INDIA HITS OUT AT CHINA'S ATTEMPTS TO INFLUENCE DALAI SUCCESSION

In a terse message to China, India has asserted that the right to pick the 14th Dalai Lama’s successor rests with the incumbent and the institution, and added that two union ministers, Kiren Rijiju (BJP) and Rajiv Ranjan Singh (JDU) will attend the Dalai Lama's 90th birthday celebrations in Dharamshala on July 6.

- Smriti Kak Ramachandran

"And all those who follow the Dalai Lama feel that the Incarnation is to be