DHARAMSHALA: In view of lack of candidates applying for the tailoring course at Nelamangala, Bangalore, the Youth Empowerment Support (YES) of the Department of Home of the Central Tibetan Administration has issued a second announcement. The duration of the tailoring course has been reduced to (...)
Lausanne, Switzerland 15 April 2013 The University of Lausanne that originated in 1537 as a school of theology, the only French language Protestant school of theology, is now a modern university well regarded as a leading institution for research in Europe. It is located on the banks of Lake (...)
[The Wall Street Journal] By Russell Leigh Moses Hu’s back. Not former Communist Party leader and President Hu Jintao, but rather Hu Yaobang, the deposed reformist Party Secretary whose death on April 15th in 1989 helped trigger the anti-Party protests that culminated in the tragic crackdown on (...)
NEW DELHI: In a joint project of the European Academy of Bolzano, Italy (EURAC) and the Tibet Policy Institute (TPI) of Central Tibetan Administration, a week-long summer school on human rights, minorities and federalism began today at the India International Center. A diverse mix of 24 (...)
Geneva, 15 April 2013: Sikyong Dr. Lobsang Sangay will leave on 16 April morning for Belgium and France after completing the first leg of his Swiss visit. Yesterday evening His Holiness the Dalai Lama addressed over 5,000 members of the Tibetan Community in Switzerland and Liechtenstein. This (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Over 16,000 people attended His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s teachings and public talks during the two-day Forum Fribourg in Switzerland over the weekend, Swiss news portal, The Local, reported. Speaking on secular ethics on Sunday, His Holiness said: “Dear brothers and sisters, I’m (...)
DHARAMSHALA: At the invitation of state government, senior officials of the Central Tibetan Administration today attended the 66th Himachal Day celebrations at the Police Ground in Dharamshala. The CTA officials present on the occasion include Kalon Dolma Gyari, Kalon Ngodup Drongchung, Justice (...)
PARIS: In a letter addressed to the French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius today, Mr. Jean-Patrick Gill has urged the Minister to receive Sikyong Dr. Lobsang Sangay when the later visits Paris on 18 April. “In view of the very worrying situation in the Tibetan regions, and the dramatic (...)
DHARAMSHALA: According to news coming out of Tibet, a large number of youth in Machu area of Tibet on April 10, staged a protest outside a local administrative building demanding immediate stop to policies that have marginalized local Tibetan youth in education and job opportunities in the (...)
DHARAMSHALA: More than 21 Tibetans are arrested after hundreds of local Tibetans in Kyegudo region of Kham protested against the local Chinese authorities on 9 April. The Tibetans were protesting against rampant land grabbing and forceful eviction of Tibetan families from their ancestral homes (...)