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G Kishan Reddy to address "Tourism in Buddhist Circuits" conference today
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 20 (ANI): Union Minister for Culture and Tourism G Kishan Reddy will address the inaugural session of the conference "Tourism in Buddhist Circuits - A way forward" organised by the ministry in Uttar Pradesh's Kushinagar on Wednesday.
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Practicing Buddhists in Pakistan 'facing extinction'
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 11 (ANI): The last surviving practicing Buddhists in Pakistan are facing extinction due to unavailability of worship places, religious teaching and government patronage, reported local media.
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Beijing pushes Tibetan Buddhists to translate classroom texts to Mandarin
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Beijing [China] October 7 (ANI): In a bid to tighten command over Tibet Autonomous Region, Chinese authorities have directed the Buddhist monasteries in Tibet to translate classroom texts from Tibetan into Mandarin, China's "common language," said a news report.
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MoS Ajay Bhatt flags off Buddhist Circuit Train under 'Swadesh Darshan' sc
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 5 (ANI): Ministry of Tourism in collaboration with the Ministry of Railways on Monday launched the Buddhist Circuit Train from Delhi under the 'Swadesh Darshan' scheme.
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Forced religious conversion cannot be testament of expansion, trust on any
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 28 (ANI): Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Tuesday said here that forced religious conversion cannot be a testament of expansion and trust in a country where both, believers and atheists coexist.
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Sri Lankans annoyed over destruction of Buddhist heritage in Pakistan
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 20 (ANI): The destruction of Buddhist heritage sites in Pakistan has annoyed the Sri Lankans that may impact the bilateral relations between the two nations.
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Foundation for Buddhist Brotherhood commends India's work for maintaining
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka] September 18 (ANI): Foundation for Buddhist Brotherhood based in Sri Lanka wished Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his 71st birthday on Friday and commended his work for maintaining commendable bilateral relations with the neighbouring country.
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India to hold Global Buddhist Conference in November 19-20: ICCR
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 14 (ANI): President of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) Dr Vinay Sahasrabudhe on Tuesday announced that India will hold Global Buddhist Conference (GBC) in November this year, as a bid to "cement ties with those who are into Buddhism".
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China miffed over Blinken's Tibetan monk affair during India visit
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 30 (ANI): China on Thursday opposed contact between foreign officials and the Dalai Lama after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with a Tibetan Buddhist monk during his India visit.
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US top diplomat meets Tibetan monk during India visit, sends signal to Chi
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 28 (ANI): Setting the tone of his India visit with a big political message to China, US top diplomat Antony Blinken on Wednesday met Tibetan Buddhist monk Geshe Dorji Damdul, current director of Tibet House in Delhi.
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Buddhism has a lot to offer for everyone: Union Minister Kishan Reddy
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 24 (ANI): Union Minister of Culture G. Kishan Reddy, on the occasion of Asadha Purnima or the Dharma Chakra Day celebrated by the Buddhist community in a video message on Saturday said that Buddhism has a lot to offer not only to Buddhists but for everyone.
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Chinese troops protest Dalai Lama birthday celebrations in Ladakh's Demcho
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 12 (ANI): Chinese soldiers protested the birthday celebrations of Tibetan Buddhist religious leader Dalai Lama by Indian villagers in the Demchok area of Ladakh.
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