VILNIUS: Mr Thubten Samdup, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama’s representative for Northern Europe and The Baltic States visited Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania on 13-15 March. The visit aimed to discuss the upcoming visit to Lithuania in June of Dr Lobsang Sangay, Sikyong or the (...)
PRESS RELEASE UK Tibetans celebrate the 90th birthday of Mr Robert Ford CBE, the first foreigner to be given an official rank by the Government of Tibet London, 21 March 2013: Tibetans in the UK will be celebrating the 90th birthday of Mr Robert Ford CBE. Mr Ford was born on 27 March 1923 in (...)
DHARAMSHALA: A Chinese court in Tsongkha Khar in Tsoshar in eastern Tibet’s Amdo Province (incorporated into China’s Qinghai Province) on Monday (18 March) sentenced three Tibetans for allegedly spreading information on self-immolations in Tibet. Kalsang Dhondup, Jigme Thabkey and Lobsang have (...)
March 24 commemorates the day in 1882 when Dr Robert Koch discovered the cause of tuberculosis, the TB bacillus. Since then 24th March is observed every year as World TB Day worldwide. Tuberculosis is a preventable disease which can be prevented and cured easily by prompt and proper diagnosis (...)
DHARAMSHALA: A Canadian Parliamentarian raised concern over the critical situation in Tibet in the Parliament, encouraging the new Chinese president to hold dialogue with the leaders of the Tibetan government in exile to resolve the problem of Tibet. Mr David Sweet, in his remarks in the House (...)
[dalailama.com] New Delhi, India, 22 March 2013 – This morning His Holiness addressed a group of class 10-12 Indian students who attend nine different schools within the vicinity of Delhi. He greeted them warmly: “Young brothers and sisters, I’m glad to meet all of you. I’m 78 years old and my life (...)
By Edward Wong / The New York Times BEIJING — Three Tibetans from Qinghai Province have been given prison sentences for “inciting state secession,” according to a statement on an official provincial Web site. On Monday, a court in Haidong Prefecture sentenced the Tibetans — Kalsang Dhondup, Jigme (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The body of Drupchen Tsering, the 25-year-old Tibetan who self-immolated in Kathmandu this February, is still in Nepalese government’s custody. A senior Nepalese police officer told The Himalayan News Service on 10 March that only the concerned family members had the legal rights to (...)
DHARAMSHALA: His Holiness the Dalai Lama today left Dharamsala for a five-day visit to the northeastern states of Sikkim and West Bengal. His Holiness will lead a Vajrakilaya consecration prayer for a new Buddha statue followed immediately by the official inauguration ceremony of the statue on (...)
Out of the list of 890 prospective candidates shortlisted through the lottery for the Resettlement Project to Canada, invitation for filling out immigration application have been received for 204 candidates on 19th March 2013. The applications have to be completed and sent to reach the Canadian (...)