Dalai Lama taken to New Delhi hospital for chest pain

NEW DELHI: The Dalai Lama has undergone a check-up at a New Delhi hospital following chest pains, according to an aide who said the Tibetan spiritual leader was in stable condition.

Ngodup Tsering, the 83-year-old Buddhist monk's representative in the United States, told Agence France-Presse the Dalai Lama flew to New Delhi early Tuesday for a doctor's visit at Max hospital after he experienced a 'light cough.'