DHARAMSHALA: A delegation of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leaders from Arunachal Pradesh visited Dharamshala on 28 August. The leaders received an audience with His Holiness the Dalai Lama. They also met Kalon Dicki Chhoyang and Secretary Tashi Phuntsok of the Department of Information and (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Continuing its crackdown on Tibetan singers, the Chinese government has sentenced a Tibetan singer to 5 years imprisonment on charges of “spreading information on self-immolation protests and singing politically sensitive songs,” media reports say. Shao Tashi, a 40-year-old singer, (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The Department of Education of the Central Tibetan Administration has begun its annual counseling programme in schools under its administration. Visit by counselors to the schools to provide counseling services to the students is one among many activities conducted by the (...)
DHARAMSHALA: China has conducted 3-4 nuclear blasts in Tibet to divert the Brahmaputra river, raising India’s concern that its share of water would be reduced and that China could use it as a leverage against India by releasing water at anytime it wished, according to The Times of India, a (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The Tibetan medicine is more effective than western approach in combating obesity and overweight, which are key risks factor for death of patients with heart diseases, according to a new study published in the International Journal of Cardiology. A group of researchers conducted a (...)
DHARAMSHALA: As a gesture of solidarity with the Tibetan people, an Indian rock band based in New Delhi has dedicated a music video titled “Freedom”, to the Tibetans for sacrificing their lives for freedom through self-immolation. In an interview with Tibet TV, Arjun, the front man of the band, (...)
Salt Lake City: Sikyong Dr. Lobsang Sangay was welcomed at Salt Lake City by the President of the Utah Tibetan Association and Tibetan community members on Tuesday. Sikyong began his visit with an interview to Terry Gildea (News Director) with KUER 90.1. Later in the evening, Sikyong delivered (...)
Lecture » Harvard educated leader in exile has plan for autonomy within China. By Tony Semerad| The Salt Lake TribuneFirst Published Aug 27 2013 Much like civil-rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., Tibetans worldwide have their own heartfelt dream of freedom, the country’s prime minister in (...)
DHARAMSHALA: His Holiness the Dalai Lama today spoke from his residence in Dharamsala, India, about his hope and dream in honour of the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech. In a video message, His Holiness the Dalai Lama said: “I always have one dream that within (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The Tibetan Parliament in exile has resumed a campaign to seek India’s urgent intervention in ending China’s human rights violations in Tibet. The first leg of the campaign was held in Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry from 1-25 February. A four-member (...)