Dalai Lama mourns Singapore ex-PM's demise


Posted on 25th Mar 2015 03:01 pm by mohit kumar

Dharamsala, March 25 (IANS) Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Wednesday mourned the demise of veteran Singaporean leader and former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew.

In a letter to his son Lee Hsien Loong, the current prime minister, the Nobel Peace laureate offered condolences to his family and the people of Singapore.

Referring to Lee as an exemplary nation builder, the Dalai Lama said he had made an extraordinary contribution with vision and determination to Singapore's evolution into a highly develop and prosperous state.

He suggested that the best tribute that can be paid to the late leader is to maintain the dedication he showed to Singapore, which has become a state its citizens can be proud of and which the world at large views as a model of education, peace and diversity.

0 Like 0 Dislike
Previous news Next news
Other news

No 29 ... Winter session may end on December 23: Uproar in Rajya Sabha over Kharge's dog statement, Congress President said - whatever he said was right

The winter session of Parliament may end prematurely. According to the news agency PTI, this sess

Bigg Boss 14: After being homeless, Jasmine raised questions on Rakhi Sawant, said - fighting is against me

New Delhi: In the episode of Bigg Boss's latest weekend episode, Jasmin Bhasin became active in t

Now Priyanka Chopra will be seen with this Marvel superhero, this will be the role of the actress in Amazon's 'Ending Things'

Actress Priyanka Chopra, who has shown her acting skills from Bollywood to Hollywood, is in a dis

Bribery: Four including DGM of Odisha company arrested in bribery, PPT engineer had demanded 60 lakhs

The CBI has arrested four people, including the DGM of an Odisha-based company, in a bribery case

Datesheet released: Pre-board examination of class X-XII in government schools will start from March 10, exams will be held in two shifts

The Central Board of Secondary Education's Class X-XII second session examination is to begin fro

Mamata congratulates Indian cricket team

Kolkata, March 19 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday congratulated t

Kantara Chapter 1: 'Don't encourage piracy', the makers of 'Kantara Chapter 1' make a special appeal to the audience

"Kantara Chapter 1" was released in theaters on Thursday, October 2, 2025. The film grossed a sta

West Bengal: 'Assembly elections should be held next year under President's rule', statement of Shubhendu Adhikari

Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Shubhendu Adhikari has demanded that next year's Ben

DeepSeek: 'Sensitive data from Chinese AI startup DeepSeek leaked on the internet', claims Israeli cybersecurity firm

Sensitive data of Chinese AI startup DeepSeek is being claimed to have been leaked on the Interne

IPL 2025: 'I got one more chance..', the struggle of Karun Nair who scored 89 runs in 40 balls, you will get emotional after reading

Delhi Capitals may have lost the second match of the doubleheader played on Sunday in IPL 2025, b

Sign up to write
Sign up now if you have flare of writing..
Login   |   Register
Follow Us
Indyaspeak @ Facebook Indyaspeak @ Twitter Indyaspeak @ Pinterest RSS



Play Free Quiz and Win Cash