(Dalai Lama.com)Bangalore, Karnataka, India 6 January 2014 His Holiness the Dalai Lama was accorded a warm welcome on arrival at Christ University, not only by the Vice Chancellor Thomas Mathew who escorted him into the building from his car, but also by the students who thronged balconies and (...)
COIMBATORE: Over 300 local Indians including media personnel from various national dailies thronged in large numbers to see a rare photo exhibition on Tibet and its people at Hotel Anamalia, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, from 3-4 January 2014. The two-day photo exhibition was jointly organised by the (...)
(Dalailama.com)Bangalore, Karnataka, India 5 January 2014 His Holiness was invited to attend the All India Principal’s Conference of the Heads of Anglo-Indian Schools in India today at Bishop Cotton School, Bangalore. He was graciously received on arrival by school Principal John Zacharia, who (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Mr Penpa Tsering, Speaker of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile, today awarded lawyer’s certificate to 35 Tibetan teachers who participated in a 10-day intensive lawyer’s training at Sarah Tibetan college, on Sunday. The lawyers’ training was organised by the Tibetan Supreme Justice (...)
(dalailama.com) Bangalore, Karnataka. India  4 December 2014 After ten days teaching the Stages to the Path to Enlightenment and meeting many people individually and in groups, all of which went smoothly and without obstacle, the time came for His Holiness the Dalai Lama to leave Bylakuppe. He (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The Department of Education, Central Tibetan Administration has announced a children’s story writing competition for Tibetan writing enthusiasts. (View original announcement in PDF) Participants should be above 18 years old and living in India to be able to participate in the (...)
By Thubten Samphel (Note: The article originally appeared in the Huffington Post) Posted: 01/03/2014 1:17 pm On Dec. 19, Tsultrim Gyatso, a monk of Amchok monastery near the sprawling monastic town of Labrang Tashi Kyil in the ethnically Tibetan area of the Chinese province of Gansu, set (...)
(dalailama.com) Bylakuppe, Karnataka, India  3 January 2014 It was chilly and dark when His Holiness the Dalai Lama emerged from Sera Jey Monastery this morning to take the short walk to the teaching ground. Even at that early hour the path was lined with smiling faces as he made his way to (...)
DHARAMSHALA: A Chinese court has sentenced Gedun Gyatso, a Tibetan monk from Bora Monastery, to six years in prison for his alleged role in the self-immolation of Sungdhue Kyab on 2 December 2012, according to a human rights organisation based in Dharamshala. The Sangchu County People’s Court (...)
(Bloomberg.com) By Patrick Chovanec January 02, 2014 6:00 PM EST A financial drama is unfolding in China as the new year begins. Last week, for the second time in six months, interest rates in the critical interbank lending market spiked above 10 percent, prompting fears of aliquidity crisis (...)