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Myanmar Muslims jailed for killing Buddhist monk


Six Muslim men and one minor have been sentenced to jail terms ranging from life to two years in pri...

Thai monk punishes dog for killing cat


The abbot of a popular temple in Thailand penalised a dog that killed a kitten, by hanging the dead ...

Monks from India promised me iPhone, claims arrest


A Tibetan monk, who was recently arrested for abetting self-immolations, has said that he was instig...

Tibetan monk under ED lens


Enforcement Directorate has seized properties worth Rs 1.68 crore acquired by a Tibetan monk here al...

Myanmar’s govt fears Gambira `will lead protests`


Shin Gambira, now known as Nyi Nyi Lwin after disrobing, was freed in an amnesty in January, but say...

Buddhist monk backs Lankan top judge against impeachment


Reverend Maduluwawe Sobhitha said the whole process of impeachment against the 54-year old Bandarana...

Tibetan monk self-immolates at French monastery


A 38-year-old British man has become the first Western Tibetan Buddhist monk to die by self-immolati...

Another Tibetan monk self-immolates over `Chinese repression`


The-18-year-old monk, identified as Lobsang Lozin, burnt himself to death in China’s south-west Sich...

Dalai Lama to mark 77th birthday on Friday


The Central Tibetan administration has formed an organising committee to host the occasion with ferv...

S Korean monks caught gambling, drinking, smoking


Gambling outside of licensed casinos and horse racing tracks is illegal in South Korea and frowned u...

Tibetan monk self-immolates in anti-China protest


A 20-year-old Tibetan monk in western China has become the latest to set himself on fire in protest ...

Tibetan teen self-immolates on revolt anniversary


A teenage Tibetan monk set himself on fire on the anniversary of failed Tibetan uprising against C...

Chinese leader warns Tibetans against separatism


Sichuan Communist Party chief Liu Qibao asked monks at the Kirti Monastery in Aba to support the lea...

Myanmar: `Dissident monk to be charged’


Shin Gambira was one of the leaders of the so-called Saffron Revolution, a 2007 uprising against the...

Another Tibetan monk immolates self in China


Lobsang Gyatso, a 19-year-old monk from the Kirti monastery in Sichuan province`s Aba prefecture, se...

Prominent Myanmar monk taken in for questioning


Shin Gambira was one of the leaders of `Saffron Revolution`, a 2007 anti-government uprising against...

Monk who self-immolated called for Dalai Lama return


Lama Sobha, also known as Sonam Wangyal, was the most senior of 16 Tibetan clerics and former monks...

‘Dalai creating cult group with monks` suicides’


China is grappling to deal with recurring suicides of Tibetan Buddhist monks calling for return of ...

Tibetan monk commits self-immolation in China


So far 15 monks have set themselves on fire during the last few months seeking the return of the Dal...

Another Tibetan sets himself on fire in protest


A former Buddhist monk in Tibet has been hospitalised after setting himself on fire.

Tibet group video allegedly shows nun burning


A Tibetan rights group has released graphic video of what it says is a Buddhist nun engulfed in fla...

Another Tibetan monk sets himself alight in China


A Tibetan Buddhist monk set himself on fire on Tuesday in protest at China`s rule of the Himalayan ...

Tibetan monk sets himself on fire in China


Free Tibet said the man was the eighth Tibetan protester to set himself on fire this year.

‘Tibetan monastery in China a virtual prison`


The exiled head of a Tibetan monastery in China said that monks are taking their lives in despair. ...

Tibetan rights group says monk set himself on fire


A Tibetan activist group says another monk has set himself on fire to protest against China`s tight...

US `concerned` about Tibetan monk sentence


The United States Wednesday voiced concern about China`s 11-year sentence to a Tibetan lama over a ...

Rights groups criticise China for jailing monk


Rights activists on Tuesday criticised China for jailing a Tibetan lama for 11 years over the death ...

Tibet monk given 11 yrs in colleague`s immolation


The March 16 death of Rigzin Phuntsog was described as a political protest against Chinese policies.

Tibetan monk who set himself on fire is cremated


Tsewang Norbu died on Monday after dousing himself with gasoline and setting himself on fire.

Sri Lanka gets its first monk mayor


Gnanaprabha, a Buddhist monk from the Sinhala nationalist party Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) will tak...

Sri Lanka monk threatens self immolation over UN panel report


Sri Lanka has slammed the report as flawed and full of unverified evidence compiled by the West.

Tibetan monk who set himself on fire in China dies


The account shows simmering tensions in Tibet and Tibetan-inhabited regions.

Nepali Buddhist monk killed in road mishap


A Nepali Buddhist monk was killed and five others injured when their three wheeler rammed into a tre...

HC tells CID to complete probe into death of Buddhist monk


The Bombay High Court today gave four weeks time to State CID to complete its probe into the cause...

Monks to hold prayers ahead of sitting of Lankan Parliament


Several Buddhist monks will hold overnight prayers at the Sri Lankan Parliament complex ahead of the...

Dalai Lama is `political monk`: Chinese official


A senior Chinese official on Thursday described the Dalai Lama as a "political monk" while criticisi...

Monk`s murder sparks protests


A monk was allegedly strangulated and his body was burnt alive by some unidentified persons outside...