GUWAHATI: Flying in a helicopter over hills and valleys dotted with Siang river which joins the Brahmaputra flowing from Tibet, Sikyong Dr. Lobsang Sangay arrived on his first ever visit to the remote settlement in Tuting on 30 January, after successfully concluding his tour of Tawang, Derang, (...)
Deccan Herald, New Delhi, Anirban Bhaumik, Jan 31, 2014 Ahead of the next round of boundary negotiations between the special representatives of New Delhi and Beijing, India has recently allowed the top leader of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile, Lobsang Sangay, to visit Tawang – a border town in (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Honourable Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay today expressed his gratitude to the Indian Nursing Council (INC) for deciding that Tibetan nurses can practice in India. In a statement today, Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay said, “ I want to thank the government of India, Ministry of External (...)
(dalailama.com) Noida, NCR, India 31 January 2014 The Step by Step School in Noida, across the Yamuna River from New Delhi, was host to His Holiness the Dalai Lama today. The school, whose distant origins lie in a nursery school begun in 1992, has grown since 2008 to being a school offering (...)
BRAHMA CHELLANEY, Nikkei Asian Review Asia’s future rests on the strategic triangle of China, India, and Japan — countries that have never before been strong at the same time. In the coming years, Asian geopolitics will be greatly influenced by an inexorable tightening of the bonds between Japan (...)
Brisbane Times Steve Holland, Date January 31, 2014 – 6:07AM Washington: The White House has sharply criticised China’s treatment of foreign journalists after a New York Times journalist was forced to leave the country. In a statement, White House spokesman Jay Carney said foreign journalists (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The Department of Education, Central Tibetan Administration has invited applications for the post of warden at CST Shimla’s boy hostel and matron at CST Dalhousie’s girl hostel on contract basis. Interested applicants should submit their applications before 28 February 2014. (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Kalon Dicki Chhoyang of the Department of Information and International Relations (DIIR), currently on an official trip to Australia, participated in an outreach program with overseas Chinese in Melbourne and Sydney on 28 and 29 January respectively. The outreach program was (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Mrs. Nangsa Choedon, currently serving as the Secretary of Publice Service Commission, Central Tibetan Administration, has been appointed as the Representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama at the Office of Tibet, South Africa. As per the circular dated 17 January 2014 issued by (...)
By William Lowther / Staff reporter in WASHINGTON, Taipei Times ‘CONSTRUCTIVE’:A US foreign policy aide said that the White House supports cross-strait dialogue and efforts to reduce tensions. A top foreign policy aide to US President Barack Obama on Wednesday refused to comment on a possible (...)