DHARAMSHALA: Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay of the Central Tibetan Administration today interacted with a group of about 40 Taiwanese students from Taiwan. The talk was co-ordinated by Students for a Free Tibet and Friends of Tibet, two Tibetan non-governmental organisations based in exile. The (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The final selection test for the Pestalozzi scholarship 2014 is currently underway at Dharamshala from 21 -23 July. The screening process is being conducted by the Department of Education of the Central Tibetan Administration, in collaboration with Pestalozzi International Village (...)
A wave of self-immolations sweeps Tibet. By Jeffrey Bartholet [The New Yorker / July 8, 2013] On January 12th, the day that Tsering Tashi set himself on fire, he didn’t seem particularly troubled. He ate an early breakfast with his wife and his parents in the house they shared in a village near (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Kunchok Sonam, an 18-year-old monk of Thangkor Sogtsang monastery in Zoege county in Ngaba region in eastern Tibet, has died after setting himself on fire, media reports and human rights group say. Kunchok Sonam set himself on fire around 8:00 am (local time) Saturday (20 July) (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The provincial government of China’s Gansu province recently held a grand festive celebration of the 60th founding anniversary of Kanlho Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. But information received by the Central Tibetan Administration reveal that local Tibetans of the region were barred (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The Tibetan Medical and Astrological Institute (TMAI) based in Dharamshala has launched an out-reach and support program towards the Mentseekhang in Lhasa, Tibet to celebrate its centenary in 2016 since its establishment in the year 1916. Addressing a press conference today, Tashi (...)
DHARAMSHALA: A Chinese court has handed down harsh prison sentences to three Tibetans for taking part in a protest following a self-immolation incident in Golog in northeastern Tibet last year, a confirmed report coming out of Tibet say. The court in Siling (incorporated to China’s Qinghai (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay yesterday addressed a ‘Public Health’ workshop organised by the Department of Health, Central Tibetan Administration at the Hotel Tibet, Dharamshala. Sikyong Dr Sangay spoke about the importance of health and the role nurses play in Tibetan schools. He said (...)
By Vinay Kumar [The Hindu] The Army unit will take care of India’s operational gaps along the Line of Actual Control The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) on Wednesday gave its in-principle approval to the Army’s ambitious proposal to raise a mountain strike corps along the China border. At a (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Details slowly trickling from Tibet reveal a dramatic increase in the number of Tibetans shot and injured during His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 78th birthday celebration in Tawu region of eastern Tibet. Leading Tibetan Rights groups now put the figure to at least 14 Tibetans who were (...)