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 (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Mr S.V Ranganath, Chief Secretary to the government of Karnataka state assured continued support to Tibetan settlements in Karnataka at a meeting held on 20 May in Bangalore. The meeting was attended by the secretaries of Department of Home, Revenue, Rural development and Panchayat (...)
Tibet has been off-limits to journalists since the Chinese government brutally suppressed riots in the region five years ago. France 24′s regional correspondent Cyril Payen managed to get a seven-day visa to enter the region. What he saw lends weight to the complaints of the Dalai Lama and human (...)
The battle to keep Tibetans under control is inflicting severe psychological damage on Chinese armed police, an internal training document has revealed. [By Malcolm Moore / The Telegraph] BEIJING: The leaked 25-page training manual was given to members of the People’s Armed Police charged with (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The US State Department said in a new report that Tibetans in Tibet faced severe religious repression, and societal discrimination throughout last year. In its International Religious Freedom Report for 2012 released Monday, the Chinese government’s respect for and protection of (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Speaker Penpa Tsering of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile today inaugurated a comprehensive leadership workshop for Tibetan college students at Gangkyi, Dharamshala. The 9-day workshop entitled ‘Today’s Youth, Tomorrow’s Leaders’ is being organised by the Tibetan Parliamentary and (...)
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 (...)
Tibet Solidarity Day Observed in Delhi NEW DELHI: A prayer service (Prarthana Sabha) was held in Rajghat, Delhi to observe the International Tibet Solidarity Day on May 17. Kasur Tempa Tsering, Representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Delhi along with Buddhist monks from Japan, Myanmar, (...)
Moscow: The International Tibet Solidarity Day was observed on 17th May in the capital of Russia by Tibetans, the Dharma friends and supporters of Tibet in Moscow. The event began with the prayers dedicated to the Tibetan people suffering in occupied-Tibet. The prayers were led by five monks of (...)