DHARAMSHALA: The Election Commission of Central Tibetan Administration today declared the result of the preliminary round of by-election of a member of parliament from Do-Mey constituency held on 17th February. Out of 3965 registered voters from India and Nepal, 1235 voters cast their ballots. (...)
[dalailama.com] San Jose, CA, USA/24 February 2014: His Holiness the Dalai Lama spent today at Santa Clara University (SCU), a Jesuit university committed to a more humane, just and sustainable world located in that epicentre of innovation, Silicon Valley. He was the guest of the Markkula Center (...)
[Huffington Post] By Thubten Samphel Throughout China’s long and turbulent history, no people along its imperial fringes have been such a nuisance to the Middle Kingdom as the Tibetans are today. However, unlike neighboring Xinjiang or Eastern Turkestan which is wracked by sporadic violence, (...)
[AFP] US boldness in challenging Beijing coupled with China’s less tough reaction mark how much the two powers value their relationship When the Dalai Lama came to Washington in 2009 on one of his frequent lecture tours, Barack Obama did not invite him to the White House as the new US president (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The Department of Education of the Central Tibetan Administration has announced coaching scholarships for CAT (Common Admission Test) or any other equivalent test like MAT for college graduates. Interested applicants need to apply for the scholarship before 21 April 2014. (Click (...)
[South China Morning Post] By Patrick Boehler Spanish court serves arrest warrant and barrage of questions to former Chinese president A Spanish judge has submitted 48 questions to former Chinese president Hu Jintao, giving him the chance to respond to charges of genocide brought against him by (...)
(Dalai Lama.com) San Francisco, CA, USA 23 February 2014 This morning, His Holiness the Dalai Lama drove from San Francisco out to Richmond, where the Tibetan community that has grown from a handful in the 1980s to about 1500 today had invited him to inaugurate their new Community Center. (...)
Paris, 24 February :Vers sur Selle, a small French municipality in the Picardy region of north France became on 22 February, the 63rd municipality in Europe to adopt Tibetan towns and villages. An official ceremony to celebrate the “adoption” was organised at the Town-Hall of Vers sur Selle (...)
[Source: dalailama.com] San Francisco, California, USA, 22 February 2014 – San Francisco was the first place His Holiness the Dalai Lama visited on his initial trip to the USA in 1978, when he accepted an invitation from Richard Blum and his wife Dianne Feinstein. Today, he was the guest of the (...)
[AFP] Washington — President Barack Obama’s meeting with the Dalai Lama sent a “powerful message” with the two leaders discussing human rights, Tibet’s prime minister-in-exile said Friday after the White House talks. “It sends a very powerful message to Tibetans inside Tibet because it gives them a (...)