PRESS RELEASE Chinese espionage and terror plot against Tibetan community exposed A terror plot to poison two Tibetan youths – Tashi Gyaltsen@Tashi Dhondup and Karma Yeshi@Tashi by Chinese Security Agencies aimed at spreading chaos and terror in the Tibetan community was uncovered. (...)
May 20, 2013 Dharamsala: The US Senate Judiciary Committee approved the provision of 5,000 immigration visas to displaced Tibetans residing in India and Nepal. The amendment, offered by Senator Dianne Feinstein and cosponsored by Chairman Patrick Leahy and Senator Chuck Schumer, was approved by (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Kaydor Aukatsang, the political advisor to Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay, has been appointed as the new Representative for the office of Tibet, New York. He will take charge from 1 September 2013, a release from the Kashag secretariat stated. There has also been a reshuffle of (...)
Chief Minister and Political Party Leaders pledge political support for Tibet May 22, 2013, Itanagar: The Tibetan Parliamentary delegation wrapped up the seventh leg of North-East zone lobby campaign today following a press conference in the capital of Arunachal Pradesh. During the 5-day (...)
By Max Fisher [The Washington Post] Western reporters have had scant access to the Chinese province of Tibet since 2008, when a series of protests and riots calling for greater autonomy coincided with the Beijing Olympics. China, wanting to tamp down the protests and avoid more international (...)
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 Manan Kumar Fresh from a visit to the USA and Europe, Tibetan prime minister (in exile) Lobsang Sangay, in an exclusive interview to dna, speaks candidly on how changes in India and China’s stances on the Tibet issue can contribute to peace in the region. Edited excerpts (...)
Dr Lobsang Sangay, Prime Minister, Tibetan government-in-exile talks to Kunal Majumder about India’s role in the Tibetan issue vis-a-vis China, cultural autonomy and the importance of political dialogue The premier of the Peoples’ Republic of China (PRC) is in India. Has there been any sort of (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The first ever Geshema dialetic debate is currently underway at Jamyang Choeling nunnery, located about 10 kms from Dharamshala. 27 nuns from various nunneries across India are participating in the debate which will be held from 20 May – 3 June. The debating session is 30 minutes, (...)
By Ashley Parker and Julia Preston (The New York Times) WASHINGTON — The Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday approved a broad overhaul of the nation’s immigration laws on a bipartisan vote, sending the most significant immigration policy changes in decades to the full Senate, where the debate (...)
(Dalai Lama.com) His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s first meeting on his last day in Louisville was with a group of gentle Vietnamese Buddhists. “Let’s begin with your reciting the Heart Sutra in Vietnamese,” he said. “While you do that visualize the Buddha in the space in front of you surrounded by (...)