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Kandy riots: Buddhist community stages protest
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Kandy [Sri Lanka], Mar 6 (ANI): Members of the Buddhist community held protests outside a police station in Sri Lanka's Kandy demanding the release of its people who were arrested in the riots.
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Itanagar celebrates Silver Jubilee of Losar festival
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh) [India], March 5 (ANI): The Buddhist Community of Itanagar celebrated the silver jubilee of the Losar Festival at the Nyokum Lapang Ground here.
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China denies arson in Tibetian temple fire
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], Feb 23 (ANI): China has denied arson as the cause of a fire at a Tibetian Buddhist temple in Lhasa, its state media reported on Thursday.
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Happy Chinese New Year! 'Year of the Dog denotes loyalty'
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Feb 16 (ANI): The Chinese New Year 2018, celebrated today across the globe, is the Year of the Dog, that denotes 'loyalty', said Miao Ru, the abbess of Kuang Shan Kolkata Buddhist Temple.
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Buddhist Fest aims to set world record with chanting session
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Feb 4 (ANI): 'Global Shanti: Amaravati Buddhist Heritage Festival' kicked off on Saturday at Swaraj Maidan here.
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Myanmar Army's admission is 'tip of the iceberg'
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
London [United Kingdom], Jan 11 (ANI): In response to the Myanmar's military's admission of killing Rohingya Muslims, Amnesty International said that the confession is just the tip of the ice berg.
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Myanmar military admits killing 10 Rohingyas
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], Jan 11 (ANI): In a rare acknowledgement, the Myanmar military has admitted that the members of its security forces were involved in the killing of 10 Rohingya Muslims, whose bodies were found in a mass grave in December in the restive Rakhine region.
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Dalai Lama condemns Bhima-Koregaon violence
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], Jan 10 (ANI): The Dalai Lama on Wednesday condemned Pune's Bhima-Koregaon violence saying that people should not mobilise against any religion.
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Rohingyas attack Myanmar Army truck, injure 5 soldiers
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Yangon [Myanmar], Jan 6 (ANI): Rohingya insurgents on Saturday launched an assault on the Myanmar Army, attacking its truck in the restive state of Rakhine, and injured five soldiers in the process.
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More than 48,000 babies will be born in B'desh in 2018
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Cox's Bazar [Bangladesh], Jan 5 (ANI): More than 48,000 babies will be born in Bangladesh within this year, according to an NGO, 'Save the Children'.
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Dalai Lama rues 'too much westernisation' of modern India
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan 1 (ANI): The Dalai Lama has rued that India was 'neglecting' the ancient knowledge and heading towards the western culture, while also stressing on the importance of ancient knowledge and science of the country.
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Monks attend 10-day International Buddhist ritual in Bodh Gaya
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Gaya (Bihar) [India], December 11 (ANI): Dressed in their traditional attire, thousands of monks and devotees from across the globe visited the Mahabodhi Temple in Bodh Gaya to attend the International Tripitaka Chanting (a Buddhist ritual).
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