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INTERNATIONAL Obama signs bill to suspend $ 1.1 bn aid to Pak US President Barack Obama  has signed into law a massive $1.1 billion defense spending bill that also seeks to suspend a big cut of $1.1 billion military aid to Pakistan,...

Mr. Kiren Rijiju, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs (C), Home Kalon Dolma Gyari (R) and Mr. K.K Pathak, Joint Secretary of Home Affairs, Government of India. Bylakuppe, March 23: Mr. Kiren Rijiju, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, in...

Photograph Courtesy: Gowtham Shravan Kumar We made a sudden plan to visit Madikeri, and it was the best weekend trip I ever had. Located in the Coorg district, Madikeri is a hill station known for its coffee plantations. My friends and I left Bangalore...

When I told people I was going to Bylakuppe, a lot of them told me they had been there. A lot of people have been to Bylakuppe for the Golden Temple, which happens to be a popular tourist spot for people going to Madikeri, Coorg. In fact, on a trip to...

Would never have thought that I could see a part of Tibet in Karnataka! But it does exist! Bylakuppe is home to two of the many Tibetan settlements in India, established by Lugsum Samdupling (in 1961) and Dickyi Larsoe (in 1969).  It is located...