concluding function of the platinum jubilee celebration of The Assam Tribune and golden jubilee of Dainik Asam to be held tomorrow at the Pragjyoti ITA Centre for Performing Arts auditorium, Machkhowa here from 1 pm. The spiritual leader will also deliver a public talk on ‘A Human Approach to World Peace’, followed by a question and answer session, where the participants can interact with the Dalai Lama. The spiritual guru, on a 12-day visit to the Northeast, will reach Guwahati tomorrow, and the Assam Tribune Group’s function is the first on his itinerary, followed by another public talk in Gauhati University on April 2 at 9:30 am. The programme has been organised by the Krishna Kanta Handiqui State Open University (KKHSOU) and the city-based publishing house Lawyer’s Book Stall, where the Dalai Lama will speak on ‘Ancient Indian Knowledge in Modern Times’ and will also release an Assamese version of his first autobiography My Land and My People. He is also expected to take part in the Namami Brahmaputra programme in Guwahati on April 2. The next day, the spiritual leader will address a gathering at Dibrugarh University. From April 4, the Dalai Lama will be in Arunachal Pradesh, where he will consecrate a new Tara Temple at Lumla in the morning. In the morning of April 5 and 6, he will give teachings on Kamalashila’s the Middling States of Meditation and Gyalsey Thokme Sangpo’s thirty-seven practices of a Bodhisattva. On April 7, the Dalai Lama will confer the Rinzin Dhondup initiation at Yiga Choezin. On April 10, the Tibetan spiritual leader will give teachings on Geshe Langri Thangpa’s Eight Verses of Training the Mind and Guru Yoga, and confer the Avalokiteshvara Permission in the morning at Thupsung Dhargyeling Monastery. A teaching session in Bomdila of Arunachal Pradesh has also been scheduled on April 11, where he will confer a White Tara Long Life Empowerment in the morning at the Buddha Park. The Northeast visit of the Dalai Lama will culminate with a teaching session in Itanagar on April 12 at Thupten Gatsal Ling.

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